Bruner Cemetery
Located Northwest 1/4 of Section 25, Rio Township; 2 miles East of Route 150 and 3/4 mile North of the Ontario Road.
The Bruner family leased the cemetery (about 1 acre more of less) known as the 'Bruner Grave Yard' ... said plot of ground containing the remains of more than 150 persons ... to Knox County. Knox Co. Illinois Deed Book 218. Filed Jan.18, 1915. The Knox County Board of Supervisors appropriated funds for a suitable monument for the heroes buried there. In 1915 a memorial monument surmounted with a brass cannon was erected North of the cemetery in memory of soldiers buried there. Later a flag pole also was erected.
When Interstate Highway 74 was built, 1/4 mile East of the cemetery, the E-W road North of the cemetery, location of Cannon Monument, was closed. Knox County moved the big Cannon monument and flagpole to the N-S road, 1/4 mile West, on the lawn edge of the former Elijah Bruner home; now Richard Billey farm. The Bruner cemetery can be seen by looking directly East of the monument 1/4 mile.
Wesley Bruner took care of the cemetery all of his life. It is still very well kept.
Inscription on the monument
IN MEMORIAM
1765 Adam Bruner 1846
1761 Peter Bruner 1850
Soldiers of Revolutionary War
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J. K. Dickerson, Co. A, 65th Ill. Inf.
Hanson Blake, Co. B, 102nd Ill. Inf.
Michael Young, Co. E, 102nd Ill. Inf.
Solders of Civil War whose graves lie in cemetery to the south
ERECTED BY KNOX CO. 1915
Surname, Given Name * Birth Date * Death Date * Age
Anderson, G. F. & M. E. * - * - * -
Anderson, Nathaniel L. * - * Jul 28 1865 * 00y 03m
Badger, F. & E. E. * - * - * -
Badger, Leonard M. * - * Oct 28 1863 * 00y 11m 02d
Blake, A. D. * - * - * -
Blake, Hanson * - * - * -
Blake, Mary * - * Mar 15 1847 * 21y 02m 11d
Bruner, Adam * 1763 * Oct 19 1846 * 83y 05m 11d
Bruner, E. & M. * - * - * -
Bruner, Elijah * Sep 28 1825 * Nov 29 1877 * -
Bruner, Elizabeth * 1797 * Mar 20 1858 * 56y 11m 25d
Bruner, Elizabeth Rice * 1765 * Feb 26 1842 * 76y 01m
Bruner, Harrison * - * Mar 25 1844 * 22y 06m 25d
Bruner, Joanna A. * - * May 07 1873 * 10y 04m 27d
Bruner, Margaret (Rusk) * - * Oct 24 1872 * 44y 07m
Bruner, Martha * - * Sep 30 1872 * 15y 05m 25d
Bruner, Mary * - * Sep 09 1853 * 26y 04m 19d
Bruner, Michael * - * Jul 30 1870 * 84y 11m 14d
Bruner, Peter * 1761 * Jul ?? 1850 * 89y
Bruner, Rachel D. * Aug 19 1853 * Oct 02 1853 * -
Bruner, Wesley * 1851 * 1922 * -
Button, William * Mar 07 1833 * Nov 06 1857 * -
Daugherty, A. W. * - * Aug 26 1860 * 01y 03m 02d
Daugherty, Angeline * - * Aug 01 1862 * 01y 06m 02d
Daugherty, Elizabeth * - * Jun 01 1853 * 60y
Daugherty, J. & C. * - * - * -
Daugherty, J. & E. * - * - * -
Daugherty, John * - * - * -
Daugherty, Malinda * - * Mar 20 1847 * 22y 05m 23d
Daugherty, Nancy A. * - * Aug 28 1862 * 03y 08m 03d
Daugherty, W. & M. J. * - * - * -
Dickerson, James K. * - * May 20 1862 * 18y 02m
Dowell, Delilah E. * - * Oct 18 1854 * 13y 01m 24d
Dowell, Eliza * - * Nov 22 1860 * 00y 01m 09d
Dowell, Harrison * - * Aug 22 1856 * 00y 01m 12d
Dowell, Hester Ann * - * Jul 06 1855 * 15y 03m 23d
Dowell, James * - * Sep 29 1857 * -
Dowell, Louisa * - * Aug 26 1853 * 00y 05m
Dowell, Mary * - * Oct 18 1851 * 00y 00m 09d
Dowell, N. * - * - * -
Dowell, Susanah * - * - * -
Dowell, Walter B. * - * Sep 17 1859 * 00y 01m 16d
French, J. C. * - * - * -
French, J. C. & S. * - * - * -
French, James M. * - * Jun 02 1853 * 06y
French, Susana * - * Jan 09 1859 * 30y 06m 24d
Jones, J. N. & M. A. * - * - * -
Jones, William D. * - * Aug 20 1866 * 00y 09m 10d
Trout, D. & H. * - * - * -
Trout, Sarah C. * - * Oct 07 1857 * 10y 05m 23d
Trueblood, C. L. & M. L. * - * - * -
Trueblood, Otis C. * - * Sep 16 1864 * 00y 02m
Young, Michael * - * - * -
Youngs, D. * - * - * -
Youngs, D. & S. * - * - * -
Youngs, Elijah * - * Sep 12 1862 * 01y 08m 06d
Youngs, Sarah * - * Sep 12 1861 * 44y 00m 16d
Contributed by Nellie Landon.
