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  Maj. John B. Bruner, of Olathe Kan., is a Civil war veteran, and one of the
leading citizens of Johnson county. Major Bruner is a native of the Keystone
State. He was born in Lycoming county, Pennsylvania, July 29, 1837, and is a son
of Abraham and Isabelle (Cole) Bruner, both natives of Pennsylvania, the former
of German and the latter of Scotch-Irish descent. They both spent their lives in
Pennsylvania and died at Lock Haven, Clinton county. Major Bruner received his
education in the public schools and Muncy Seminary at Muncy, Pa., and spent his
boyhood days on the farm, but in early life learned the watchmaker and jeweler's
trade. In 1857, he came west, locating at Havana, Ill. In the spring of 1860, he
got the "gold fever" which was epidemic in the middle West and went to Pike's
Peak, Colo. He drove over the old California trail and found lots of Indians
along the way. He says Indians were "plentiful but peaceful." He took a claim
near Georgetown, Colo., and worked it about a year, when he returned to
Illinois. The Civil war broke out while he was in Colorado and he returned to
his Illinois home, determined to enlist and arrived at his home just in time to
attend the funeral of his older brother who was killed in the service, and on
December 18, 1861, Major Bruner enlisted in Fulton county, Illinois, to serve
three years or during the war. He was mustered into the United States service at
Bloomington, Ill., January 28, 1862, as sec-

[transcriber's note: The book is mis-bound at this point, two pages of the
History of Solano Co., California follows this partial biography.]


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HISTORY OF Johnson County Kansas
BY
ED BLAIR

AUTHOR OF
Kansas Zephyrs, Sunflower Sittings and Other Poems and Sketches

IN ONE VOLUME

ILLUSTRATED
STANDARD PUBLISHING COMPANY
LAWRENCE, KANSAS
1915


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