Biographical Sketch of Herman Brunsing, St. Joseph, Buchanan County, MO

>From "History of Buchanan County, Missouri, Published 1881, St. Joseph
Steam Printing Company, Printers, Binders, Etc., St. Joseph, Missouri.
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Herman Brunsing was born in Berlin, Prussia, June 8, 1829, and lived
there until four years of age, and then went to Ruppin and attended
a gymnasium until seventeen years of age, when he entered the army
and remained in the military service until 1860.  After leaving the
army, he engaged in mercantile pursuits with unsatisfactory results.
He decided to emigrate to America, and in 1864, landed at New York,
and enlisted in the Tenth New Jersey Infantry, and served until the
close of the war.  He returned to New York, and thence to Chicago,
and after a year's residence in the latter place he came to this 
city in 1866, and engaged in the manufacture of vinegar, which he
continued for some time.  In 1873, he was appointed local agent of
the United States Postal Department, and in 1875 engaged in a gen-
eral insurance business.  In 1879, he purchased an interest in the
Volksblatt, which has since been conducted under the firm name of
Brunsing & Co., mention of which is made in the article entitled 
"The Press".  Mr. Brunsing was married December 5, 1853, to Miss
Matilda Lehman.  She was born in Landsberg, December 5, 1831. Their
family consists of four children: Clara, Emile, Elise and Hedwig.
Emile was register clerk in the post office for four years.

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