Clark County MO Archives Biographies.....Bruner, Edward June 15, 1816 - 
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	Edward Bruner, a farmer and retired blacksmith, was born June 15, 1816 
in Dearborn County, Ind., the son of Samuel and Abigail (Higby) Bruner, natives 
of Kentucky and Ohio, respectively.  They were married in Dearborn County, 
Ind., where they lived until our subject was eighteen years old.  They then 
moved to Ripley County, where the mother died in 1843, and the father in 1861.  
The father married the second time.  Our subject was reared and educated in his 
native county, and when eighteen years of age became apprenticed to the 
blacksmith trade, and served two years.  He establishes himself then in Ripley 
County, and at his majority was married and settled on a farm in that county.  
He continued there engaged in blacksmithing and farming until 1855, excepting 
the years 1846 and 1847 in Rush County.  He then went to Lee County, Iowa.  He 
soon crossed over to Clark County, and settled where he has since resided.  His 
wife Mercy, the daughter of Rev. Andrew and Nancy (Bryant) Baker, was born 
December 3, 1819, in Virginia.  She lived in Tennessee, Ripley Co., Ind., and 
Rush County, where they lived for some time.  They were married February 1, 
1838.  Of the eleven children the following are living: Nancy, Margaret A., 
James P., John M., William R. and Edward E.  Our subject began when his farm 
was a forest, and has now converted his estate into one of the finest in the 
township.  It embraces 160 acres of fine land.  He is a skilled mechanic, and 
worked at his trade for about thirty-three years.  He cast his first vote for 
Harrison, and has been successively a Whig and Democrat, of which latter party 
he is now an active supporter.  He has served as trustee for several terms, and 
is identified with the I. O. O. F. fraternity.  He his wife, Nancy, Margaret A, 
and Edward E. are members of the Baptist Church.

Additional Comments:
History of Lewis Clark, Knox, and Scotland Counties, Missouri
Publish 1887 by The Goodspeed Publishing Co.
St. Louis and Chicago
Biographical Appendix Clark County, Page 868, Edward Bruner


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