Vincent Bruner Biography


	This biography appears on page 1843 in "History of South 
	Dakota" by Doane Robinson, Vol. II (1904) and was scanned, 
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	VINCENT BRUNER, who was one of the sterling pioneers of Charles 
Mix county, was born in Bohemia, Austria, where he was reared and 
educated, and there he learned the trade of mason, to which he devoted 
his attention for a number of years after coming to America. He 
developed and improved one of the valuable farms of Charles Mix county-
the homestead upon which his widow still resides, situated five miles 
south of Geddes, in Jackson township. The original residence on the 
place was a sod shanty of the primitive type, and as prosperity 
attended his efforts he continued to make improvements on his ranch, 
and the same is now one of the most attractive and productive in this 
locality, having a large and substantial farm residence and other good 
buildings, while the home is surrounded by a nice grove of trees which 
were planted by him. He here continued to be engaged in farming and 
stock growing until his death, since which time his widow has carried 
forward the enterprise with the assistance of her children. He was a 
Democrat in politics and took a deep interest in local affairs of a 
public nature. He served two years as a member of the board of county 
commissioners, and in all the relations of life so lived as to merit 
and receive the confidence and respect of his fellow men.

	Mr. Bruner was united in marriage to Miss Mary Weiss, and of this 
union were born ten children.