Eli Woodruff Bruner

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name
Eli Woodruff Bruner
aka
[Eli Bruner, Capt. Eli Bruner]
sex
male
access
public
summary
Blacksmith at Somerset, Mercer County, Missouri, Senior Warden of its Masonic lodge in 1865, and in 1861-62 captain of Company G of the Mercer County Battalion, Six Months Militia. He married Mary Elizabeth "Polly" Collins in Appanoose County, Iowa, in 1850, and after some years in Indiana settled at Somerset by 1858. He died of rheumatic fever at Colorado City, Colorado, in 1879 and was buried with Masonic honors; father of Mariah Emma Bruner.
born
date
2 Mar 1827
place
Indiana
basis
compiled
confidence
probable
sources
[online-tree-familysearch, census-1860-mercer-county-missouri-bruner, census-1870-mercer-county-missouri-bruner]
note
Aged 23 in 1850, 33 in 1860 and 43 in 1870, born Indiana. The day is from the master tree.
died
date
27 Jul 1879
place
Colorado City, Colorado
basis
documented
confidence
proven
sources
[newspaper-colorado-springs-gazette-1879-07-29, census-1880-mortality-benton-county-eli-bruner]
note
Of rheumatic fever. The Bruner research file (Sep 14) had him dying between 1870 and 1880 at an unknown place; superseded.
buried
date
28 Jul 1879
place
Evergreen Cemetery, Colorado Springs, Colorado (Potters Field)
basis
documented
confidence
proven
sources
[newspaper-colorado-springs-gazette-1879-07-29, index-findagrave-eli-bruner]
note
"Buried yesterday with Masonic honors" in the paper of 29 July.
residences
date
1840
place
Martin County, Indiana
basis
inferred
confidence
probable
sources
[census-1840-martin-county-indiana-bruner]
note
A boy 10-15 in his father's household, as the research reads it.
date
1850
place
Daviess County, Indiana
basis
documented
confidence
proven
sources
[census-1850-daviess-county-indiana-bruner]
note
Head of household, married within the year.
date
1853
place
Martin County, Indiana
basis
compiled
confidence
probable
sources
[online-tree-familysearch]
note
Daughter Emma was born in Martin County in 1853, between the Daviess County census of 1850 and the move to Missouri.
date
c. 1857
place
Illinois
basis
documented
confidence
probable
sources
[census-1860-mercer-county-missouri-bruner]
note
The family passed through Illinois on the way to Missouri; a son was born there about 1857-58 (1860 census).
date
1860
place
Summersett Township, Mercer County, Missouri
basis
documented
confidence
proven
sources
[census-1860-mercer-county-missouri-bruner]
note
Head of household (family 814), blacksmith.
date
1870
place
Somersett Township, Mercer County, Missouri
basis
documented
confidence
proven
sources
[census-1870-mercer-county-missouri-bruner]
note
Head of household, blacksmith.
events
what
Militia, Chillicothe
date
1861-62
place
Chillicothe, Missouri
note
Captain of Company G, Mercer County Battalion, Six Months Militia, which camped at Edinburg and Chillicothe.
what
Militia camp at Edinburg
date
autumn 1861
place
Edinburg, Grundy County, Missouri
sources
[book-1888-history-harrison-mercer-counties]
note
Captain of the Somerset Township company, thirty-nine men, in the Mercer County battalion of six-months militia, which camped first at Edinburg.
what
Winter guard at Utica
date
winter 1861-62
place
Utica, Livingston County, Missouri
sources
[book-1888-history-harrison-mercer-counties]
note
The battalion wintered at Utica on the Hannibal and St. Joseph Railroad doing escort duty, and was mustered out at Princeton on 19 March 1862.
father
id
henry-bruner-1806
basis
inferred
confidence
probable
sources
[census-1840-martin-county-indiana-bruner, census-1860-mercer-county-missouri-bruner, online-tree-familysearch]
research
research/bruner/bruner_family_research.md
note
A boy of Eli's age in Hickman's 1840 household; father and son in adjoining households in 1860, with Eli's brother Adam living with Eli; Eli named a son Eli Hickman.
mother
id
sarah-bridges-1804
basis
inferred
confidence
probable
sources
[census-1840-martin-county-indiana-bruner, census-1860-mercer-county-missouri-bruner, online-tree-familysearch]
research
research/bruner/bruner_family_research.md

Blacksmith. Married Mary Elizabeth "Polly" Collins in 1850 in Appanoose County, Iowa, where his parents' family and hers were neighbors, and took her back to Indiana: in Daviess County as newlyweds in 1850, in Martin County when Emma was born in 1853. The family left Indiana about 1856, after the state closed its doors to free people of color, by way of Illinois (about 1857) for Mercer County, Missouri, where they were at Somerset by 1858. He, his wife, his parents and his brother Adam were founding members of the Somerset Methodist Episcopal Church that year, and his father kept a wagon shop beside his forge. Real estate $400 in 1860 and $3,500 in 1870.

Captain of Company G (39 men), Mercer County Battalion, Six Months Militia, 1861-62; the battalion camped at Edinburg and Chillicothe and did escort duty at Utica, with no record of battle. An officer of Company I, 4th Provisional Regiment, Enrolled Missouri Militia, in 1863; commissioned 1st Lieutenant in the 35th Missouri Militia on 4 October 1865. (Missouri Adjutant General's Reports, 1863, pp. 273-274, and 1865, p. 662; Report of the Conduct and Management of the Missouri Militia, 1864, p. 228.)

A Freemason: the Grand Lodge of Missouri's return for 1865 lists "Eli Bruner, S. W.," Senior Warden of Somerset Lodge No. 206, under Albert Bruce, who had laid out the town, with an "H. Bruner," probably his father, among its 42 members (record). The county history of 1888 names "Hickman Bruner, a wagon shop, and Eli Bruner, a blacksmith's shop" among the first businesses of Somerset (p. 446).

Not on the 1877 Mercer County atlas, which fits his having left for Colorado. He died at Colorado City in July 1879 and was buried with Masonic honors; his mortality-schedule entry is with his widow's household in Benton County, Arkansas.

Open questions

  • His years in Somerset Lodge No. 206 (Senior Warden in 1865): the Grand Lodge of Missouri returns, 1861-1878, would show when he joined and when he left.
  • His rank in the 4th Provisional regiment (Missouri State Archives service cards).
  • Why Colorado, and whether the family was with him there.
  1. ---
  2. name: Eli Woodruff Bruner
  3. aka: [Eli Bruner, Capt. Eli Bruner]
  4. sex: male
  5. access: public
  6. summary: >-
  7. Blacksmith at Somerset, Mercer County, Missouri, Senior Warden of its Masonic lodge in 1865,
  8. and in 1861-62 captain of Company G of the Mercer County Battalion, Six Months Militia. He married Mary Elizabeth "Polly" Collins in
  9. Appanoose County, Iowa, in 1850, and after some years in Indiana settled at Somerset by 1858. He
  10. died of rheumatic fever at Colorado City, Colorado, in 1879 and was buried with Masonic honors;
  11. father of Mariah Emma Bruner.
  12. born:
  13. date: 2 Mar 1827
  14. place: Indiana
  15. basis: compiled
  16. confidence: probable
  17. sources: [online-tree-familysearch, census-1860-mercer-county-missouri-bruner, census-1870-mercer-county-missouri-bruner]
  18. note: Aged 23 in 1850, 33 in 1860 and 43 in 1870, born Indiana. The day is from the master tree.
  19. died:
  20. date: 27 Jul 1879
  21. place: Colorado City, Colorado
  22. basis: documented
  23. confidence: proven
  24. sources: [newspaper-colorado-springs-gazette-1879-07-29, census-1880-mortality-benton-county-eli-bruner]
  25. note: Of rheumatic fever. The Bruner research file (Sep 14) had him dying between 1870 and 1880 at an unknown place; superseded.
  26. buried:
  27. date: 28 Jul 1879
  28. place: Evergreen Cemetery, Colorado Springs, Colorado (Potters Field)
  29. basis: documented
  30. confidence: proven
  31. sources: [newspaper-colorado-springs-gazette-1879-07-29, index-findagrave-eli-bruner]
  32. note: '"Buried yesterday with Masonic honors" in the paper of 29 July.'
  33. residences:
  34. - date: "1840"
  35. place: Martin County, Indiana
  36. basis: inferred
  37. confidence: probable
  38. sources: [census-1840-martin-county-indiana-bruner]
  39. note: A boy 10-15 in his father's household, as the research reads it.
  40. - date: "1850"
  41. place: Daviess County, Indiana
  42. basis: documented
  43. confidence: proven
  44. sources: [census-1850-daviess-county-indiana-bruner]
  45. note: Head of household, married within the year.
  46. - date: "1853"
  47. place: Martin County, Indiana
  48. basis: compiled
  49. confidence: probable
  50. sources: [online-tree-familysearch]
  51. note: "Daughter Emma was born in Martin County in 1853, between the Daviess County census of 1850 and the move to Missouri."
  52. - date: "c. 1857"
  53. place: Illinois
  54. basis: documented
  55. confidence: probable
  56. sources: [census-1860-mercer-county-missouri-bruner]
  57. note: "The family passed through Illinois on the way to Missouri; a son was born there about 1857-58 (1860 census)."
  58. - date: "1860"
  59. place: Summersett Township, Mercer County, Missouri
  60. basis: documented
  61. confidence: proven
  62. sources: [census-1860-mercer-county-missouri-bruner]
  63. note: Head of household (family 814), blacksmith.
  64. - date: "1870"
  65. place: Somersett Township, Mercer County, Missouri
  66. basis: documented
  67. confidence: proven
  68. sources: [census-1870-mercer-county-missouri-bruner]
  69. note: Head of household, blacksmith.
  70. events:
  71. - what: Militia, Chillicothe
  72. date: "1861-62"
  73. place: Chillicothe, Missouri
  74. note: "Captain of Company G, Mercer County Battalion, Six Months Militia, which camped at Edinburg and Chillicothe."
  75. - what: Militia camp at Edinburg
  76. date: "autumn 1861"
  77. place: Edinburg, Grundy County, Missouri
  78. sources: [book-1888-history-harrison-mercer-counties]
  79. note: "Captain of the Somerset Township company, thirty-nine men, in the Mercer County battalion of six-months militia, which camped first at Edinburg."
  80. - what: Winter guard at Utica
  81. date: "winter 1861-62"
  82. place: Utica, Livingston County, Missouri
  83. sources: [book-1888-history-harrison-mercer-counties]
  84. note: "The battalion wintered at Utica on the Hannibal and St. Joseph Railroad doing escort duty, and was mustered out at Princeton on 19 March 1862."
  85. father:
  86. id: henry-bruner-1806
  87. basis: inferred
  88. confidence: probable
  89. sources: [census-1840-martin-county-indiana-bruner, census-1860-mercer-county-missouri-bruner, online-tree-familysearch]
  90. research: research/bruner/bruner_family_research.md
  91. note: A boy of Eli's age in Hickman's 1840 household; father and son in adjoining households in 1860, with Eli's brother Adam living with Eli; Eli named a son Eli Hickman.
  92. mother:
  93. id: sarah-bridges-1804
  94. basis: inferred
  95. confidence: probable
  96. sources: [census-1840-martin-county-indiana-bruner, census-1860-mercer-county-missouri-bruner, online-tree-familysearch]
  97. research: research/bruner/bruner_family_research.md
  98. ---
  100. Blacksmith. Married Mary Elizabeth "Polly" Collins in 1850 in Appanoose County, Iowa,
  101. where his parents' family and hers were neighbors, and took her back to Indiana: in
  102. Daviess County as newlyweds in 1850, in Martin County when Emma was born in 1853. The
  103. family left Indiana about 1856, after the state closed its doors to free people of
  104. color, by way of Illinois (about 1857) for Mercer County, Missouri, where they were at
  105. Somerset by 1858. He, his wife, his parents and his brother Adam were founding members
  106. of the Somerset Methodist Episcopal Church that year, and his father kept a wagon shop
  107. beside his forge. Real estate $400 in 1860 and $3,500 in 1870.
  109. Captain of Company G (39 men), Mercer County Battalion, Six Months Militia, 1861-62;
  110. the battalion camped at Edinburg and Chillicothe and did escort duty at Utica, with no
  111. record of battle. An officer of Company I, 4th Provisional Regiment, Enrolled Missouri
  112. Militia, in 1863; commissioned 1st Lieutenant in the 35th Missouri Militia on 4 October
  113. 1865. (Missouri Adjutant General's Reports, 1863, pp. 273-274, and 1865, p. 662;
  114. *Report of the Conduct and Management of the Missouri Militia*, 1864, p. 228.)
  116. A Freemason: the Grand Lodge of Missouri's return for 1865 lists "Eli Bruner, S. W.," Senior
  117. Warden of Somerset Lodge No. 206, under Albert Bruce, who had laid out the town, with an "H. Bruner,"
  118. probably his father, among its 42 members ([record](/files/sources/proceedings-grand-lodge-missouri-1865-somerset/)).
  119. The county history of 1888 names "Hickman Bruner, a wagon shop, and Eli Bruner, a blacksmith's
  120. shop" among the first businesses of Somerset (p. 446).
  122. Not on the 1877 Mercer County atlas, which fits his having left for Colorado. He died at
  123. Colorado City in July 1879 and was buried with Masonic honors; his mortality-schedule
  124. entry is with his widow's household in Benton County, Arkansas.
  126. ## Open questions
  128. - His years in Somerset Lodge No. 206 (Senior Warden in 1865): the Grand Lodge of Missouri
  129. returns, 1861-1878, would show when he joined and when he left.
  130. - His rank in the 4th Provisional regiment (Missouri State Archives service cards).
  131. - Why Colorado, and whether the family was with him there.
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