Henry Hickman Bruner

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name
Henry Hickman Bruner
aka
[Hickman Bruner, Hickman Burner, Henry Bruner]
sex
male
access
public
summary
Farmer and later wagon maker, known as Hickman, who moved from Martin County, Indiana, to Appanoose County, Iowa, by 1850 and on to Somerset, Mercer County, Missouri, where he was a founding member of the Methodist church in 1858. He married Sarah Ann Bridges, probably in 1824 in Lawrence County, Indiana. Probably the father of Eli Woodruff Bruner, beside whose forge at Somerset he kept a wagon shop.
born
date
c. 1806
place
Kentucky
basis
documented
confidence
probable
sources
[census-1850-appanoose-county-center-township, census-1860-mercer-county-missouri-bruner, book-1886-biographical-record-wayne-appanoose]
note
Aged 45 in 1850 and 54 in 1860, born Kentucky. The Bruner research file puts his birth in Breckenridge County.
died
date
1874
basis
compiled
confidence
possible
research
research/bruner/bruner_family_research.md
note
The research gives no source for the year.
buried
place
Bruner Cemetery, Sullivan Gardens, Sullivan County, Tennessee
basis
compiled
confidence
possible
research
research/bruner/bruner_family_research.md
note
The research gives no source. The 1886 sketch of David M. Bruner, probably his son, says both parents died in Arkansas.
residences
date
1840
place
Martin County, Indiana
basis
documented
confidence
proven
sources
[census-1840-martin-county-indiana-bruner]
note
Head of household, as "Hickman Bruner".
date
1846
place
Knox County, Illinois
basis
inferred
confidence
probable
sources
[census-1850-appanoose-county-center-township, book-1886-biographical-record-wayne-appanoose]
note
His son David M. was born in Knox County on 22 July 1846 (the 1886 sketch); the 1850 census has David, 4, born Illinois.
date
1850
place
Center Township, Appanoose County, Iowa
basis
documented
confidence
proven
sources
[census-1850-appanoose-county-center-township]
note
Head of household, as "Hickman Burner".
date
1860
place
Summersett Township, Mercer County, Missouri
basis
documented
confidence
proven
sources
[census-1860-mercer-county-missouri-bruner]
note
Head of the next household (family 815), farmer.
father
id
adam-bruner-1763
basis
compiled
confidence
possible
research
research/bruner/bruner_family_research.md
note
The Bruner research file states it without a source, apparently from FamilySearch, and adds that he is in his father's household in Breckenridge County, Kentucky, in 1810 (a census of that year names only heads).
mother
id
elizabeth-rice-1765
basis
compiled
confidence
possible
research
research/bruner/bruner_family_research.md
note
As for his father.
spouses
id
sarah-bridges-1804
married
date
1824
place
Lawrence County, Indiana
basis
documented
confidence
probable
sources
[marriage-record-bruner-bridges-1824]
basis
documented
confidence
proven
sources
[census-1850-appanoose-county-center-township, census-1860-mercer-county-missouri-bruner, book-1888-history-harrison-mercer-counties]

Farmer, and later a wagon maker: he kept a wagon shop beside his son Eli's forge at Somerset, Mercer County, Missouri. A "Henry Bruner" household in Daviess County, Indiana, in 1830 (record) has eleven people, and its only grown man is 40 to 50, too old for Hickman, so whose household it was is open. In 1840 he is in Martin County with his wife and four children. On 23 December 1844 Congressman John W. Davis presented "the petition of Hickman Bruner and 32 others, asking a post route from Mount Pleasant," then the seat of Martin County [identity probable]. In Center Township, Appanoose County, Iowa, in 1850 ("Hickman Burner," $400), two pages from Bradley and Andrew Collins. In 1860 farming beside Eli in Mercer County, Missouri; a founding member of the Somerset Methodist church in 1858. The county history of 1888 lists "Hickman Bruner, a wagon shop, and Eli Bruner, a blacksmith's shop" among Somerset's first businesses. An "H. Bruner," probably he, was a member of Somerset Lodge No. 206 of the Freemasons in 1865, when Eli was its Senior Warden (record).

Children named in the research: Lucinda (c. 1825), Eli Woodruff (1827), Nancy Ellen (1830), Adam (c. 1835-37), Absalom (c. 1838), Sarah (c. 1841; later Taylor, d. 1922 at St. John, Whitman County, Washington) and David M. (b. 22 July 1846, Knox County, Illinois, a druggist in Iowa in 1886 [probable]). The E. G. Bruner whom the Bruner research file lists among his children is his grandson Eli Hickman "Heck" Bruner.

The 1886 sketch of David M. Bruner traces the family to Indiana in 1852, Putnam County, Missouri, in 1856 and Kansas in 1857, where the father took up a claim, then Mercer County, and at last Arkansas, "where both parents died." Those dates don't fit the censuses well (Appanoose in 1850, Mercer by 1858).

Open questions

  • Where did he die? Sullivan Gardens, Tennessee (the Bruner research file), or Arkansas (the 1886 sketch)? Neither has a source for 1874.
  • His parents: no source is given for Adam Peter Bruner and Elizabeth Rice.
  • Who was the older man in the 1830 Daviess County household?
  • A photograph posted as Hickman Bruner and Sarah Bridges (Arkansas GenWeb, contributed by Mike Freels) shows an elderly couple, the woman in a dress of the 1890s (picture). If it is them, he lived well past 1874; if not, who are they?
  1. ---
  2. name: Henry Hickman Bruner
  3. aka: [Hickman Bruner, Hickman Burner, Henry Bruner]
  4. sex: male
  5. access: public
  6. summary: >-
  7. Farmer and later wagon maker, known as Hickman, who moved from Martin County, Indiana, to
  8. Appanoose County, Iowa, by 1850 and on to Somerset, Mercer County, Missouri, where he was a
  9. founding member of the Methodist church in 1858. He married Sarah Ann Bridges, probably in 1824
  10. in Lawrence County, Indiana. Probably the father of Eli Woodruff Bruner, beside whose forge at
  11. Somerset he kept a wagon shop.
  12. born:
  13. date: c. 1806
  14. place: Kentucky
  15. basis: documented
  16. confidence: probable
  17. sources: [census-1850-appanoose-county-center-township, census-1860-mercer-county-missouri-bruner, book-1886-biographical-record-wayne-appanoose]
  18. note: Aged 45 in 1850 and 54 in 1860, born Kentucky. The Bruner research file puts his birth in Breckenridge County.
  19. died:
  20. date: "1874"
  21. basis: compiled
  22. confidence: possible
  23. research: research/bruner/bruner_family_research.md
  24. note: The research gives no source for the year.
  25. buried:
  26. place: Bruner Cemetery, Sullivan Gardens, Sullivan County, Tennessee
  27. basis: compiled
  28. confidence: possible
  29. research: research/bruner/bruner_family_research.md
  30. note: The research gives no source. The 1886 sketch of David M. Bruner, probably his son, says both parents died in Arkansas.
  31. residences:
  32. - date: "1840"
  33. place: Martin County, Indiana
  34. basis: documented
  35. confidence: proven
  36. sources: [census-1840-martin-county-indiana-bruner]
  37. note: Head of household, as "Hickman Bruner".
  38. - date: "1846"
  39. place: Knox County, Illinois
  40. basis: inferred
  41. confidence: probable
  42. sources: [census-1850-appanoose-county-center-township, book-1886-biographical-record-wayne-appanoose]
  43. note: "His son David M. was born in Knox County on 22 July 1846 (the 1886 sketch); the 1850 census has David, 4, born Illinois."
  44. - date: "1850"
  45. place: Center Township, Appanoose County, Iowa
  46. basis: documented
  47. confidence: proven
  48. sources: [census-1850-appanoose-county-center-township]
  49. note: Head of household, as "Hickman Burner".
  50. - date: "1860"
  51. place: Summersett Township, Mercer County, Missouri
  52. basis: documented
  53. confidence: proven
  54. sources: [census-1860-mercer-county-missouri-bruner]
  55. note: Head of the next household (family 815), farmer.
  56. father:
  57. id: adam-bruner-1763
  58. basis: compiled
  59. confidence: possible
  60. research: research/bruner/bruner_family_research.md
  61. note: The Bruner research file states it without a source, apparently from FamilySearch, and adds that he is in his father's household in Breckenridge County, Kentucky, in 1810 (a census of that year names only heads).
  62. mother:
  63. id: elizabeth-rice-1765
  64. basis: compiled
  65. confidence: possible
  66. research: research/bruner/bruner_family_research.md
  67. note: As for his father.
  68. spouses:
  69. - id: sarah-bridges-1804
  70. married:
  71. date: "1824"
  72. place: Lawrence County, Indiana
  73. basis: documented
  74. confidence: probable
  75. sources: [marriage-record-bruner-bridges-1824]
  76. basis: documented
  77. confidence: proven
  78. sources: [census-1850-appanoose-county-center-township, census-1860-mercer-county-missouri-bruner, book-1888-history-harrison-mercer-counties]
  79. ---
  81. Farmer, and later a wagon maker: he kept a wagon shop beside his son Eli's forge at
  82. Somerset, Mercer County, Missouri. A "Henry Bruner" household in Daviess County,
  83. Indiana, in 1830 ([record](/files/sources/census-1830-daviess-county-indiana-bruner/)) has eleven people, and its only
  84. grown man is 40 to 50, too old for Hickman, so whose household it was is open. In 1840 he is in Martin County with
  85. his wife and four children. On 23 December 1844 Congressman John W. Davis presented "the
  86. petition of Hickman Bruner and 32 others, asking a post route from Mount Pleasant," then
  87. the seat of Martin County [identity probable]. In Center Township, Appanoose County,
  88. Iowa, in 1850 ("Hickman Burner," $400), two pages from Bradley and Andrew Collins. In
  89. 1860 farming beside Eli in Mercer County, Missouri; a founding member of the Somerset
  90. Methodist church in 1858. The county history of 1888 lists "Hickman Bruner, a wagon shop, and Eli
  91. Bruner, a blacksmith's shop" among Somerset's first businesses. An "H. Bruner," probably he, was a
  92. member of Somerset Lodge No. 206 of the Freemasons in 1865, when Eli was its Senior Warden
  93. ([record](/files/sources/proceedings-grand-lodge-missouri-1865-somerset/)).
  95. Children named in the research: Lucinda (c. 1825), Eli Woodruff (1827), Nancy Ellen
  96. (1830), Adam (c. 1835-37), Absalom (c. 1838), Sarah (c. 1841; later Taylor, d. 1922 at
  97. St. John, Whitman County, Washington) and David M. (b. 22 July 1846, Knox County,
  98. Illinois, a druggist in Iowa in 1886 [probable]). The E. G. Bruner whom the Bruner
  99. research file lists among his children is his grandson Eli Hickman "Heck" Bruner.
  101. The 1886 sketch of David M. Bruner traces the family to Indiana in 1852, Putnam County,
  102. Missouri, in 1856 and Kansas in 1857, where the father took up a claim, then Mercer
  103. County, and at last Arkansas, "where both parents died." Those dates don't fit the
  104. censuses well (Appanoose in 1850, Mercer by 1858).
  106. ## Open questions
  108. - **Where did he die?** Sullivan Gardens, Tennessee (the Bruner research file), or
  109. Arkansas (the 1886 sketch)? Neither has a source for 1874.
  110. - His parents: no source is given for Adam Peter Bruner and Elizabeth Rice.
  111. - Who was the older man in the 1830 Daviess County household?
  112. - A photograph posted as Hickman Bruner and Sarah Bridges (Arkansas GenWeb, contributed by Mike Freels)
  113. shows an elderly couple, the woman in a dress of the 1890s
  114. ([picture](/gallery/hickman-bruner-and-sarah-bridges/)). If it is them, he lived well past 1874; if
  115. not, who are they?
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