Mary Elizabeth Collins

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name
Mary Elizabeth Collins
aka
[Polly Collins, Mary Bruner, Mary Elizabeth Bruner, Mary Elizabeth Collins Bruner]
sex
female
access
public
summary
Called Polly; daughter of Jesse Collins and Mary Reed, born in Kentucky. She married Eli Woodruff Bruner in 1850 and went with him through Indiana and Illinois to Somerset, Mercer County, Missouri, where they were founding members of the Methodist Episcopal church in 1858. Widowed in 1879, she headed her own household in Benton County, Arkansas, in 1880 and probably died at Siloam Springs in 1887, where her daughter Emma was living.
born
date
30 Jan 1827
place
Kentucky, probably Clay County
basis
compiled
confidence
probable
sources
[online-tree-familysearch, census-1860-mercer-county-missouri-bruner, census-1880-benton-county-arkansas-bruner]
note
The day is from FamilySearch. Born Kentucky in every census (1850-1880); aged 22 in 1850, 33 in 1860, 43 in 1870, 53 in 1880.
died
date
19 May 1887
place
Siloam Springs, Benton County, Arkansas
basis
compiled
confidence
probable
research
research/collins-reed/meredith_collins_research.md
note
From the research files; no death record or grave yet attached.
residences
date
1830
place
Morgan County, Indiana
basis
inferred
confidence
probable
sources
[census-1830-morgan-county-indiana-jesse-collins]
note
Aged three, in her father Jesse Collins's household when her parents reached Indiana from Clay County.
date
1850
place
Daviess County, Indiana
basis
documented
confidence
proven
sources
[census-1850-daviess-county-indiana-bruner]
note
In her husband's household, married within the year.
date
1853
place
Martin County, Indiana
basis
compiled
confidence
probable
sources
[online-tree-familysearch]
note
With Eli Bruner; their daughter Emma was born in Martin County in 1853.
date
c. 1857
place
Illinois
basis
documented
confidence
probable
sources
[census-1860-mercer-county-missouri-bruner]
note
With Eli Bruner through Illinois on the way to Mercer County, Missouri; a son was born there about 1857-58.
date
1860
place
Summersett Township, Mercer County, Missouri
basis
documented
confidence
proven
sources
[census-1860-mercer-county-missouri-bruner]
note
In her husband's household (family 814).
date
1870
place
Somersett Township, Mercer County, Missouri
basis
documented
confidence
proven
sources
[census-1870-mercer-county-missouri-bruner]
note
In her husband's household.
date
1880
place
Hico Township, Benton County, Arkansas
basis
documented
confidence
proven
sources
[census-1880-benton-county-arkansas-bruner]
note
Head of household, widowed.
father
id
jesse-collins-1804
basis
inferred
confidence
proven
research
research/collins-reed/meredith_collins_research.md
note
The research calls this resolved (section 9.3). No record yet seen names her parents; the case is her Kentucky birth in 1827, ten and a half months before Jesse and Mary's Clay County wedding, the family's FamilySearch profiles, her own 1880 statement that both parents were born in Virginia, and the convergence of both families in Appanoose County.
mother
id
mary-reed-1804
basis
inferred
confidence
proven
research
research/collins-reed/meredith_collins_research.md
note
As for her father.
spouses
id
eli-bruner-1827
married
date
1850
place
Appanoose County, Iowa
basis
compiled
confidence
probable
sources
[online-tree-familysearch, census-1850-daviess-county-indiana-bruner]
note
The county is from FamilySearch; the original record hasn't been found. In the 1850 Daviess County, Indiana, census both are marked married within the year.
basis
documented
confidence
proven
sources
[census-1850-daviess-county-indiana-bruner, census-1860-mercer-county-missouri-bruner, census-1870-mercer-county-missouri-bruner]

The woman in the family photograph. Probably placed out as household help as a girl: she is not in her father's probable 1840 household in St. Louis County, nor in Hickman Bruner's in Martin County, Indiana. Her parents' family and the Bruners came together as neighbors in Appanoose County, Iowa, in the later 1840s; there is no evidence that they knew each other in Indiana.

Married Eli Woodruff Bruner in 1850 and went with him to Daviess County, Indiana, where the census found them newlyweds, she unable to read or write. Then Martin County, where Emma was born in 1853; Illinois about 1857; Mercer County, Missouri, from about 1858, where she and Eli were founding members of the Somerset Methodist Episcopal Church that year. In 1860 everyone on the Mercer County page, she and the children included, was recorded as white. The master tree calls her the mother of eleven; ten are named.

Widowed in 1879, when Eli died at Colorado City, Colorado. In 1880 she headed her own household in Hico Township, Benton County, Arkansas, with Albert, James and Georgia Ann, and gave both her parents' birthplaces as Virginia. Her daughter Emma married in the same county in 1881 and was living in Siloam Springs when Mary Elizabeth died there in 1887.

Open questions

  • A record that names her parents: the 1850 Appanoose County marriage record, if it survives, might.
  • Her death record and grave in Siloam Springs.
  • The Molata addendum says she was "marked M" in 1850; the research's reading of the 1850 Daviess County entry doesn't give her color. Check the image.
  1. ---
  2. name: Mary Elizabeth Collins
  3. aka: [Polly Collins, Mary Bruner, Mary Elizabeth Bruner, Mary Elizabeth Collins Bruner]
  4. sex: female
  5. access: public
  6. summary: >-
  7. Called Polly; daughter of Jesse Collins and Mary Reed, born in Kentucky. She married Eli
  8. Woodruff Bruner in 1850 and went with him through Indiana and Illinois to Somerset, Mercer
  9. County, Missouri, where they were founding members of the Methodist Episcopal church in 1858.
  10. Widowed in 1879, she headed her own household in Benton County, Arkansas, in 1880 and probably
  11. died at Siloam Springs in 1887, where her daughter Emma was living.
  12. born:
  13. date: 30 Jan 1827
  14. place: Kentucky, probably Clay County
  15. basis: compiled
  16. confidence: probable
  17. sources: [online-tree-familysearch, census-1860-mercer-county-missouri-bruner, census-1880-benton-county-arkansas-bruner]
  18. note: The day is from FamilySearch. Born Kentucky in every census (1850-1880); aged 22 in 1850, 33 in 1860, 43 in 1870, 53 in 1880.
  19. died:
  20. date: 19 May 1887
  21. place: Siloam Springs, Benton County, Arkansas
  22. basis: compiled
  23. confidence: probable
  24. research: research/collins-reed/meredith_collins_research.md
  25. note: From the research files; no death record or grave yet attached.
  26. residences:
  27. - date: "1830"
  28. place: Morgan County, Indiana
  29. basis: inferred
  30. confidence: probable
  31. sources: [census-1830-morgan-county-indiana-jesse-collins]
  32. note: "Aged three, in her father Jesse Collins's household when her parents reached Indiana from Clay County."
  33. - date: "1850"
  34. place: Daviess County, Indiana
  35. basis: documented
  36. confidence: proven
  37. sources: [census-1850-daviess-county-indiana-bruner]
  38. note: In her husband's household, married within the year.
  39. - date: "1853"
  40. place: Martin County, Indiana
  41. basis: compiled
  42. confidence: probable
  43. sources: [online-tree-familysearch]
  44. note: "With Eli Bruner; their daughter Emma was born in Martin County in 1853."
  45. - date: "c. 1857"
  46. place: Illinois
  47. basis: documented
  48. confidence: probable
  49. sources: [census-1860-mercer-county-missouri-bruner]
  50. note: "With Eli Bruner through Illinois on the way to Mercer County, Missouri; a son was born there about 1857-58."
  51. - date: "1860"
  52. place: Summersett Township, Mercer County, Missouri
  53. basis: documented
  54. confidence: proven
  55. sources: [census-1860-mercer-county-missouri-bruner]
  56. note: In her husband's household (family 814).
  57. - date: "1870"
  58. place: Somersett Township, Mercer County, Missouri
  59. basis: documented
  60. confidence: proven
  61. sources: [census-1870-mercer-county-missouri-bruner]
  62. note: In her husband's household.
  63. - date: "1880"
  64. place: Hico Township, Benton County, Arkansas
  65. basis: documented
  66. confidence: proven
  67. sources: [census-1880-benton-county-arkansas-bruner]
  68. note: Head of household, widowed.
  69. father:
  70. id: jesse-collins-1804
  71. basis: inferred
  72. confidence: proven
  73. research: research/collins-reed/meredith_collins_research.md
  74. note: The research calls this resolved (section 9.3). No record yet seen names her parents; the case is her Kentucky birth in 1827, ten and a half months before Jesse and Mary's Clay County wedding, the family's FamilySearch profiles, her own 1880 statement that both parents were born in Virginia, and the convergence of both families in Appanoose County.
  75. mother:
  76. id: mary-reed-1804
  77. basis: inferred
  78. confidence: proven
  79. research: research/collins-reed/meredith_collins_research.md
  80. note: As for her father.
  81. spouses:
  82. - id: eli-bruner-1827
  83. married:
  84. date: "1850"
  85. place: Appanoose County, Iowa
  86. basis: compiled
  87. confidence: probable
  88. sources: [online-tree-familysearch, census-1850-daviess-county-indiana-bruner]
  89. note: The county is from FamilySearch; the original record hasn't been found. In the 1850 Daviess County, Indiana, census both are marked married within the year.
  90. basis: documented
  91. confidence: proven
  92. sources: [census-1850-daviess-county-indiana-bruner, census-1860-mercer-county-missouri-bruner, census-1870-mercer-county-missouri-bruner]
  93. ---
  95. The woman in the family photograph. Probably placed out as household help as a girl:
  96. she is not in her father's probable 1840 household in St. Louis County, nor in Hickman
  97. Bruner's in Martin County, Indiana. Her parents' family and the Bruners came together
  98. as neighbors in Appanoose County, Iowa, in the later 1840s; there is no evidence that
  99. they knew each other in Indiana.
  101. Married Eli Woodruff Bruner in 1850 and went with him to Daviess County, Indiana, where
  102. the census found them newlyweds, she unable to read or write. Then Martin County, where
  103. Emma was born in 1853; Illinois about 1857; Mercer County, Missouri, from about 1858,
  104. where she and Eli were founding members of the Somerset Methodist Episcopal Church that
  105. year. In 1860 everyone on the Mercer County page, she and the children included, was
  106. recorded as white. The master tree calls her the mother of eleven; ten are named.
  108. Widowed in 1879, when Eli died at Colorado City, Colorado. In 1880 she headed her own
  109. household in Hico Township, Benton County, Arkansas, with Albert, James and Georgia Ann,
  110. and gave both her parents' birthplaces as Virginia. Her daughter Emma married in the same
  111. county in 1881 and was living in Siloam Springs when Mary Elizabeth died there in 1887.
  113. ## Open questions
  115. - A record that names her parents: the 1850 Appanoose County marriage record, if it
  116. survives, might.
  117. - Her death record and grave in Siloam Springs.
  118. - The Molata addendum says she was "marked M" in 1850; the research's reading of the
  119. 1850 Daviess County entry doesn't give her color. Check the image.
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