"The Bruner Tradition," Genealogical Society of Siskiyou County Bulletin 5:3 (Spring 1977), p. 3

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Read in full, 13 Oct 2026. A descendant's account of Adam and Peter Bruner, written for the Bicentennial "as the generations have passed the information on to me", from the brothers' monument near Rio, Knox County, Illinois, down through Adam's son Michael to the Weech and Dowell families of Illinois and California. No records are cited.

  • The monument: "On October 1, 1915, near Rio, Knox County, Illinois, a gray granite monument with a cannon mounted on the top, was unveiled ... 'Adam Bruner and Peter Bruner, soldiers of the Revolutionary war'."
  • Family: Peter and Adam were sons of Michael Bruner (b. 1729), grandsons of Jacob, who came from Germany to Frederick County, Maryland; Peter was born in 1760 and Adam in 1763. "Adam enlisted in Philadelphia in 1781 as a private under Capt. John Gayer's 3rd Regiment and served for four years."
  • West: after the war the family moved to Franklin County, Virginia, and on to Jefferson County, Kentucky. "Adam married Elizabeth Rice at Louisville in 1785. In 1786, the family moved further down the Ohio River to the wilderness county of Breckenridge, still in Kentucky. Here Adam raised his family of six sons and one daughter." Their father Michael died there in 1814 and was buried on Bruner's Ridge.
  • Indiana and Illinois: "In 1825, the family again packed up ... They crossed the Ohio and up to Orange and Lawrence County, Indiana." Adam's son Michael went on to Knox County, near Rio, in 1830, and in 1840 or '42 brought home from Indiana his father and mother and his wife's father, Peter. "Elizabeth Rice Bruner died in 1842, shortly after making her new home in Illinois ... And in 1846, her husband Adam, Revolutionary soldier, died at the age of 83."

The six sons are not named, beyond Michael. See Adam Peter Bruner, Elizabeth Rice.

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  2. title: "\"The Bruner Tradition,\" Genealogical Society of Siskiyou County Bulletin 5:3 (Spring 1977), p. 3"
  3. type: article
  4. date: "1977"
  5. url: "https://cagenweb.org/siskiyou/misc_newsletter_gen_soc_siskiyou_vol05_no03.pdf"
  6. seen: original
  7. access: public
  8. ---
  10. Read in full, 13 Oct 2026. A descendant's account of Adam and Peter Bruner, written for the
  11. Bicentennial "as the generations have passed the information on to me", from the brothers'
  12. monument near Rio, Knox County, Illinois, down through Adam's son Michael to the Weech and Dowell
  13. families of Illinois and California. No records are cited.
  15. - **The monument:** "On October 1, 1915, near Rio, Knox County, Illinois, a gray granite monument
  16. with a cannon mounted on the top, was unveiled ... 'Adam Bruner and Peter Bruner, soldiers of the
  17. Revolutionary war'."
  18. - **Family:** Peter and Adam were sons of Michael Bruner (b. 1729), grandsons of Jacob, who came from
  19. Germany to Frederick County, Maryland; Peter was born in 1760 and Adam in 1763. "Adam enlisted in
  20. Philadelphia in 1781 as a private under Capt. John Gayer's 3rd Regiment and served for four years."
  21. - **West:** after the war the family moved to Franklin County, Virginia, and on to Jefferson County,
  22. Kentucky. "Adam married Elizabeth Rice at Louisville in 1785. In 1786, the family moved further down
  23. the Ohio River to the wilderness county of Breckenridge, still in Kentucky. Here Adam raised his
  24. family of six sons and one daughter." Their father Michael died there in 1814 and was buried on
  25. Bruner's Ridge.
  26. - **Indiana and Illinois:** "In 1825, the family again packed up ... They crossed the Ohio and up to
  27. Orange and Lawrence County, Indiana." Adam's son Michael went on to Knox County, near Rio, in 1830,
  28. and in 1840 or '42 brought home from Indiana his father and mother and his wife's father, Peter.
  29. "Elizabeth Rice Bruner died in 1842, shortly after making her new home in Illinois ... And in 1846,
  30. her husband Adam, Revolutionary soldier, died at the age of 83."
  32. The six sons are not named, beyond Michael. See `adam-bruner-1763`, `elizabeth-rice-1765`.
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