Notes for Daniel Bruner: According to The History of Champaign County, Ohio published by W. H. Beers and Co. in 1883 (p. 789), Daniel worked on his father's farm in Clark County, Ohio until 1862 when he moved to Concord Township, Champaign County, Ohio. He owned 80 acres in Sec. 16 in Concord Township, but lived on the farm of John R. Wilson, which he farms in connection with his own.
A reprint of information originally appearing in the January 14, 1886 Citizen and Gazette printed in Urbana, Ohio appeared in an article entitled Concord Twp. Pioneers on page 7 in Volume 9, Number 1 (Winter 1993) of the Champaign County Genelogical Society Newsletter. The following text appears in the description of the arrival of James McLaughlin in Concord Township in 1807: "The location he chose at that early stage of the country's settlement was the place now owned by Daniel Bruner and occupied by his son William, 1 1/2 miles NE of the church."
The 1880 Federal Census lists Daniel Bruner at age 45 living in Concord Township, Champaign County, Ohio with his wife Margaret of age 42. The three sons listed in his household at the time were William, Smith, and Claude. Both William and Smith, like their father, were listed as farmers. The five daughters at home at the time in order from oldest to youngest were Ida, Sarah, Charlotte, Rhoda, and Amanda. Daniel's father was listed as born in Virgina, and no birth place was listed for his mother. Both of Margaret's parents were born in Virgina. All of the members of Daniel's household were born in Ohio.
The informant for the information appearing on Daniel's death certificate was Mrs. J. W. Bruner. Her address is given as New Carlisle, Ohio.
More About Daniel Bruner: Date born 2: November 30, 1834, Clark County, Ohio.440 Burial: Unknown, Concord Cemetery, Concord Township, Champaign County, Ohio.441
More About Daniel Bruner and Margaret Penelton: Marriage: February 23, 1856, Clark County, Ohio.442, 443, 444, 445
Children of Daniel Bruner and Margaret Penelton are:
+Ida Catharine Bruner, b. December 11, 1860, Champaign County, Ohio446, 447, d. April 20, 1943, Salem Township, Champaign County, Ohio447.
Daniel Bruner (b. November 30, 1834, d. July 28, 1897)
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