James Bruntlett

BRUNTLETT, WALTON

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Date: 10/20/2010 at 15:37:29

Bruntlett, James of Tryon & Bruntlett, millers, was born in England in 1835 and was a citizen of the British Government for thirty-two years. His father was a sea captain and with him he made a number of voyages to different parts of the world. Previous to his coming to America, in 1867, he learned the milling trade thoroughly and completely, and when he went to New Jersey he followed this branch of business. He subsequently moved to Chicago and from there to Savanna. At both of these places he pursued his trade. In England it requires a greater length of time to learn a trade than in this country because the learner or apprentice is compelled to master it in all its various details before he is permitted to assume the charge of business. Mr. Bruntlett received a thorough and rigid course of instruction and was pronounced adept as a miller before he took charge of a grist mill. He was married in 1867 to Miss Fannie Walton, of Scott county, Iowa. They have two children.

Source: A History of Clay County, Iowa, by W. C. Gilbreath, 1889, p. 144.