Harrison County Iowa Genealogy

HISTORY OF HARRISON COUNTY, IOWA, 1891
BIOGRAPHIES
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JOHN G. BRUNDIGE

John G. BRUNDIGE, a farmer living on section 8, La Grange Township, has been a resident of Harrison County since the spring of 1868, when he settled in St. John's Township. He worked by the month that season and went to school in the winter, and in the summer of 1869, again worked by the month, but in 1870 rented a farm in St. John's Township. In 1869 our subject purchased eighty acres of wild land, and in 1873 erected a house upon the same, which was a small frame structure, 14x22 feet, boarded up and down. In 1873 he did some breaking and other improvements were made. He lived in the house above referred to until the autumn of 1885, when he built his present house, which is a two-story building, 24x28 feet. His barn was built in 1882, the same being 30x36 feet. He has added to his farm until it now comprises two hundred and twenty acres, eighty of which are under the plow; twenty-five acres in tame pasture and the balance meadow and wild pasture.

Our subject was born in Hardin County, Ohio, June 18, 1846, and in the autumn of 1847 his parents moved to Wabash County, Ind., where he remained with them until the spring of 1868, and then came to Harrison County, Iowa.

He was married to Miss Jane CHINWORTH in Wabash County, Ind., June 6, 1870. They are the parents of seven children -- Elizabeth A., Edgar C., Ida M., girl baby, died in infancy; Kenton E., boy baby, died in infancy; and Novella B.

Jane (CHINWORTH) BRUNDIGE, was born in Wabash County, Ind., June 26, 1847, and remained with her parents until the date of her marriage.

The father of our subject, Uriah BRUNDIGE, was born in Delaware County, Ohio, December 6, 1813, and lived in that county until he grew to be a man, and then moved to Hardin County, Ohio, where he remained until 1847, then moved to Wabash County, where he died in the month of November 1879. He followed farming throughout his days.

His wife, Elizabeth (MCGAVREN) BRUNDIGE was a native of Pennsylvania, and when a girl moved with her parents to Hardin county, Ohio, where she remained until the date of her marriage. She is still living in Wabash County, Ind. They were the parents of eight children, our subject being the oldest.

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