Harrison County Iowa Genealogy

HISTORY OF HARRISON COUNTY, IOWA, 1915
BIOGRAPHIES
Page 780
KENTON E. BRUNDIGE

A successful merchant and farmer of Missouri Valley, Iowa, is Kenton E. BRUNDIGE, who has spent his entire career in Harrison county. Born and reared on the farm he engaged in agricultural pursuits until 1911, when he moved to Missouri Valley to engage in the hardware business. Since that time he has built up a large and lucrative trade, while at the same time he has maintained a careful supervision of his farm. He is a man of sterling character and has so conducted himself as to win material prosperity and at the same time secure the respect and esteem of his fellow citizens.

Kenton E. BRUNDIGE, the son of J. G. and Jane (CHINWORTH) BRUNDIGE, was born on a farm in Harrison county, Iowa, northeast of Missouri Valley, May 30, 1882. His parents were both natives of Indiana and came to Harrison county, Iowa, about forty years ago. J. G. BRUNDIGE lived on a farm until about eight years ago, when he moved to Missouri Valley and retired from active farm life. His wife died in 1900. J. G. BRUNDIGE and wife were the parents of eight children, six of whom are living, Clyde, of Bowdon, North Dakota; Anna, the wife of B. P. Scebold, of Pottawattamie county, Iowa; Ida, the wife of B. R. Norton, now living in California; K. E., of Missouri Valley; Belle, the wife of R. G. Kohl, of Missouri Valley, and Eva, the wife of Albert Dray, of Woodbine, Iowa.

K. E. BRUNDIGE was reared on his father's farm in this county and after completing the course of education in the common schools attended the Woodbine Normal School. After leaving school he followed farming on the old homestead until 1911, since which time he has been engaged in the retail hardware business in Missouri Valley. His store is well stocked with a general line of shelf and heavy hardware, and he has succeeded in building up a large trade in a remarkably short time. He is a man of good business judgement, and by his courteous treatment of his customers, as well as the high quality of the goods he handles, he has built up a very comfortable business.

Mr. BRUNDIGE was married in 1906 to Anna WEATHERLY, of Harrison county, a daughter of John Weatherly, and to this union have been born three children, Elma, Beryl and Howard.

Mr. BRUNDIGE is a member of the Modern Woodmen of America and the Homesteaders. He gives his support to the Republican party but has confined his activities thus far to the casting of his ballot for its candidates. He owns a well-improved farm of one hundred fifty acres in Pottawattamie county, Iowa, to which he gives his careful supervision. It is not always true that a man who leaves his farm to enter mercantile life makes a success of the venture, but Mr. BRUNDIGE is an exception, as he has been no less successful as a merchant than as a farmer. Since moving to Missouri Valley Mr. BRUNDIGE has been interested in the welfare of the city and has given his hearty support to all measures which were promoted for the general welfare of the community.

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