For
Muscatine County Iowa
1911
| Biographies For Muscatine County Iowa 1911 | |
Source: History of Muscatine County Iowa, Volume II, Biographical, 1911, page 525
TONY T. BRUS....Tony T. Brus, a well know and enterprising agriculturist of Fulton township, was born on the farm where he now resides, his natal day being September 5, 1871. The property is on section 24 and gives every evidence of his careful supervision. His parents, John amd Minnie ( Westerfield ) Brus, are both natives of Germany. The father came to America with his parents in an early day and eventually took up his abode in Iowa. It was in Scott county that he wedded Miss Minnie Westerfield, by whom he had five children, namely : Joseph ; Clara ; Tony T., of this review ; Henry, who died at the age of one and a half years ; and Harry, who was but three years old at the time of his death. John Brus devoted his attention to general agricultural pursuits for many years, thus winning him the competence that in 1900 enabled him to put aside active business cares. For the past ten years he and his wife have lived in honorable retirement at Davenport, Iowa.After mastering the branches of learning taught in the district schools, Tony T. Brus persued a course of study in the Wilton Business College. After putting aside his text-books he assisted his father in the work of the fields until twenty-nine years of age, when he started out as an agriculturist on his own account. Since that time he has successfully managed the old homestead farm in Fulton township, annually gathering and marketing good crops.
On the 2d of October, 1900, Mr. Brus was united in marriage to Miss Nora Beh, a native of Muscatine county and a daughter of Henry and Mary ( Stecher ) Beh, who were of German parentage and still reside on a farm in this county. They had six children, as follows : Frank ; Mary ; Barbara ; Mrs. Brus ; and two who are deceased. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Brus have been born three children : Clarence., whose natal day was May 7, 1902 ; Henry A., whose birth occurred on the 21st of September, 1904 ; and Ella, who first opened her eyes to the light of day on the 3d of December, 1908.
Mr. Brus is a democrat in politics and has ably served in the capacity of township trustee for two years. He has likewise acted as treasurer of the school board. He and his wife are faithful communicants of the Catholic church and enjoy an extensive acquaintance throughout the county in which they have spent their entire lives.
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