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Bruner Cemetery, Rio Township, Section 25

[Contributed by Nellie Landon.]

This is an alphabetical list of the names associated with the burials in Bruner Cemetery, Rio Township.  For a complete record of the gravestone inscriptions, purchase the publication Cemeteries in Knox County - Rio Township, compiled by the Knox County Genealogical Society.  See their Publications List for all of the research materials they have available.  You can also support their important work by becoming a member or sending a financial contribution to:
KNOX COUNTY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY
Post Office Box 13
Galesburg, IL 61402-0013


Located Northwest 1/4 of Section 25, Rio Township; 2 miles East of Route 150 and 3/4 mile North of the Ontario Road.

The Bruner family leased the cemetery (about 1 acre more of less) known as the 'Bruner Grave Yard' ... said plot of ground containing the remains of more than 150 persons ... to Knox County.  Knox Co. Illinois Deed Book 218.  Filed Jan.18, 1915.  The Knox County Board of Supervisors appropriated funds for a suitable monument for the heroes buried there.  In 1915 a memorial monument surmounted with a brass cannon was erected North of the cemetery in memory of soldiers buried there.  Later a flag pole also was erected.

When Interstate Highway 74 was built, 1/4 mile East of the cemetery, the E-W road North of the cemetery, location of Cannon Monument, was closed.  Knox County moved the big Cannon monument and flagpole to the N-S road, 1/4 mile West, on the lawn edge of the former Elijah Bruner home; now Richard Billey farm.  The Bruner cemetery can be seen by looking directly East of the monument 1/4 mile.

Wesley Bruner took care of the cemetery all of his life.  It is still very well kept.

Inscription on the monument

IN MEMORIAM
1765   Adam Bruner   1846
1761   Peter Bruner    1850
Soldiers of Revolutionary War
- - - - - - 
J. K. Dickerson, Co. A, 65th Ill. Inf.
Hanson Blake, Co. B, 102nd Ill. Inf.
Michael Young, Co. E, 102nd Ill. Inf.
Solders of Civil War whose graves lie in cemetery to the south

ERECTED BY KNOX CO. 1915

 

Surname Given Name Birth Date Death Date Age
Anderson G. F. & M. E. - - -
Anderson Nathaniel L. - Jul 28 1865 00y 03m
Badger F. & E. E. - - -
Badger Leonard M. - Oct 28 1863 00y 11m 02d
Blake A. D. - - -
Blake Hanson - - -
Blake Mary - Mar 15 1847 21y 02m 11d
Bruner Adam 1763 Oct 19 1846 83y 05m 11d
Bruner E. & M. - - -
Bruner Elijah Sep 28 1825 Nov 29 1877 -
Bruner Elizabeth 1797 Mar 20 1858 56y 11m 25d
Bruner Elizabeth Rice 1765 Feb 26 1842 76y 01m
Bruner Harrison - Mar 25 1844 22y 06m 25d
Bruner Joanna A. - May 07 1873 10y 04m 27d
Bruner Margaret (Rusk) - Oct 24 1872 44y 07m
Bruner Martha - Sep 30 1872 15y 05m 25d
Bruner Mary - Sep 09 1853 26y 04m 19d
Bruner Michael - Jul 30 1870 84y 11m 14d
Bruner Peter 1761 Jul ?? 1850 89y
Bruner Rachel D. Aug 19 1853 Oct 02 1853 -
Bruner Wesley 1851 1922 -
Button William Mar 07 1833 Nov 06 1857 -
Daugherty A. W. - Aug 26 1860 01y 03m 02d
Daugherty Angeline - Aug 01 1862 01y 06m 02d
Daugherty Elizabeth - Jun 01 1853 60y
Daugherty J. & C. - - -
Daugherty J. & E. - - -
Daugherty John - - -
Daugherty Malinda - Mar 20 1847 22y 05m 23d
Daugherty Nancy A. - Aug 28 1862 03y 08m 03d
Daugherty W. & M. J. - - -
Dickerson James K. - May 20 1862 18y 02m
Dowell Delilah E. - Oct 18 1854 13y 01m 24d
Dowell Eliza - Nov 22 1860 00y 01m 09d
Dowell Harrison - Aug 22 1856 00y 01m 12d
Dowell Hester Ann - Jul 06 1855 15y 03m 23d
Dowell James - Sep 29 1857 -
Dowell Louisa - Aug 26 1853 00y 05m
Dowell Mary - Oct 18 1851 00y 00m 09d
Dowell N. - - -
Dowell Susanah - - -
Dowell Walter B. - Sep 17 1859 00y 01m 16d
French J. C. - - -
French J. C. & S. - - -
French James M. - Jun 02 1853 06y
French Susana - Jan 09 1859 30y 06m 24d
Jones J. N. & M. A. - - -
Jones William D. - Aug 20 1866 00y 09m 10d
Trout D. & H. - - -
Trout Sarah C. - Oct 07 1857 10y 05m 23d
Trueblood C. L. & M. L. - - -
Trueblood Otis C. - Sep 16 1864 00y 02m
Young Michael - - -
Youngs D. - - -
Youngs D. & S. - - -
Youngs Elijah - Sep 12 1862 01y 08m 06d
Youngs Sarah - Sep 12 1861 44y 00m 16d

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