Son of Charles & Anne (Kitchener) Brunger, husband of Lenora May Alderman, m. Nov 24, 1881, Henry County.
Lenora May "Nora" Alderman:
b. May 20, 1860, Albion, Erie, PA
d. Jul 1949, Joliet, Will, IL
d/o Obadiah Jackson Alderman
& Mary Ann Haywood
Charles Henry Brunger was the first-generation American born in our Brunger family's line in America, his arriving from England in 1853 and thereafter settling as farmers near Wyoming, Stark County, in 1866.
Charles H. Brunger once operated a steam thresher outfit for farms in the area of Stark County, and he later applied his mechanical talents into his later vocation as an engineer and inventor. Charles H. Brunger had several patents for his inventions, from farm equipment machinery for John Deere and others, to automobile engines for the Velie Car Company of Moline. He also served as an engineer or designer for a railroad in Florida at one point.
Lenora May "Nora" Alderman:
b. May 20, 1860, Albion, Erie, PA
d. Jul 1949, Joliet, Will, IL
d/o Obadiah Jackson Alderman
& Mary Ann Haywood
Charles Henry Brunger was the first-generation American born in our Brunger family's line in America, his arriving from England in 1853 and thereafter settling as farmers near Wyoming, Stark County, in 1866.
Charles H. Brunger once operated a steam thresher outfit for farms in the area of Stark County, and he later applied his mechanical talents into his later vocation as an engineer and inventor. Charles H. Brunger had several patents for his inventions, from farm equipment machinery for John Deere and others, to automobile engines for the Velie Car Company of Moline. He also served as an engineer or designer for a railroad in Florida at one point.
Son of Charles & Anne (Kitchener) Brunger, husband of Lenora May Alderman, m. Nov 24, 1881, Henry County.
Lenora May "Nora" Alderman:
b. May 20, 1860, Albion, Erie, PA
d. Jul 1949, Joliet, Will, IL
d/o Obadiah Jackson Alderman
& Mary Ann Haywood
Charles Henry Brunger was the first-generation American born in our Brunger family's line in America, his arriving from England in 1853 and thereafter settling as farmers near Wyoming, Stark County, in 1866.
Charles H. Brunger once operated a steam thresher outfit for farms in the area of Stark County, and he later applied his mechanical talents into his later vocation as an engineer and inventor. Charles H. Brunger had several patents for his inventions, from farm equipment machinery for John Deere and others, to automobile engines for the Velie Car Company of Moline. He also served as an engineer or designer for a railroad in Florida at one point.
Lenora May "Nora" Alderman:
b. May 20, 1860, Albion, Erie, PA
d. Jul 1949, Joliet, Will, IL
d/o Obadiah Jackson Alderman
& Mary Ann Haywood
Charles Henry Brunger was the first-generation American born in our Brunger family's line in America, his arriving from England in 1853 and thereafter settling as farmers near Wyoming, Stark County, in 1866.
Charles H. Brunger once operated a steam thresher outfit for farms in the area of Stark County, and he later applied his mechanical talents into his later vocation as an engineer and inventor. Charles H. Brunger had several patents for his inventions, from farm equipment machinery for John Deere and others, to automobile engines for the Velie Car Company of Moline. He also served as an engineer or designer for a railroad in Florida at one point.
Inscription
From original gravestone:
"Charles Brunger - Died Dec 1873
Farewell dear Charles, My husband dear.
You are not dead, but sleeping here.
You lived in peace, you died in peace.
I hope we'll meet with Christ again."
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