Sandy, I was sent to your webpage through Tissie Schwebel's page. She originally contacted me through a Bruner posting I had made. I descend from John H. Bruner who, according to his Civil War enlistment papers was born in Hawkins County, TN. Hawkins County (today) is right next to Green County, TN where, it seems many descendants of Jacob Bruner of Fredrick, MD settled and/or passed through. My John H. Bruner was born in either 1821 or 1823, dependent upon whether you believe his Civil War enlistment papers (into Company C, 49th Indiana Volunteer Infantry) or the 1850 Harrison County, IN Federal Census. John H. Bruner married into the prominent and well established Avery family who were some of the first settlers of Harrison County, IN. He wed Cynthia Ann Avery in Louisville, Ky on April 22, 1846. John and Cynthia had 5 children, all born in Blue River Township, Harrison County, IN. John H. Bruner's service in the Civil War was short, Oct 1861 to January 18,1862 when he died of pneumonia at Bardstown, KY. (His recorded life with Cynthia is well documented by virtue of her Civil War pension record.) Here's my probem. I have absolutely no information on John H. Bruner's parents or other ancestors. I suspect he may have some conection to a Daniel Bruner who seemed to show up in Harrison County, IN records about the same time as John. There was also a George Washington Bruner, who by age was old enough to be John H.'s father or uncle in Harrison County. Problem is I just can't make any conections. This is where I hope you can help. Do you have an information on the Harrison County, IN Bruners, or better yet, anything on the Hawkins County, TN Bruners? Any help is greatly appreciated. John S Raschke