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Author: martock
Surnames: Bruner
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Thank you so much for your work, and yes, I would love to have the photographs by e-mail:
martock(a)comcast.net
I was surprised David Marion Bruner's grave does not have a headstone there. A copy
of his death certificate was on file with the Health Department in New Albany that states
he was buried in Moorsville Cemetery. I am not surprised that Mary M. Norrington Bruner
is buried only under the name of Norrington and next to her first husband. I found record
of a divorce for David and Mary in 1897. Her death certificate indicates that she was
still Bruner when she died, but she may have elected to not carry the name after her
divorce. David was living with his son William David Bruner in the 1900 Federal Census
for Clark County, Indiana, but William David died three years later. William's wife
Anna may have remarried and been buried elsewhere.
If David Marion's other wives are buried elsewhere, I imagine that is where I might
find his son George as well. But you should have found a headstone for Aunt Ivy Butler
Schaffer. Ivy was one of Mary M. Norrington Bruner's daughters. My grandmother told
me many years ago that she is buried in that same cemetery. That puzzles me?? Maybe the
record at the library only covers graves that they could identify by headstone. Unmarked
graves have not been recorded.
Well, you have gone over and beyond on my behalf, and I am truly grateful.
Melissa
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