Elizabeth Jane Hamlin Bruner
Elizabeth came to Crook County from Iowa with husband Harrison Bruner in 1887
Harrison Bruner – b 1846 Indiana, Civil War veteran (participated in Sherman’s march to the sea), shares stone
with sons James, Charles & Alvin
Elizabeth b 1852 Iowa, d 1936 Sundance, shares stone w/son Leonard
Daughter of Willilam Parker & Jestenia Elizabeth Hamlin
Family moved from Kentucky to the vicinity of Des Moines, Iowa in 1847 where her father took up a homestead
Family then moved to the little town of Exira, Iowa in 1861 where her father ran a general store for a number of years
History of Audubon County Iowa , by H. F. Andrews, page 93.
Hamlin was a hunter; had done a little farming; kept a small stock of merchandise in his dwelling for sale, brought by his own team from Des Moines, Council Bluffs and other places; and he sold liquors.
He was conspicuous for quarrels and petty lawsuits; and was frequently prosecuted for illicit dealing in liquors. He was a visionary man and dabbled in patent rights. He was proprietor of "Hamlin's Omaha Liniment."
In collecting testimonials for advertising the nostrum, he solicited one from Peoria I. Whitted, who said that he had used the article and appreciated it's value, and that it would be a pleasure for him to oblige Mr. Hamlin. Whitted said that on one occasion a strange dog was harboring about his place, and in trying to drive it away, he threw an ax at the dog, which cut off it's tail; that he was sorry for the suffering of the poor brute and bathed the wounded stump from which the tail was cut with "Hamlin's Liniment," and, behold, a new tail grew out from it. He was surprised at the result, and some time later he discovered the dissevered caudal appendage, and recalling the marvelous effect of the liniment on the former occasion, he applied a dose of it to the defunct member, when, wonderful to relate, a new dog was grown out of it. This romance of Whitted's produced no small amount of merriment at Hamlin's expense, who did not take to it kindly…..In 1870 Hamlin resisted an officer who was searching his premises for illicit liquors, and hid himself out for many days to escape arrest. His liquor was seized and, pending trial, it was stolen and the receptacle filled with water. Mr. Scott was prosecuting the case before Squire Dodge, who solemnly condemned the stuff, and ordered it destroyed. The sheriff carried it into the street, broke up the cask and spilled the contents. Mr. Dodge himself tried to set it on fire with a match, but it would not burn. He remarked that any one who kept such miserably poor whisky ought to be punished! But the way Scott and Griggs convulsed with laughter at sight of the justice trying to set water on fire with a match, indicated that they might have known what became of the whisky.”
His father William Hamlin…
Had a checkered history as well. He served as a private in Capt. Seward's Company, under General Shelby, Kentucky Militia in 1814. He also participated in the Battle of the Thames in Canada …. Years later in 1830 he was appointed constable following the resignation of Caleb Richards.
On the negative side of his history, in 1832 he was hauled into court in a "bastardy" case involving one Mary Swearingen. History reports that a council in the case, Socrates Holbrook, "won the case for his client". The narrative regarding this case does not tell us which of the litigants was Mr. Holbrook's client, and the court records were destroyed in the 1937 flood of the Ohio river, so we do not know the outcome of this case. Based on later appointments, however, it would seem that this charge did nothing to injure William Hamlin's reputation, as he was included in the list of constables for the period 1833 - 1835. He was also appointed to serve from 1835 - 1838, but died in 1837 before his term was completed.
William’s father, John Hamlin…
John Hamlin was about 17 years old when he began his service in the Revolutionary War.
"I the said John Hamlin upon my said oath declare that I entered into the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated…..In the fall of 1776 I went as a substitute for my father, John Hamlin, who was (classed?)? and called out for a tour of one month. I served under Capt. Hulick and marched with him to headquarters, and then Raritan, and served under Gen. Dickensin above Brunswick where the British were. After I was discharged from this service in the forepart of the winter following, I enlisted under Capt. Benjamin McCullough of the New Jersey militia for three months. I was again marched to the service on the Raritan and served under Gen. Dickenson. In the spring after serving my 3 months I was discharged and returned home. In the same summer after that I was hired by Capt. Lock to serve as a substitute for a Tory who was called out that refused to serve. I again returned with Capt. Lock to General Dickenson's quarters, and then under a Capt. whose name I do not recollect. After serving this month I again hired into the service before I returned home and served under Capt. Hiler who was Capt. of the spies and I was employed with him in watching the movements of the enemy. After serving this last month I was discharged and returned home. In the fall of the same year I volunteered and served one month under Capt. Ward and mustered to the river____ under Gen. Dickenson before I returned. I volunteered and served two other tours of one month each. I served this time as a scout and a spy as before. After I was discharged from this service I volunteered and was hired and served another tour of one month under Capt. Hulick in the same service and the same county, but was discharged before I served the whole month. I thus served nearly ten months and after I was discharged the last time, which was towards the spring of 1778, I was employed in the Continental service and was employed in driving a team with the army. I belonged with a Brigade of wagons under the command of Capt. Wm. McCullough. I was with the army at the time the army under Gen. Washington left the encampment at the Valley Forge and was with them at Monmouth. I was after that engaged with my team collecting and bringing in provisions to the army. I served in this employment eighteen months or two years................................
After the Revolutionary War, the Federal Government lacked the money to grant to the soldiers, so many left the New Jersey area and were given land in Pennsylvania along with the option of buying more land at a reduced price. John moved on to Washington Co., Pennsylvania, and about 1783 married Rosannah "Hayes" Laird, who had a son named James from a previous marriage to a James Laird. Pennsylvania was a hot-bed for Loyalists at that time, and the Hamlins moved out of Pennsylvania and started their migration into Ohio and Kentucky by flat boats down the Ohio River. John was listed as one of the first settlers of the Tollesboro, Kentucky area His brother Nathaniel settled near where Columbus, Ohio now stands and was one of the first settlers of that area. John later fought during the War of 1812 with his sons William and James Laird Hamlin.
John also had a “litigious side,” like his son and grandson -- he was named in a Court Record of the August term of 1813 "It seems he and a James Swearingin had a suit in court and Mr. Hamlin (John) let his temper get away with his judgement, and used profane language in court, and was therefore fined one dollar, which he paid."
Sounds like a “family trait”…..
Elizabeth came to Crook County from Iowa with husband Harrison Bruner in 1887
Harrison Bruner – b 1846 Indiana, Civil War veteran (participated in Sherman’s march to the sea), shares stone
with sons James, Charles & Alvin
Elizabeth b 1852 Iowa, d 1936 Sundance, shares stone w/son Leonard
Daughter of Willilam Parker & Jestenia Elizabeth Hamlin
Family moved from Kentucky to the vicinity of Des Moines, Iowa in 1847 where her father took up a homestead
Family then moved to the little town of Exira, Iowa in 1861 where her father ran a general store for a number of years
History of Audubon County Iowa , by H. F. Andrews, page 93.
Hamlin was a hunter; had done a little farming; kept a small stock of merchandise in his dwelling for sale, brought by his own team from Des Moines, Council Bluffs and other places; and he sold liquors.
He was conspicuous for quarrels and petty lawsuits; and was frequently prosecuted for illicit dealing in liquors. He was a visionary man and dabbled in patent rights. He was proprietor of "Hamlin's Omaha Liniment."
In collecting testimonials for advertising the nostrum, he solicited one from Peoria I. Whitted, who said that he had used the article and appreciated it's value, and that it would be a pleasure for him to oblige Mr. Hamlin. Whitted said that on one occasion a strange dog was harboring about his place, and in trying to drive it away, he threw an ax at the dog, which cut off it's tail; that he was sorry for the suffering of the poor brute and bathed the wounded stump from which the tail was cut with "Hamlin's Liniment," and, behold, a new tail grew out from it. He was surprised at the result, and some time later he discovered the dissevered caudal appendage, and recalling the marvelous effect of the liniment on the former occasion, he applied a dose of it to the defunct member, when, wonderful to relate, a new dog was grown out of it. This romance of Whitted's produced no small amount of merriment at Hamlin's expense, who did not take to it kindly…..In 1870 Hamlin resisted an officer who was searching his premises for illicit liquors, and hid himself out for many days to escape arrest. His liquor was seized and, pending trial, it was stolen and the receptacle filled with water. Mr. Scott was prosecuting the case before Squire Dodge, who solemnly condemned the stuff, and ordered it destroyed. The sheriff carried it into the street, broke up the cask and spilled the contents. Mr. Dodge himself tried to set it on fire with a match, but it would not burn. He remarked that any one who kept such miserably poor whisky ought to be punished! But the way Scott and Griggs convulsed with laughter at sight of the justice trying to set water on fire with a match, indicated that they might have known what became of the whisky.”
His father William Hamlin…
Had a checkered history as well. He served as a private in Capt. Seward's Company, under General Shelby, Kentucky Militia in 1814. He also participated in the Battle of the Thames in Canada …. Years later in 1830 he was appointed constable following the resignation of Caleb Richards.
On the negative side of his history, in 1832 he was hauled into court in a "bastardy" case involving one Mary Swearingen. History reports that a council in the case, Socrates Holbrook, "won the case for his client". The narrative regarding this case does not tell us which of the litigants was Mr. Holbrook's client, and the court records were destroyed in the 1937 flood of the Ohio river, so we do not know the outcome of this case. Based on later appointments, however, it would seem that this charge did nothing to injure William Hamlin's reputation, as he was included in the list of constables for the period 1833 - 1835. He was also appointed to serve from 1835 - 1838, but died in 1837 before his term was completed.
William’s father, John Hamlin…
John Hamlin was about 17 years old when he began his service in the Revolutionary War.
"I the said John Hamlin upon my said oath declare that I entered into the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated…..In the fall of 1776 I went as a substitute for my father, John Hamlin, who was (classed?)? and called out for a tour of one month. I served under Capt. Hulick and marched with him to headquarters, and then Raritan, and served under Gen. Dickensin above Brunswick where the British were. After I was discharged from this service in the forepart of the winter following, I enlisted under Capt. Benjamin McCullough of the New Jersey militia for three months. I was again marched to the service on the Raritan and served under Gen. Dickenson. In the spring after serving my 3 months I was discharged and returned home. In the same summer after that I was hired by Capt. Lock to serve as a substitute for a Tory who was called out that refused to serve. I again returned with Capt. Lock to General Dickenson's quarters, and then under a Capt. whose name I do not recollect. After serving this month I again hired into the service before I returned home and served under Capt. Hiler who was Capt. of the spies and I was employed with him in watching the movements of the enemy. After serving this last month I was discharged and returned home. In the fall of the same year I volunteered and served one month under Capt. Ward and mustered to the river____ under Gen. Dickenson before I returned. I volunteered and served two other tours of one month each. I served this time as a scout and a spy as before. After I was discharged from this service I volunteered and was hired and served another tour of one month under Capt. Hulick in the same service and the same county, but was discharged before I served the whole month. I thus served nearly ten months and after I was discharged the last time, which was towards the spring of 1778, I was employed in the Continental service and was employed in driving a team with the army. I belonged with a Brigade of wagons under the command of Capt. Wm. McCullough. I was with the army at the time the army under Gen. Washington left the encampment at the Valley Forge and was with them at Monmouth. I was after that engaged with my team collecting and bringing in provisions to the army. I served in this employment eighteen months or two years................................
After the Revolutionary War, the Federal Government lacked the money to grant to the soldiers, so many left the New Jersey area and were given land in Pennsylvania along with the option of buying more land at a reduced price. John moved on to Washington Co., Pennsylvania, and about 1783 married Rosannah "Hayes" Laird, who had a son named James from a previous marriage to a James Laird. Pennsylvania was a hot-bed for Loyalists at that time, and the Hamlins moved out of Pennsylvania and started their migration into Ohio and Kentucky by flat boats down the Ohio River. John was listed as one of the first settlers of the Tollesboro, Kentucky area His brother Nathaniel settled near where Columbus, Ohio now stands and was one of the first settlers of that area. John later fought during the War of 1812 with his sons William and James Laird Hamlin.
John also had a “litigious side,” like his son and grandson -- he was named in a Court Record of the August term of 1813 "It seems he and a James Swearingin had a suit in court and Mr. Hamlin (John) let his temper get away with his judgement, and used profane language in court, and was therefore fined one dollar, which he paid."
Sounds like a “family trait”…..