From Mayanne Deweese McCarley's book "Journey into Yesterday":
Jacob Anderson Brunk was born at Mound Station, Brown County,Illinois, 5 May 1838. Jacob Brunk enlisted on the 1st day of June, 1861 in the Union Army when the call for volunteers went out. He was assigned to Company E, 16th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry. He is described as being 23 years old, 5 ft, 9 in tall, black hair, gray eyes and rather dark complexion. He also had a high briged thin nose and a very aristocratic looking face.
In September, 1862, while on picket duty, he was taken prisoner by the Confederates. After thirty days he was returned in a prisoner exchange, emaciated and ill and hungry, and was never in as good health as before. Later he was tranferred to the 60th Regiment, Illinois Vol. Infantry, and in a charge made by the 60th Regiment at Buzzard's Roost he was injured by the explosion of a cannon shell directly above his head. He complained of headaches and dizziness ever after in life and may have suffered a concussion. At the expiration his term of enlistment he was honorably discharged and mustered out on 12 June 1864 at Chattanooga, Tenn.
He went home to Brown County, Illinois, and to his bride whom he had not seen in two years. There they settled down on a farm near Timewell, Illinois. They stayed here two years and then hearing of free land in Kansas they might homestead if they would remain on it a certain number of years and improve it, they moved there. This may have been with the Wacaser family, Mary Ann's parents, for they went by wagontrain to Kansas about this time. They lived in Cherokee County, Kansas 7 years then sold out and moved to Newton County, Missouri and bought a farm about 2 miles north of Senica. This was in 1873. They remained here until he retireded and moved to Seneca where they lived the rest of their lives.
Jacob Anderson Brunk was born at Mound Station, Brown County,Illinois, 5 May 1838. Jacob Brunk enlisted on the 1st day of June, 1861 in the Union Army when the call for volunteers went out. He was assigned to Company E, 16th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry. He is described as being 23 years old, 5 ft, 9 in tall, black hair, gray eyes and rather dark complexion. He also had a high briged thin nose and a very aristocratic looking face.
In September, 1862, while on picket duty, he was taken prisoner by the Confederates. After thirty days he was returned in a prisoner exchange, emaciated and ill and hungry, and was never in as good health as before. Later he was tranferred to the 60th Regiment, Illinois Vol. Infantry, and in a charge made by the 60th Regiment at Buzzard's Roost he was injured by the explosion of a cannon shell directly above his head. He complained of headaches and dizziness ever after in life and may have suffered a concussion. At the expiration his term of enlistment he was honorably discharged and mustered out on 12 June 1864 at Chattanooga, Tenn.
He went home to Brown County, Illinois, and to his bride whom he had not seen in two years. There they settled down on a farm near Timewell, Illinois. They stayed here two years and then hearing of free land in Kansas they might homestead if they would remain on it a certain number of years and improve it, they moved there. This may have been with the Wacaser family, Mary Ann's parents, for they went by wagontrain to Kansas about this time. They lived in Cherokee County, Kansas 7 years then sold out and moved to Newton County, Missouri and bought a farm about 2 miles north of Senica. This was in 1873. They remained here until he retireded and moved to Seneca where they lived the rest of their lives.
From Mayanne Deweese McCarley's book "Journey into Yesterday":
Jacob Anderson Brunk was born at Mound Station, Brown County,Illinois, 5 May 1838. Jacob Brunk enlisted on the 1st day of June, 1861 in the Union Army when the call for volunteers went out. He was assigned to Company E, 16th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry. He is described as being 23 years old, 5 ft, 9 in tall, black hair, gray eyes and rather dark complexion. He also had a high briged thin nose and a very aristocratic looking face.
In September, 1862, while on picket duty, he was taken prisoner by the Confederates. After thirty days he was returned in a prisoner exchange, emaciated and ill and hungry, and was never in as good health as before. Later he was tranferred to the 60th Regiment, Illinois Vol. Infantry, and in a charge made by the 60th Regiment at Buzzard's Roost he was injured by the explosion of a cannon shell directly above his head. He complained of headaches and dizziness ever after in life and may have suffered a concussion. At the expiration his term of enlistment he was honorably discharged and mustered out on 12 June 1864 at Chattanooga, Tenn.
He went home to Brown County, Illinois, and to his bride whom he had not seen in two years. There they settled down on a farm near Timewell, Illinois. They stayed here two years and then hearing of free land in Kansas they might homestead if they would remain on it a certain number of years and improve it, they moved there. This may have been with the Wacaser family, Mary Ann's parents, for they went by wagontrain to Kansas about this time. They lived in Cherokee County, Kansas 7 years then sold out and moved to Newton County, Missouri and bought a farm about 2 miles north of Senica. This was in 1873. They remained here until he retireded and moved to Seneca where they lived the rest of their lives.
Jacob Anderson Brunk was born at Mound Station, Brown County,Illinois, 5 May 1838. Jacob Brunk enlisted on the 1st day of June, 1861 in the Union Army when the call for volunteers went out. He was assigned to Company E, 16th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry. He is described as being 23 years old, 5 ft, 9 in tall, black hair, gray eyes and rather dark complexion. He also had a high briged thin nose and a very aristocratic looking face.
In September, 1862, while on picket duty, he was taken prisoner by the Confederates. After thirty days he was returned in a prisoner exchange, emaciated and ill and hungry, and was never in as good health as before. Later he was tranferred to the 60th Regiment, Illinois Vol. Infantry, and in a charge made by the 60th Regiment at Buzzard's Roost he was injured by the explosion of a cannon shell directly above his head. He complained of headaches and dizziness ever after in life and may have suffered a concussion. At the expiration his term of enlistment he was honorably discharged and mustered out on 12 June 1864 at Chattanooga, Tenn.
He went home to Brown County, Illinois, and to his bride whom he had not seen in two years. There they settled down on a farm near Timewell, Illinois. They stayed here two years and then hearing of free land in Kansas they might homestead if they would remain on it a certain number of years and improve it, they moved there. This may have been with the Wacaser family, Mary Ann's parents, for they went by wagontrain to Kansas about this time. They lived in Cherokee County, Kansas 7 years then sold out and moved to Newton County, Missouri and bought a farm about 2 miles north of Senica. This was in 1873. They remained here until he retireded and moved to Seneca where they lived the rest of their lives.
Family Members
Siblings
Sponsored by Ancestry
Advertisement
Explore more
Sponsored by Ancestry
Advertisement
