Rebecca Brunts was one of 12 children born to John Brunts, Sr. and his first wife Bathsheba from Kentucky who moved into Howard Co MO by 1822. They had 11 daughters and 1 son.

No record exists to show birth year of Rebecca, so I figured she was 18 and made it 1808. (She died too soon to appear on any census.)

Rebecca married 14 Aug 1828 in Howard Co. MO, Azariah Doty b.Oct 8 1804 Greene Co TN. He was the son of Isaac Doty (1780-1882) and Nancy Betsy Flanery (1774-1842). It appears Rebecca died by 1836, perhaps in childbirth. She gave birth to one daughter:

Rebecca Frances Doty b. 4 Oct 1829 Howard Co. MO d. 2 Jan 1912 married 10 May 1849 in Howard Co. MO., James D. Wright b. 1826 d. 1859, and m.2nd 1865 William Naylor. While the write-up below says they married 1878 it is incorrect. They married in 1865. They are in the Aug 27 1870 census for Sidney, Fremont Co. IA already married with 3 of her children and 3 of his in household.

Her daughter left Howard Co. in a group headed for California and were attacked by indians and the daughter Rebecca (Doty) Wright lost her first husband. The story is on the daughter's find a grave memorial.

Azariah Doty remarried on 10 Oct 1836 in Boone Co. MO, Dicy Alexander. Later in 1860 census Azariah and 2nd wife Dicy are living in Holt Co MO where he is farming. Azariah Doty died 30 Apr 1881 in Sidney, Fremont Co Iowa.

Woodland Daily Democrat Woodland, California 2 Jan 1912 Tuesday Page 1 MRS. W. H. NAYLOR IS BEYOND EARTH'S CONFINES Eighty-two Years She Blessed the World, Then Passed Quietly Out of It Her Loving and Beloved Husband and Children All by Her Side When She Went Mrs. W. H. Naylor passed away at the Naylor home on Court street a few minutes before 3 o'clock this morning. She was apparently in her usual health until Monday morning, when she suddenly collapsed. She must have had a premonition that the end was at hand, for she said to her husband, "I am gone." He picked her up and laid her tenderly upon the bed, from which she was destined never again to rise in this life. She soon lapsed into unconsciousness but Monday evening her mind was clear again until within an hour of her death, and she conversed intelligently with her son, John H. Wright, after his arrival from San Francisco. In her last hours she was surrounded by her husband and three children. Mrs. Naylor was endowed with a strong and robust constitution and her habits of living were so simple and correct that her useful life was prolonged far beyond the average span of human existence. Her last years were so peaceful and serene and marked by such content and resignation, the ebb and flow of waning vitality so regular and natural that her passing of the shadowy portals was like that of the tired child falling into a deep and restful slumber. It was unaccompanied by any of the suffering incident to the frailties and afflictions of old age. Like ripened grain she fell before the reaper. There was a wealth of love, confidence and tenderness with which he waited for the end. The funeral will be held on Thursday at 2 pm. The maiden name of the deceased was Rebekah Frances Doty. She was born in Howard county, Missouri, on the 4th of October, 1829, and was therefore 82 years, 2 months and 28 days old. She was married in Howard county, Missouri, to J. D. Wright, in 1848. With a company of emigrants they started to cross the plains in 1859. In a fight with Indians in Idaho Mr. Wright was killed and his wife was seriously wounded. Mrs. Wright arrived in Placerville after a trip full of peril and privations, and as soon as she recovered she returned to Missouri. In 1867 she removed to Iowas and in 1875 she returned to California, locating in Yolo county. In the spring of 1878 she was married to W. H. Naylor, who survives her. To them no children were born. By her first husband she was the mother of three children, J.H. Wright, of San Francisco, and Joel G. Wright and Mrs. S. E. Gallup of Woodland. For many years, in fact, ever since she was eighteen years of age, Mrs. Naylor had been a professor of religion and was a devout member of the Baptist denomination. From the time of her first profession her interest in the spiritual side of life continued to grow and her faith increased with waning years. Chief among her high qualities was her charity. Her benefactions fell upon those who needed and were helped by her in numbers such that her heart would beat with answering blessing, if only she could hear them yet. In her domestic relations her life was ideal. No man ever trod the path of mortal with truer, more loyal or more devoted life. Her love, her gentleness, her solicitude and marvelous tenderness for her children were sublime. Indeed, she loved her family, her friends and her people with an unselfish and unfaltering devotion. Her work is done. Her past is secure and her future is in the hands of HIm who is abundantly able to do all we can ask and grant all we are worthy to receive.

July 27, 1859 Cold Springs (Malta, Idaho) Frequent fighting had occurred between emigrants and Indians along the Hudspeth Cutoff northwest of Salt Lake City, and one act of retribution fell on an innocent party. A wagon train led by Ferguson Shepherd was traversing a canyon near Cold Springs, on the west side of the Sublett Range. When the emigrants stopped to doctor a sick horse, Shoshone bullets rang out of the bushes on both sides of the trail. The bullets killed four emigrants and wounded several others. Four of the emigrant men rode off. The Shoshones grabbed a young child and threw her against some rocks, breaking her leg. The mother managed to mount a mule and escape with her injured daughter. Another woman fled on foot and became so exhausted she left her eight-month-old infant hidden behind some bushes. In all, four were killed and four were wounded, one of them mortally. The Shoshones burned most of the wagons and stole 35 horses.