Brunk, James H.

Birth

James was born on January 8, 1840 in the town of Berne on the farm he now owns, the son of Henry Brunk and Rebecca Fowler.[1] His siblings were:

• Alraira Brunk
• Lydia Ann Brunk
• Jabez Brunk
• Elizabeth Brunk
• Catherine S. Brunk
• Nicholas J. Brunk
• Edgar Brunk

Education

He attended the common district schools.[1]

Occupation

He was a farmer and has spent his life on the homestead farm. After the death of his father, he hired the farm from his mother and the other heirs and in 1868, purchased it and has added to it since then twenty-seven acres. He has devoted his attention to a general farming and the breeding of fine grade cattle.[1]

Marriage and Children

On March 4, 1865, he married Louisa E. Hungerford of Berne a daughter of Alfred Hungerford and Harriet Winne. Their children are:

• Willie J. Brunk
• Frank T. Brunk
• Hattie Brunk who died when nineteen.
• Lena Brunk]Lena married Ira Secor.
• Alfred Brunk
• Leroy Brunk

Death

Louisa died in 1913. James died in 1914.

Additional Media

Brunk, James H., was born January 8, 1840, in the town of Berne on the farm he now owns. Nicholas Brunk, his grandfather, was born in the Mohawk Valley, of Holland ancestry and was a descendant from one of five brothers who migrated from Holland and settled along the Mohawk River as pioneers; Nicholas settled in the town of Knox, where he cleared him a farm and made him a home on 130 acres of land. His wife was Elizabeth Miller and their children were Mathias, Hannah, Henry, Jacob, Gittie Ann, Eva, Catherine and Lydia.

Henry Brunk, the father of James, was born in Knox February 38. 1806, where he was a lifelong farmer. He married Rebecca Fowler who was born in Berne on the farm now owned by her .son, March 17, 1809. After his marriage, he purchased from his father-in-law the farm of 146 acres and there spent his life. Their children were Alraira, Lydia Ann, Jabez, James H., Elizabeth, Catherine S., Nicholas J., and Edgar. He died December 13, 1865, and his wife May 36, 1893. She was a daughter of Lewis Fowler, who was a native of England and came to America in the time of the Revolutionary war and served seven years m the war.

James H. Brunk has spent his life on the homestead farm. When a boy he attended the common district schools, but after the death of his father, he hired the farm from his mother and the other heirs and in 1868 pur- chased it and has added to it since then twenty-seven acres, where he has devoted his attention to a general farming and the breeding of fine grade cattle. Mr. Brunk has filled the office of overseer of the poor for several years. He is an influential member of the Patrons of Industry and president of the Evening Star Lodge of Berne. March 4, 1865, he married Louisa E. Hungerford of Berne, and their children are Willie J., Frank T.. Hattie (who died when nineteen), Lena, Alfred and Leroy.

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