Hilary J. Brunot and Mary Bissell

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Husband Hilary J. Brunot ^{1 2 3}

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           Born: 24 Jul 1824 - Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co, PA 2
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         Father: Hilary Brunot (1795-1872) 1 2 4
         Mother: Ann Tankard Reville (1798-1873) 1 2 3

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       Marriage: 12 Jul 1855 - Boone Grove, Porter Co, IN 3 5

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Wife Mary Bissell ³

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         Father: William Bissell (      -      ) 5
         Mother: Sarah [Unk] (      -      ) 5

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1 F Ann Elizabeth Brunot ^{3 5}

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         Spouse: Hilary B. Brunot (      -Aft 1906) 4 6

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2 F Mary Caroline Brunot ^{3 5}

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         Spouse: Dr. I. P. Klingensmith (      -      ) 3 5

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3 M Hilary Sanson Brunot ^{3 5}

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4 F Sarah Louisa Brunot ^{3 5}

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5 M William B. Brunot ^{3 5}

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6 M Felix Reville Brunot ^{3 5}

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7 F Melusina B. Brunot ³

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            AKA: Melesina Cory Brunot 5
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         Spouse: Joseph K. Barclay (      -      ) 3

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8 M James Thompson Brunot ^{3 5 8}

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            AKA: Joseph T. Brunot 7
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         Spouse: Rose Latta (1879-1913) 8 9 10

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9 M Indiana Traner Brunot ^{3 5}

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         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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10 M John Breton Brunot ^{3 5}

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           Born: 6 Nov 1878 - Greensburg, Westmoreland Co, PA 3
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         Spouse: Alice E. Turner (      -      ) 11
           Marr: 26 Aug 1903 11

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General Notes: Husband - Hilary J. Brunot

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He was educated in Sewickley Academy and Western University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Leaving school he was engaged for a short time in the white lead business. In 1845 he engaged in civil engineering and assisted Nathan McDowell to make test surveys for slackwater navigation on the Monongahela river. In 1849 he went with a Pittsburgh company to California, where he remained two years. In 1851 he returned to Pennsylvania and helped locate and survey the Allegheny Valley Railroad. In 1854 he resigned from the engineer corps and went to Indiana, where he married and then purchased a stock farm in Rock Island County, Illinois, upon which he resided for five years. In 1859 he removed to Fayette County, Pennsylvania, where he was engaged in farming and speculation in coal lands until 1873, when he came to Greensburg. He then began dealing in coal, oil and gas lands. He was one of the pioneers of the natural gas business, and with the Haymaker brothers put down the first well at Murrysville. In 1883 he started the Daily and Weekly Press, one of the leading papers of the country, which came to have far more than a local circulation. During the Civil War Mr. Brunot was mustered into the service of the United States at Camp Howell, July 2, 1863, and served until August 16, 1863, when the regiment, the fifty-fourth, Pennsylvania Volunteers, was disbanded and he was discharged.

Politically Mr. Brunot was a stanch and ardent republican. In Masonry he passed through lodge, council, chapter, commandery, temple and consistory, and was a Thirty-second degree or Scottish Rite Mason.

1 Editor, The History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Part II (Chicago, IL: A. W. Warner & Co., 1889), Pg 209.

2 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 56.

3 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 136.

4 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 135.

5 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 58.

6 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 57.

7 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 19.

8 George P. Donehoo, Pennsylvania - A History (SW) (New York, NY; Chicago, IL: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1926), Pg 91.

9 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 122.

10 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 19, 136.

11 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 137.