Person:Ruthiford Jackson (1)

1880 Census Forest City, Mason, Co., Illinois Jackson, Josiah W M 46 married Carpenter & builder OH PA PA Jackson, Mary A. W F 43 wife married keeping house OH MD NY Jackson, B. Fuller W M 19 son S farm laborer IL OH OH Jackson, Sherman G. W M 15 son single farm laborer IL OH OH Jackson, Rutherford W M 3 dau struck thru single IL OH OH (gender error)

1910 Census Dist 0076, Sherman, Mason Co., Illinois Bruning, John H. Head M W 41 M2 6yrs IL Germany Germany Bruning, Ruth J. Wife F W 32 M1 6yrs 1ch/1 lvg IL OH OH Bruning, William J. son M W 15 S IL IL IL Bruning, John H. Jr. son M W 3 S IL IL IL

1920 Census District 98 Lewistown, Fulton Co., Illinois Bruning, Harmon Head M W 51 M IL Germany Germany Bruning, Ruth Wife F W 42 M IL OH OH Bruning, William Son M W 25 S IL IL IL Bruning, John Son M W 13 S IL IL IL

Ruth (Mrs. Ruth Bruning) is mentioned as a surviving sister in the obituary of Benjamin Jackson exerpted below: "He is survived by five sons, Glenn Jackson, Mason City; Merlyn Jackson, Forest City; Benjamin and Jesse Jackson, both of Bath; and Robert Jackson of Canton; two daughters, Mrs. Louisa Palmer, Manito; and Mrs. Prudence Folkman, Canton; one sister, Mrs. Ruth Bruning, Havana; 16 grandchildren; and 24 great-grandchildren." (The Pekin Times, Pekin, Illinois, 11 Jun 1953)

The Pekin Times, 30 Dec 1964 posted by 'wavemusic' at his ancestry.com Jackson tree: Mrs. R. Bruning Dies This A.M. at Age 88 HAVANA - Mrs. Ruth Bruning, 88, a resident of the Havana Nursing Home for several years, died there at 5 a.m. today. Funeral services, will be conducted at 2 p.m. Saturday in the Hurley Funeral Home, with Rev. Robert Wiedrich, pastor of the First Methodist church at Havana, officiating. Interment will be in Laurel Hill cemetery. Friends may call after 3 p.m. Friday at the funeral home. Born Oct. 3, 1876, at Forest City, she was the daughter of Josiah and Ann Beard Jackson. She married John Herman Bruning Sept. 16, 1903, at Easton. He preceded her in death on June 17, 1955. Surviving is one son, John, of Cincinnati, O. Mrs. Bruning was a member of the First Methodist church, the Pipe Organ Society, and the WSCS.

1. ↑ United States. 1880 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication T9)
   Forest City, Mason, Co., Illinois.
2. ↑ ^2.0 2.1 Obituary
   Mrs. Ruth Bruning, The Pekin Times, 30 Dec 1964.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2} Find A Grave
   Memorial# 87377820.
4. ↑ United States. 1920 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication T625)
   District 98 Lewistown, Fulton Co., Illinois.
5.   United States. 1910 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication T624)
   Sherman, Mason Co., Illinois.
6.   United States. 1920 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication T625)
   Lewistown, Fulton Co., Illinois.