... Thomas, born Oct. 18, 1829.
Thomas Bruner, the youngest of the family, was born in the log house on the present J. S. Bruner farm, where he grew to manhood. At the age of twenty-three his father gave him the north half of Lot 8, and later he purchased the north half of Lot 7, thus acquiring 200 acres in one block. He immediately settled on his holdings, clearing enough space on which to erect a frame house, and so substantially was this built that it stands to-day still in a good state of preservation, although it has not, for years, been used as a place of residence. In 1863 he built the fine stone house that it would seem time could not affect, and close by each other now stand the houses of the past and of the present, typifying the great progress made as the years passed. The father lived to be gratified with seeing all his land cleared up, and for years he was actively engaged in cultivating it, meeting with great success. He owned other farms, one of eighty and one of sixty acres, and also considerable property in Kingsville. For thirteen years prior to his death he resided at Kingsville, passing away March 6, 1900, and he was laid to rest at Olinda. In politics he was a Reformer. For many years he was a constant attendant and a consistent member of the Methodist Church.
He married Naomi Tofflemire, born Dec. 18, 1833, daughter of Henry and Catherine (Quick) Tofflemire, and they had children as follows :
- Philomen, died at the age of twenty-one months;
- Wilhelmina died aged three years ;
- Ileman married Caroline Bennett, has four children, and lives in Kingsville;
- Heenan married Alice Duhurst, and lives in Gosfield North;
- Amon [more later];
- Adelia married Joseph Wright, of Gosfield North, had nine children, and died aged thirty-eight years;
- Cecelia died aged ten years;
- Ella died aged nine months; and
- Wellington. ...
