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 COLUMBIA AND MONTOUR COUNTIES ing al dial place until the spring o f 1886. when he nioved to the tract known as the Henry Battin farm, just out o f town. But in a year or two he returned to M illville, Columbia county, where he died, at the age o f seventy* live years, in 1905. On M ay 20, 1853. M r. Bruner married Martha C. Fairm an, who w as bom .April 10, 1832. daughter o f Roliert and Edith (Uattin) Kainnan, and granddaughter o f William and Mary Fairm an und Henry and Sarah Battin. These people were o f ix-otch*Irish descent. .Mrs. Bruner still survives, living at Millville, and though jiast eighty is very active. Eight children were liom to Mr. and M rs. Bruner: Mar>' 1.. Hannah E liu licth, Anna M argaret. Sarah E ., John V.. Susan E „ William P. (who dic«l in 1863. aged nearly four years) and Hcnrx' J. (w ho die<l in 18 8 1. aged twenty* three years, ten m onths). Mr. Bruner w as a progressive man and gave his children good educational advantages. He was an active church worker, belonging to the I.uthcran denoinin.'ition, and was the principal founder of the Pine Center congregation in Pine town­ .ship. Politically be w as a Prohibitionist. John W. Bruner, only surviving son o f John and M artha C. ( F a im u n ) Bruner, began his ediK-ation in the local public schools and later attended M illville Seminary and the State Normal School at Bloomsburg. He cngagcil in teaching school for a few terms in his home county, and then entered Jefferson Medical College .at Philadelphia, from which institu­ tion he was graduated in 1890. H is first loca­ tion fo r practice was at Roaring Branch, in I.ym m ing county. Pa., where he remained four and a h alf years. In Jan uary. >895. he opcne'l an office at Bloomsburg. He one of the leading physicians in that vicinity. Since his graduation he has taken two special courses to fit him self fo r ad%-anced work, one in Innc. i8i>5. when he did post-graduate work al ’ the Iffiiladclphia Polyclinic, and one in HJ04-O5. when he took a special course in the lliiladelphia Polyclinic and Jefferson Medical Collide, devoting all his time to suigcry. Be­ sides looking a fte r his private practice the Doctor has given considerable time and at­ tention lo the Bloomsburg Hospital, which was foundwl in 190(1. He was one of the first to iKTCome interested in its establishment, and served on the building committee and 011 other imiKirtant committees. He was the first presi­ dent of the hosjiital staff, and is still a memto r o f that Ik x I v . He is a mcmtor of the Columbia County .Metlical Society, of the Pcnnsvlvania State Me<Iical .Vssociation. and

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of the West Branch Medical .A.ssociation. Dr. Bruner takes a deep interest in the adminis­ tration o f local offices, and is at this writing vice president of the borough council. Polit­ ically he is a Republican, and in religious con­ nection a Methodist. In 1890 Dr. Bruner marricrl Etta S. Eves, daughter o f William Eves, o f M illville. T o them were born two sons: .Arthur Henry, bom in 1894. and Jolm Robert, bom in 1899. toth o f whom are in school. .Mrs. Bruner died Ju ly 24. 1910. On Oct. 9, 19 12. Dr. Bruner married Margaret E ves, youngest daughter of the late Charles W. E ves and Sarah B. (.Masters) Eves. SHU.M.A.N. T he Shuman fam ily has been settled in Columbia county for several generations, and its represenutivcs in Cata­ wissa have been among the leading citizens of the township and borough. Ju d ge Frank­ lin L. Shuman, fonner business man, asso­ ciate Judge and active in the promotion o f va­ rious public utilities, before his retirement di<l jirobably more than any other one man for the tonefit of the place, founding va­ rious enterprises and m axing others possible by his efforts and mffuencc among his fellow citizens. H is son. Paris H. Shuman, is now one of the foremost men of the borough. T he first American ancestors of the branches of the Shuman family found in this region o f Pennsylvania were the brothers, Rudolph and (icorgc .Shuman, who came lo this coun­ try from Wurtcmtoig. Germany. George Shuman came over from Wurtcmt o ig in 1760 and in 1772 settled on the upper end o f T u rkey H ill, in M anor township. I.ancasler Co., Pa. He had sons a s follow s: Michael, to m in 17 5 8 : John. 1 7 6 1; Henry. 176 4 : .Adam. 17 7 0 : .Andrew. 17 7 4 : Christian. >777! Jacob. 1 7 8 1; E'redcrick. 178 6 : and G eoige. 1788. H is daughters w ere: Eliza­ beth. to m in 1779. and .Mary, in 1784. Michael Shuman, horn in 1758. came with hi.s parents from the Fatherland. His first w ife w as a .Manning, and his second w ife was Catharine P feiffer, who w as a Rcdcmptioncr. Jacob Shuman, bom in 17 8 1. wa.s twice married, and by hi.s first marri.age. which was to M ary Witman, had children as follow s: George, [acob. Daniel. John. Catharine. Henry (o f l.alayette, Iml.». Frederick ( o f Rich­ mond. Ind.) and Michael S. ( o f Columbia. Lancaster Co., P a .); by his second inarri.ngc. which was to M argaret W isler. (here were five children, viz.: Christian, deceased; .An­ drew. who died in Chicago. I l l; .Abraham,