Biography of Morrison Brunstetter, pages 974 / 975.  History of De Kalb 
County, Indiana.  Inter-State Publishing Company, Chicago, 1885.

Morrison Brunstetter, of the firm Briggs & Co., grocers and provision 
dealers, Butler, Ind., was born in Mahoning County, Ohio, Sept. 9, 1855, a 
son of Levi Brunsetter, deceased.  He was reared and educated in his native 
county, when eighteen years of age began to learn the carpenter’s trade, at 
which he worked till the fall of 1884, with the exception of two years, when 
he was engaged in cabinet-making and undertaking in Bairdstown, Ohio, having 
moved to that place in 1873.  In April 1885, he came to Butler, Ind., in 
company with Edwin D. Briggs, they having previously bought a stock of 
groceries and confectionery.  They have paid strict attention to their 
business since coming to Butler, and have built up a good trade.  Mr. 
Brunsetetter was married in March, 1879, to Miss Ollie E. Bailey, daughter 
of Jacob Bailey, of Wood County, Ohio.  They have one child---Jessie Ionia. 
Mr. Brunstetter is a member of the Odd Fellows’ order, an organization in 
which he takes a great interest.

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Arlene Goodwin
Auburn, Indiana
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