Biography of Aden D. Brunson, pages 901/902/903.  History of DeKalb County, 
Indiana; B. F. Bowen & Company, Inc., Indianapolis, 1914.

Aden D. Brunson

	One of the substantial and thrifty citizens of the vicinity of St. 
Joe, DeKalb county, Indiana, is Aden A. Brunson.  He has persevered in the 
pursuits of a persistent purpose and gained a satisfactory reward.  His 
life is exemplary in many respects, and he has ever supported those 
interests, which have for their object the welfare of the community and the 
benefit of his neighbors and friends.
	Aden D. Brunson was born in Allen county, Indiana, on September 6, 
1850, and is a son of Nathan and Hannah (Holladay) Brunson, the former a 
native of New York state and the latter of Vermont.  Nathan Brunson left 
his native state in 1836 for Indiana, his journey being by the way of the 
Ohio river to Cincinnati and then to Dearborn county, from which locality 
he came overland by ox team to Fort Wayne.  He was a resident of Allen 
county until 1881 when he came to DeKalb county, where he afterwards 
resided. He followed farming during all his active years with a fair 
degree of success and when he and his wife passed to the higher life they 
left behind them the record of well spent lives and an influence for good 
in the community. They were the parents of ten children, Allen, Jane, 
Thomas, Reuben, Aden, Ella, Vincent C., Cassie, Sidney and Susan.
	Aden Brunson attended first the common schools of Allen county, 
supplementing this training by attendance at the Methodist College at Fort 
Wayne.  He then was a student in the Bryant & Stratton Business College at 
Buffalo, New York, after which he learned the business of telegraphy, in 
which he was employed at Buffalo for a time; then for twenty years he was 
on the road as traveling salesman for Chicago houses, after which he went 
to Springfield, Illinois, moving from there to Fort Wayne, and thence to 
Newville, DeKalb county, eventually locating on the splendid farm of 
eighty-five acres in Wilmington and Concord townships, where he now 
resides. To the cultivation of this tract of land Mr. Brunson has given 
intelligent direction and his efforts have been rewarded with a degree of 
success commensurate therewith. He continues farming and stock raising, 
believing that in this way can farmer secure the best results from his 
land, and in all his efforts he has been guided by sound business 
principles which, combined with his indefatigable efforts and thrifty 
habits, have made him fairly independent in the way of material wealth.
	Aden D. Brunson was married on September 30, 1876, to Alice V. 
Michaels, the daughter of Oliver P. and Mary A. (Steward) Michaels. Mr. 
Michaels, who was a native of Maryland, moved from that state to Ohio, 
where he followed the carpenter business during all his active years. He 
is now deceased.  He was nephew of Thomas Jefferson, being the son of 
Deborah Jefferson, sister of the President.  His wife, who is also 
deceased, was born in Virginia.  To Mr. and Mrs. Michaels were born ten 
children, namely Jane, William, Nathaniel, Ellen, Addison, Fannie, all of 
whom are deceased; Mrs. Brunson, Melissa, Warren and Lucretia, the last 
named also being deceased.  To Mr. and Mrs. Brunson have been born four 
children, namely: Ada, the wife of C.C. Bassett, of St. Joe, an engineer 
on the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad; Sterling, a farmer in Wilmington 
township, this county, and Thomas, who remains at home with his parents.
	Politically, Mr. Brusnson has been a life-long Republican and is the 
present assessor of his township, performing the duties of this office to 
the entire satisfaction of his fellow citizens. He has ever taken more than 
a passing interest in the things that have had for their object the material 
improvement of this community and county, and because of his business success 
and his genuine personal worth he enjoys the fullest measure of confidence 
and good will on the part of his fellow citizens.

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Arlene Goodwin
Auburn, Indiana
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