When Mary Bruner was born on 18 October 1830, in Indiana, United States, her father, Nicholas Bruner, was 28 and her mother, Hannah Fisher, was 26. She married William Henry Simzer on 1 June 1851, in Rock Island, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in United States in 1900 and Stephenson, Rock Island, Illinois, United States in 1900. She died on 3 December 1909, in Rock Island, Illinois, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Chippiannock Cemetery, Rock Island, Rock Island, Illinois, United States.
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Convinced that a group of Native American tribes were hostile, The United States formed a frontier militia to stop them in their tracks. Even though Black Hawk was hoping to avoid bloodshed while trying to resettle on tribal land, U.S. officials opened fire on the Native Americans. Black Hawk then responded to this confrontation by successfully attacking the militia at the Battle of Stillman's Run and then left northward. After a few months the militia caught up with Black Hawk and his men and defeated them at the Battle of Wisconsin Heights. While being weakened by hunger, injuries and desertion, Black Hawk and the rest of the many native survivors retreated towards the Mississippi. Unfortunately, Black Hawk and other leaders were later captured when they surrendered to the US forces and were then imprisoned for a year.
In the latter year, this original seat of justice of the county was superseded by the Town of Stephenson, and a village laid out in what is now the lower part of the City of Rock Island. It was laid out by the commissioners authorized by the Legislature to establish the seat of justice for Rock Island County...Stephenson was the cradle of Rock Island, the nursery of much of that intellectual and social life which has since expanded into the larger and intenser life of the city...
Due to the state’s financial crisis during the previous decade and growing criticism toward state government. Voters approve the Constitution of 1851 which forbade the state government from going into debt.
German: nickname from Old High German, Old Saxon Brūn (see Brun ).
German and Jewish: variant of Brunner .
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