Bruner Grave Yard, Rio Township, Knox Co., IL

Knox County, Illinois, Rio Township, NW 1/4 Sec. 25
Deed Book 218 Filed for record Jan 18,1915

     The grantors, Wesley Bruner, single; Isaac Bruner and Mary A. Bruner, his wife; alter
Bruner and Ella Bruner, his wife; Sarah Bruner Strubel, widow; for and in consideration of the sum of one dollar and the covenants hereinafter set forth, do hereby convey and quit claim unto the County of Knox of the State of Illinois all our right, title, and interest in and to the following described real estate, to wit:

     One acre, more or less, located in the southwest corner of the northeast quarter of the northwest quarter of Section twenty-five in Township thirteen, Range one in Knox County, Illinois. Said parcel of ground being now fenced and known as the old 'Bruner Grave Yard" said granters, Wesley Bruner, Isaac Bruner, Walter Bruner, and Sarah Bruner Strubel being heirs of their deceased father, Elijah Bruner; and said plot of ground containing the remains of more than one hundred and fifth persons, among which is the remains of Peter Bruner who was a solider in the Revolutionary War; also the remains of Michael Young and of James Dickerson, who were soldiers in the Civil War of 1861-1865, and the last burial in said plot being that of Elijah Bruner in the year 1877; and the said Knox County., Illinois grantee hereby covenants and agrees by the acceptance of this conveyance and in consideration thereof to hold and use and maintain said tract described as such grave yard and for said purpose, forever.

In Witness Whereof we have hereunto subscribed our names and same is dated this sixth day of January A.D. 1915. Sealed and delivered in presence of:
Wesley Bruner, Isaac Bruner, Mary A. Bruner, Walter Bruner, Ella Bruner, Mrs. Sarah Bruner Strubel

     When interstate #74 was built, 1/4 miles east of the cemetery, the East and West road North of the Cemetery was closed, Knox County moved the big Cannon, flagpole, & monument to the North South Road, 1/4 miles west of the cemetery, on the lawn edge of the Elijah Bruner home; now Richard Billey farm. The cemetery is located and can be seen looking directly east of the monument.

Wesley Bruner took care of the cemetery all of his life.