Samuel Bragunier 1833-1913

A Thumbnail Biography by David C. Procuniar

Copyright 1997-1998-1999-2000-2001

All Rights Reserved Last updated: 31 Aug 2001

Samuel Bragunier, the son of Abraham &  Elizabeth (Wingard-Winger) Bragonier, born 28 Dec 1833 Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania, died 22 May 1913, cause of death Apoplexy.  Buried in the Upper Creek Cemetery, Christainsburg, Ohio. 

Samuel Bragunier came to Carroll County Indiana when he was 2 years old (1835) with his parents. Samuel met Melvina while she was visiting friends in Carroll Co, Indiana, they were married in Carroll Co when Samuel was 36 years old and Melvina Ross was 35 years old.  They lived there until 1884 when they relocated to Melvina's parents farm the "Ross Homestead" in Jackson Township, Champaign County, Ohio. Samuel was a farmer, and earlier shared a farm in Deer Creek Twp. Carroll County Indiana with his younger brother John Jacob Bragonier.  Samuel is buried in the Upper Creek Cemetery, in Christainsburg, Ohio (per B.B Robinson's book Samuel is listed in the Unlinked Branch "C" page 55, and notes from Pat Borke Mason Ohio).

Also Ref: Cemetery Records at the Upper Honey Creek Cemetery, (Ullery) PO Box 67 Christiansburg, Ohio 45389. The Indiana Federal 1860 Census lists Samuel, aged 27, born in PA and living in Carroll County, Deer Creek Township Indiana in 1860 with his mother and brother John Jacob.

Quoting from a "letter" written by Uriah Wingard of Wymore, Nebraska in 1885, "Sam broke up, he is a renter, he was gardeen for Martin oldest boy, he had a good 160 akers all swept away from him when the boy got 21 years".  Sam was living in Deer Creek Twp., in the home with his mother and brother John J.  In 1870 he was in Tippecanoe Twp. Carroll County Indiana age 36 with wife Lavina aged 36 and Katyn age 10 months. In 1880 Samuel was not found in Carroll County Indiana census records, but is said to have moved from Indiana in 1884 to the old Ross Homestead in Jackson Township, Champaign County Ohio".

Ref: Pat Borke's print-out of her family file.  Email Pat at   pfb@choice.net

A Few Sources:

The Bragonier Family by Georgiana H. Randall 1969

The Bragunier Family in America by Brittain Bragunier Robinson 1969

First Reformed Church of Hagerstown Maryland church records on LDS micro-film.

Children:

Minerva (Kittie) Bragunier 1869-1949 married 1st William Schisler, (one child)

                                                       married 2nd Frank Ferman Vandeveer (five children)

Mary Elizabeth Bragunier 1870-

May Estella Bragunier 1872-1958 married John H. Swisher (seven children)

Marien Rusner Ross Bragunier 1874-1875

Martha Addie Bragunier 1875-   married Charles William Proctor (four children)

John Charles Bragunier 1878-1963 married Pearl Meeks (no children)

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