- SAMUEL BROUNTY, of the firm of BREKKE & BROUNTY, druggists
and grocers, Clinton;
- was born in the town of Pleasant Springs, Dane Co., Wis.;
his parents, James and Elizabeth BROUNTY, were natives of Ohio,
and came to Wisconsin in 1847 and settled in Pleasant Springs,
where Samuel was born in 1849, and where his mother died in 1850,
and his father in 1855; he made his home with the neighbors in
that town till 1864; he then enlisted in Co. E, 44th W.V.I.,
and was with the Army of the Potomac till mustered out at Madison
in 1865. In 1868, he came to Clinton, and in 1876, went into
merchandising with Chester TELLEFSON; was with him two years,
then began business for himself and continued that for one year;
in May 1879, he formed a partnership with Mr. BREKKE. He was
married in 1875 to Mary ANDERSON, of Christiana, born here in
1850; they have two children - John E., born July 3, 1876. and
George, born Feb. 22, 1878. They are members of the Lutheran
Church.
Taken from "The History of Dane County, Wisconsin"
(c)1880 Western Historical Company, Chicago, p. 1170.
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- Courtesy of Carol
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