Peter BROONER
1790 - 1870 (80 years) 
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Name Peter BROONER Born 27 Jan 1790 Washington, Maryland, USA 
Gender Male Died 9 Feb 1870 Blackford, Hancock, Kentucky, USA Age 80 years Buried Blackford Baptist Church Cemetery, Chambers, Hancock, Kentucky, USA Notes - PETER BRUNER (BROONER): Was widely known as a bear hunter and was the best shot in the region. He wore buckskins with fringed pants and the long, loose belted hunting shirt of a pioneer. His sunken mouth, pinched red nose and jutting eyebrows were framed by a square beard and a square, high skinny forehead. He preferred to speak German rather than English. Sometime before 1816, Peter and Nancy Rusher Brooner settled in Spencer County, Indiana. After their settlement there, Thomas and Nancy Hanks Lincoln settled about one quarter of a mile and became the Brooner's nearest neighbors. Abraham Lincoln became friends with all the Brooner children, but especially with Allen Brooner. Nancy Hanks Lincoln and Nancy Rusher Brooner died about the same time, from the Milk Sickness and were buried beside each other. Nancy Rusher Brooner died before Nancy Hanks Lincoln.
The Brooners and the Lincolns attended the Primitive Baptist Church which was located about a mile from their cabins. Thomas Lincoln was a Deacon in that church. Abraham never became a member, although he attended.
Peter Brooner was a Jacksonian Democrat but Abraham Lincoln was not. Even though Peter Brooner held different political views and was dull and humorless, Abraham Lincoln liked him. He never forgot that Peter Brooner had stood beside his mother's grave in 1818. When Tomas Lincoln remarried to Sarah Bush, Peter attended the small party at the Lincoln cabin.
Sometime after 1818, Peter Brooner married Susan Miller. He was sick often with the "shakes" and Sarah Bush Lincoln often looked in on him.
SOURCE: David Rusher-web site: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~dmrusher/bio_peter_brooner.htm
Person ID I487 The Andrist-Lindy-Young & Rizzo Family Tree Last Modified 17 Feb 2014
Father George Peter BROONER, b. 13 Jun 1758, Frederick, Frederick, Maryland, USA , d. 19 Jun 1820, Breckinridge, Kentucky, USA (Age 62 years) Mother Anna Maria ACHENBACH, b. 2 Feb 1779, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA , d. 16 Sep 1826, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 47 years) Married 2 Feb 1779 Reinholds, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA Family ID F253 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Nancy RUSHER, b. 7 Feb 1782, Breckinridge, Kentucky, USA , d. 19 Oct 1818, Little Pidgeon Creek, Spencer Indiana, USA (Age 36 years) Married 22 Mar 1804 Breckinridge, Kentucky, USA Children 1. Rachel BROONER, b. Apr 1774, Schraalenburgh, Bergen, New Jersey, USA , d. 22 Feb 1847, Johnson, Indiana, USA (Age 72 years)2. Henry BROONER, b. 7 Feb 1805, Breckinridge, Kentucky, USA , d. 4 Apr 1890, Sapulpa Creek, Oklahoma, USA (Age 85 years)+ 3. Delilah BROONER, b. Abt 1806, Kentucky, USA 4. Ephraim BROONER, b. 3 Sep 1810, Kentucky, USA , d. 19 Mar 1840 (Age 29 years)+ 5. Hiram BROONER, b. 22 Oct 1811, Warrick, Indiana, USA , d. 18 Nov 1856, Warrick, Indiana, USA (Age 45 years)+ 6. Allen BROONER, b. 22 Oct 1813, Dale, Spencer, Indiana, USA , d. 2 Apr 1902, Dale, Spencer, Indiana, USA (Age 88 years)7. Edna BROONER, b. 1814, Indiana, USA 8. Eliza BROONER, b. 1814, Indiana, USA , d. 25 Aug 1867 (Age 53 years)9. Edmond L BROONER, b. 1816, d. 1847 (Age 31 years) 10. Susan BROONER, b. 1816, Indiana, USA , d. Kentucky, USA 11. Sarah BROONER, b. Sep 1818, Indiana, USA , d. 22 May 1876, Pike, Indiana, USA (Age 57 years)12. Rhoda A BROONER, b. 1819, Breckinridge, Kentucky, USA 13. George W BROONER, b. 1820, Breckinridge, Kentucky, USA 14. Edna BROONER, b. 1828, Indiana, USA 15. Joseph Moore BROONER, b. 1835, Breckinridge, Kentucky, USA 16. Charlotte BROONER, b. 28 Dec 1873, Warrick, Indiana, USA , d. 25 Jan 1874, Warrick, Indiana, USA (Age 0 years)Last Modified 16 Feb 2014 Family ID F230 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 2 Susan MILLER, b. 1787, Virginia, USA , d. 1870, Cass, Indiana, USA (Age 83 years) Married 26 Feb 1816 Breckinridge, Kentucky, USA Children 1. Mary Jane BROONER, b. 23 Nov 1828, Hawesville, Hancock, USA , d. 5 Nov 1848, Hawesville, Hancock, USA (Age 19 years)Last Modified 16 Feb 2014 Family ID F234 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 3 Jane Lollard Married 8 Dec 1818 Last Modified 16 Feb 2014 Family ID F250 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 4 Sarah QUACKENBUSH Married 1844 Last Modified 16 Feb 2014 Family ID F252 Group Sheet | Family Chart
- PETER BRUNER (BROONER): Was widely known as a bear hunter and was the best shot in the region. He wore buckskins with fringed pants and the long, loose belted hunting shirt of a pioneer. His sunken mouth, pinched red nose and jutting eyebrows were framed by a square beard and a square, high skinny forehead. He preferred to speak German rather than English. Sometime before 1816, Peter and Nancy Rusher Brooner settled in Spencer County, Indiana. After their settlement there, Thomas and Nancy Hanks Lincoln settled about one quarter of a mile and became the Brooner's nearest neighbors. Abraham Lincoln became friends with all the Brooner children, but especially with Allen Brooner. Nancy Hanks Lincoln and Nancy Rusher Brooner died about the same time, from the Milk Sickness and were buried beside each other. Nancy Rusher Brooner died before Nancy Hanks Lincoln.
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