In memory of
Eli Hickman Bruner
1898
- Their country
- United States of America
- Killed that day
- June 21, 1898, aged 39
Their life
Deputy Marshal Bruner drowned while attempting to cross the Grand River near Spavinaw, Oklahoma. He was attempting to serve several warrants for the Muskogee Federal Court before the end of the session. When he arrived at the river, he discovered that the ferryman was on the other side of the river. He tried to swim across the rain-swollen river but drowned. His body was found the following day.
Survived by
Deputy Marshal Bruner was survived by his wife and three children.
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