Earl R. Bruner
Earl R. Bruner, proprietor of the Steubenville Pure Milk Company, who has been identified with the business interests of this city for seven years, was born at Uhrichsville, Tuscarawas Countv, Ohio, in 1881.
When he was six years old the parents of Mr. Bruner moved to southwestern Kansas, where he lived until he was sixteen, when he returned to his native place, where later he engaged in the milk business and continued until 1903, when he came to Steubenville, where he has proved an enterprising and useful business man and good citizen. For the first two years he was connected with the Ohio Valley Ice and Storage Company, going from there to the Steubenville Pure Milk Company, and on October 1, 1908, he bought the plant. Mr. Bruner made many improvements and all his changes added to the sanitary condition and greater facilities for handling a larger business. He deals in pure milk, both wholesale and retail, and manufactures ice cream and other products. The quality of his goods testify to their excellence and his business is prosperous.
Mr. Bruner was married October 23, 1905, to Miss Mary Marken, of Ulirichsville. Her death occurred May 9, 1909, one son surviving the young mother, Edward M. Mr. Bruner is a member of Eureka Lodge, No. 35, Knights of Pythias, at Steubenville, and of the Steubenville Chamber of Commerce.
From 20th Century History of Steubenville and Jefferson County, Ohio, by Joseph B. Doyle. Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., Chicago, 1910