Husband Felix R. Brunot 1 2 3
Born: 7 Feb 1820 - Newport, Campbell Co, KY 4
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Died: Aft 1890
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Father: Hilary Brunot (1795-1872) 5 6 7
Mother: Ann Tankard Reville (1798-1873) 5 6 8
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• Biographical Sketch: from The History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Part II (Chicago, IL: A. W. Warner & Co., 1889).
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• Biographical Sketch: from Encyclopaedia of Contemporary Biography of Pennsylvania, Vol. 1 (New York: Atlantic Publishing & Engraving Co., 1889).
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Wife Mary Ann Hogg 9
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Father: George Hogg (1784-1849) 9 10 11
Mother: Mary Ann Breading ( -1855) 10 11
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General Notes: Husband - Felix R. Brunot
He was born at the United States arsenal, Newport, Kentucky, and when an infant was brought by his parents to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. When fourteen years of age he entered Jefferson College, at Cannonsburg, and at the close of his collegiate curriculum he took up the profession of a civil engineer, which he followed until 1842. In that year he became interested in the milling business at Rock Island, Illinois, whither he removed, and in connection with the same he dealt in wheat and grain at Camden, on Rock river. Having accumulated a comfortable competence, he returned in 1847 to Pittsburgh, where he permanently established himself, investing a portion of his wealth in the steel-works founded in the following year by the firm of Singer, Hartmann & Co., in which he became a silent partner, and he has continued in connection with the same concern for over forty years.
An enthusiastic believer in the great value of education, and the importance of reading as a means of enlarging knowledge and strengthening character, Mr. Brunot became one of the chief movers in the work of founding the Mercantile library in Pittsburgh, an institution that, in an educational way, has accomplished a vast amount of good. During many years he was its president, and, apart from his labors in founding it, aided very materially in its advancement during his long connection with its affairs. He was the projector of Library hall, and was long one of its managers.