Remembering Them Forever (RTF)!

Military Information:

• US Army
• Deceased
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• CPL: Corporal
• Indian Campaigns
• Cemetery: Seminole Indian Scouts, Brackettville, Kinney County, Texas
• 1-Alpha List
• US Indian Scouts

Bio:

James (Jim) Bruner was a Seminole Negro Indian Scout who was born in Mexico. He had black eyes, black hair, and a black complexion. He stood 5’10”.

He completed eight enlistments, serving from November 9, 1871 to July 11, 1881. He began as a private. On June 30, 1873, he became a sergeant, and on July 12, 1880, he became a corporal.

In the 1880 census, his wife’s name was listed as Lucy, and they had four children — Maltilde (7), Didia (6), William (4), and James (4).