1880 History of Polk County
Biographies - Des Moines
J. Brunsdon
BRUNSDON, J. - Wholesale dealer in cigars and tobacco, was born in Gloucestershire, England, on the 10th day of February, 1852, and resided there until 1870. In early life he was apprenticed to the grocery business, and followed it as an avocation until coming to America, in 1870. He settled first in Hamilton, Canada, and after a residence there of two years came to Des Moines and engaged in his present business, in which he has been satisfactorily successful.
Source: "The History of Polk County, Iowa" published by the Union Historical Company, Birdsall, Williams & Co. 1880, pg. 778.
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