Alfred Brunson

{{Short description|American clergyman and politician}}

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{{Infobox person

| name = Alfred Brunson

| image = Reverend Alfred Brunson.jpg

| caption = 1837 (age 44)

| birth_date = February 9, 1793

| nationality = American

| birth_place = Danbury, Connecticut

| death_date = August 3, 1882

| occupation = Methodist circuit rider, lawyer, and territorial legislator

| children = Ira B. Brunson
Benjamin Wetherill Brunson

| relatives = Thomas P. Burnett (son-in-law)

}}

Alfred Brunson (February 9, 1793 – August 3, 1882) was an American Methodist circuit rider, lawyer, and territorial legislator.

Born in Danbury, Connecticut,{{cite news|title=Death of a Pioneer|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/24602746/alfred_brunson_17931882/|newspaper=Green Bay Weekly Gazette |date=August 12, 1882|page=1|via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = October 17, 2018 }} {{Open access}} Brunson served in the War of 1812. Brunson was a Methodist church circuit rider in Ohio and Pennsylvania. In 1835, he moved to Prairie du Chien, Michigan Territory and was a Methodist circuit rider. He studied law and was admitted to the Wisconsin bar in 1839. He served in the Wisconsin Territorial House of Representatives of the Wisconsin Territorial Legislature from 1840 to 1841 as a Whig.{{cite book |title=Laws of Wisconsin Territory |date=1842 |publisher=W.T. |page=93 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3QIrAAAAIAAJ&q=Alfred+Brunson+Wisconsin+Territorial+House+of+Representatives&pg=PA93 |language=en}}

During the American Civil War, Brunson served as a chaplain of the 31st Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment. He retired from the ministry in 1871. He also wrote including his autobiography. His son was Ira B. Brunson who also served in the Wisconsin Territorial Legislature. His son in law was Thomas P. Burnett. Brunson died in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin.[http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/dictionary/index.asp?action=view&term_id=1844&keyword=brunson Wisconsin Historical Society-Alfred and Ira Brunson]Proceedings of the State Bar Association of Wisconsin 1900, Wisconsin Bar Association: 1901, Biographical Sketch of Alfred Brunson, p. 212.