John was born at
Frederick Co., Maryland, on 26 November 1794. He was the son of
Conrad Bruch and
Lucia Marie Finkbeiner. John Prugh was migration in 1816 at
Montgomery Co., Ohio; Moved to Montgomery Co., Ohio about 1818 and bought a farm of 160 acres for $16 an acre. He later moved to another farm of 260 acres. He married
Catherine Haynes on 26 November 1816. John was listed as the head of a family on the 1860 Census at
Van Buren Twp., Mongtomery Co., Ohio. John died on 15 December 1878 at
Montgomery Co., Ohio, at age 84. His body was interred in December 1878 at
Kettering, Montgomery Co., Ohio, at David's Cemetery. Buried in Old Section 1, Row 11..