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George Gruen and his wife [[Freda L. Malan Gruen]] were associated with the exclusive brethren in Illinois and Kansas.
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=Family=
George was born on Nov. 29th, 1874 in Saline township, Madison County, [[Illinois]], which is today part of metropolitan St. Louis. Saline Township includes most of Grantfork, parts of Pierron, and the northern part of Highland, the latter of which is the origin of several exclusive brethren assemblies, of which there is no present meeting. However, one of the Highland meetings, a Grant meeting, merged with the Booth brethren, then in 1949 with the G-A, which moved to Edwardsville, in the same county. More related history to be found at [[Highland Meeting Room, IL]].
George's parents were John and Linoma Elizabeth (Lembach) Gruen, and he was one of twelve children. John was one of sixteen, and introduced to the PB at [[Highland Meeting Room, IL|Highland]] sometime after emigrating.
==Ancestry==
===Father===
John was born on Jan. 12, 1840 in Bad Kreuznach, West-Central Germany as Johann Grun, and died June 12, 1905 in Highland, Illinois. He married Elizabeth Lembach on July 17, 1862 at the home of his parents near Highland. He was the eldest of sixteen children. John's parents were Caspar Grun (b. 1817) and Susanna Lang Grun (d. 1887).
Rev. Humphrey officiated John's funeral. The deputy coroner was Adolph Koch, and the jury that decided his cause of death (apoplexy) was comprised of: Emanuel Winter, W. Schwarz, F. Frederich, Charles Hoefle, F. Blumer and Charles Schwend. Unknown if any Brethren, but the Winter family has been in leadership within the present Highland assembly for many years.
==Marriage==
On October 4, 1899, George married [[Freda L. Malan Gruen|Freda L. Malan]] in Bond, Illinois. Freda was the daughter of Bartholomew Malan (b. 1832 Piedmonte, Italy - d. 1911 Highland, IL) and Jennie Combe Malan (b. 1843 Lausanne, Switzerland - d. 1913 Highland, IL).
==Children==