Blair County PA Archives Biographies.....Brua, Elmer L. May 1855 - 
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Source: Twentieth Century History of Altoona and Blair County, Pennsylvania, and Representative Citizens, Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold, 1911
Author: Jesse C. Sell

ELMER L. BRUA, who is now living in retirement at Canoe Creek, Pa., is the
owner of twenty acres of land in Frankstown Township, and was born in May,
1855, in Turkey Valley, Frankstown Township, Blair County, Pa., and is a son
of John and Amanda (Young) Brua.
     Daniel Brua, the paternal grandfather of our subject, at an early period
came from Lancaster County, Pa., to Blair County by stage, and here purchased
land from the Lowerys. He then returned to Lancaster County for his wife, who
was Mary Buckwalter, and brought his family here in a wagon, driving a team.
The maternal grandparents of our subject were Curtis and Jennie (Milligan)
Young, farmers of Scotch Valley, Blair County.
     John Brua was born in Blair County, Pa., and always followed farming. He
was a Republican, and held membership with the Lutheran church. His union with
Amanda Young resulted in the following issue: Elmer L., our subject; Clara,
who married Robert Elliott; Archibald; Mary; John; Robert; Nannie, who is the
wife of John Clare; and Elizabeth, who is the wife of Russell Kendall.
     Elmer L. Brua was reared on the farm, and after a common school
education engaged in farming with his father until the time of his marriage.
He then engaged in farming for himself in the Scotch Valley, Frankstown
Township, but since selling his farm, has been living in retirement on a
tract of twenty acres in Canoe Creek, Pa. Mr. Brua is politically a
Republican, and has served one year as supervisor of the township. He is a
member of the Farmers' Grange, and his religious connection is with the
Presbyterian church of Hollidaysburg, Pa.
     In 1877 Mr. Brua was united in marriage with Viola Moore, who is a
daughter of Elias and Amanda (Stewart) Moore. She is the eldest of three
children born to her parents - Frank, deceased; and Lucretia, deceased wife
of Thompson E. Clark. Elias Moore formed a second union with a daughter of
Joseph Robeson, who was at one time a member of the Pennsylvania State
Legislature, and of this union were born: Joseph, Edith, who married Thompson
E. Clark; Clair, who is the wife of John Jacobs; and Ruth. The following
children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Brua: Dean, who married Catherine Clapper;
Ruth, who is the wife of William Ayers; Grace, who married Chester Robinson;
Alice, who married Jay Tussey, and has one daughter, Ethelyn; and Lee.

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