Blair County PA Archives Biographies.....Brua, Lynn A. ???? - 
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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

LYNN A. BRUA, president of the Citizens' National Bank of Hollidaysburg, Pa.,
is a citizen of prominence and affluence, and is the owner of a fine fruit
farm of 150 acres in Frankstown Township, Blair County, Pa., besides being
one of the largest real estate holders in this borough. He was born in
Frankstown Township, Blair County, Pa., and is a son of Jacob and Elizabeth
(Elliott) Brua, and comes of one of the pioneer families of the county.
Daniel and Mary Jane Brua, grandparents of our subject, were married in 1818,
in Lancaster County, Pa., and immediately afterwards came on horseback over
the mountains to Blair County and settled at what was then known as Lowery's
Mill. The land on which they settled is now owned by a grandson, John Brua,
of Frankstown Township.
     Jacob Brua, father of Lynn A. Brua, was born June 26, 1819, on the farm
in Frankstown Township, and in 1853, bought a farm of 150 acres adjoining his
father's place. This he cultivated until 1873 when he removed to
Hollidaysburg, where he lived until the time of his death in 1901. He married
Elizabeth Elliott, who died in 1862.
     Lynn A. Brua grew to maturity on the farm in Frankstown Township, and in
1873 came with the family to Hollidaysburg, Pa., where he entered the employ
of John H. Law, a merchant, with whom he continued for four years. In 1881,
he opened a general store, which he operated with much success until 1908,
when he disposed of the business, and during that period built some twenty
houses, erecting his own residence in 1884 on Wayne Street. He was one of the
organizers of the Citizens' National Bank, and has served continuously as
president of same since its organization in 1903. Mr. Brua is the owner of
the old home farm in Frankstown Township, and takes great pride and interest
in the cultivation of same. The farm is well stocked and equipped with modern
machinery, and is one of the largest fruit farms in the county, having about
3,000 fruit trees. Mr. Brua was married in September, 1883, to Lizzie I. Hite
of Hite Station, Allegheny County, Pa. In politics Mr. Brua is identified with
the Republican party, and been a member of the Masonic fraternity since 1880.

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