Blair County PA Archives Biographies.....Brumbaugh, Ira E. May 6, 1872 - 
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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

IRA E. BRUMBAUGH, president of the borough council at Martinsburg, Pa., and a
substantial and representative citizen, was born in North Woodbury Township,
Blair County, Pa., May 6, 1872, and is a son of William H. and Emma
(Anderson) Brumbaugh.
     William H. Brumbaugh was born also in North Woodbury Township, a son of
George Brumbaugh, an early settler, and he has spent his entire life until
the present in his native place. For twelve years he has been a member of the
township school board. He is a leading member of the Church of the Brethren.
He married Emma Anderson, also a native of Blair County, who is now deceased.
     Ira E. Brumbaugh was educated in the public schools of North Woodbury
Township, and since he reached manhood has been in business for himself,
although he has been more or less interested in the livestock industry since
he was fourteen years of age. For a number of years he has been very
successful in handling stock and is one of the large buyers and shippers of
this section, handling cattle, horses and sheep.
     Mr. Brumbaugh married Miss Margaret Ford, a daughter of Simon Ford, a
resident of East Freedom, Pa., and they have five children: Earl W., Jennie
A., Roy, Carl and Dorothea. Mr. Brumbaugh and wife are members of the Church
of the Brethren. As a citizen he is interested in public affairs and since
establishing his home at Martinsburg, in September, 1905, he has served on
the borough council, of which he was made president in 1909. In politics he
is a Republican. He is a director in the Morrison Cove Bank at Martinsville
and has other investments. Mr. Brumbaugh is a shrewd, able business man and
conducts his affairs according to sound business principles.

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