Blair County PA Archives Biographies.....Brumbaugh, Ira E. May 6, 1872 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/pafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: BCG S noemail@none.com July 5, 2025, 12:48 pm 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. Additional Comments: Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by the Blair County Genealogical Society, 431 Scotch Valley Road, Hollidaysburg, PA 16648. Copied and proofread by Linda M. Shillinger LindasTree@aol.com OCRed by Judy Banja jbanja@comcast.net This file has been created by a form at http://www.usgwarchives.net/pafiles/ File size: 2.6 Kb