Blair County PA Archives Biographies.....Brumbaugh, Rev. John H. February 24, 1853 - 
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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

REV. JOHN H. BRUMBAUGH, who, for sixteen years has been a minister in the
Church of the Brethren and an elder in the same since 1908, resides on his
valuable farm of 125 acres, situated in Pleasant Valley, Huston Township,
Blair County, Pa. He was born February 24, 1853, near Woodbury, Bedford
County, Pa., and is a son of Samuel and Elizabeth (Hoover) Brumbaugh.
     Samuel Brumbaugh was born in Blair County, and was a son of Rev. George
Brumbaugh, who was a well known minister and elder in the Clover Creek Church
near Williamsburg. Samuel Brumbaugh spent his entire life in North Woodbury
Township, Blair County, after settling there in the infancy of his son, John
H. He followed an agricultural life and as a worthy member of the Church of
the Brethren, set a good example. He married Elizabeth Hoover, whose many
virtues are remembered by her children, and he passed away about 1874.
     John H. Brumbaugh was very young when his parents brought him to North
Woodbury Township, and there he was reared and attended school. He is a man
of extensive reading and keeps thoroughly informed concerning all that will
assist him in being a leader and expounder in the church, realizing the
responsibilities which, in these modern days, rest upon the church elders. He
is a man of wide influence and is much beloved. Since 1890 he has resided on
his farm in Pleasant Valley, which he devotes to farming and stock-raising.
     Mr. Brumbaugh has been thrice married. His first wife was Miss Rebecca
Metzker, who died after the birth of ten children, seven living: Elizabeth
M., wife of John S. Rhodes, of Huston Township; Daniel M., of Woodbury
Township; Catherine M., wife of Harvey Loose, of Martinsburg; Samuel M., of
Huston Township; Ida, wife of Lawrence Sparr, of Williamsburg; Anna, wife of
James Gorsuch, of Williamsburg; Mary A., wife of William Estep, of
Williamsburg. . Mr. Brumbaugh was married second to Miss Elizabeth Beach.
They had six children born to them and four survive their mother: Minnie,
Howard, Blair and Elwood. Mr. Brumbaugh's third marriage was to Mrs. Martha
Showalter, widow of Jacob Showalter, formerly of Roaring Spring. She was born
in Taylor Township and her maiden name was Smith. In politics Mr. Brumbaugh is
nominally a Democrat but has strong prohibition tendencies. He has served six
years as a member of the school board of Huston Township and has always lent
interest and influence 'to the upbuilding of the public schools and education
in general.

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