Blair County PA Archives Biographies.....Brumbaugh, Daniel Straley 1870 - ************************************************ 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: Judy Banja http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00004.html#0000757 July 22, 2025, 1:33 pm Source: History of Blair County, PA, Vol. II, 1931 Author: Tarring Davis DANIEL STRALEY BRUMBAUGH, Blair County commissioner, was born in 1870, at New Enterprise, Bedford County, Pa., a son of Jacob S., and Francino (Straley) Brumbaugh, both deceased, the former of whom was a farmer throughout his life. He received his education in the common and high schools of New Enterprise, thereafter worked on the home farm for a number of years, and came to Altoona, Pa., in 1893. For fifteen years, he was employed as a conductor on the Altoona & Logan Valley Railroad, after which he was dispatcher on several divisions of the railroad until 1915. In that year, he took office as treasurer of Blair County, serving four years. From 1919 to 1927, he was again engaged in railroad work but in the latter year took over the duties of county commissioner, an office which he still retains. He represented the Twelfth Ward in the city council for six years, to which he was elected on the Democratic ticket. He is a member of the Church of the Brethren. Mr. Brumbaugh married Elizabeth King Stiffler, of New Enterprise, Pa., and they have two children, Orval Chalmer, who married Orpha Pate and resides in Altoona, and Francino, the wife of Fred Shollar, of Altoona. This file has been created by a form at http://www.usgwarchives.net/pafiles/ File size: 1.8 Kb