Blair County PA Archives Biographies.....Brumbaugh, J. Elvin March 4, 1879 - 
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Source: History of Blair County, PA, Vol. II, 1931
Author: Tarring Davis

  J. ELVIN BRUMBAUGH, postmaster of Altoona since 1922, was born at Clover 
Creek, Blair County, March 4, 1879, a son of William H. and Frances (Burget) 
Brumbaugh, both natives of Henrietta, Pa., and both deceased.  The father was a 
manufacturer of farm implements and spent the greater part of his life at Clover 
Creek.  J. Elvin Brumbaugh attended the schools of Martinsburg, Pa., and then 
pursued a commercial course at the Altoona Business College, training which he 
supplemented by courses with the International Correspondence School, Scranton, 
Pa.  For a time, he was employed in farm work, was later associated with the 
Pittsburgh Limestone Company, Gannister, Pa., for two years, and then taught for 
four years in schools at Blue Knob, Clover Creek, El Dorado, and Allegheny 
Furnace.  In 1901, he entered the postal service at Altoona as clerk.  He became 
assistant postmaster, May 1, 1903, and held that position until he was appointed 
postmaster, March 1, 1922, an office which he now occupies.  In Masonry, he is a 
member of the Blue Lodge, Chapter, Council, Commandery, Consistory, and Shrine, 
and is also a member of the P. O. S. of A., and the Kiwanis Club.  He attends 
the First Lutheran Church and is a Republican in politics.

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