Bios: SCOTT STANLEY BREST, 20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens
  
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      SCOTT STANLEY BREST,
  
  [p. 643] residing on a well-cultivated farm of fifty-six acres, which is
  situated in North Beaver Township about one and one-half miles west of
  Moravia, on the Moravia-Petersburg road, was born in Mercer County,
  Pennsylvania, January 11, 1877, and is a son of John Parker and Ruth Ann
  (Rodgers) Brest.
  
  John P. Brest was born in Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, and was reared
  near the Mercer County line, not far from Plain Grove. His present
  residence is in North Beaver Township and his occupation is farming. He
  served for over three years in the Civil War, a member of the One
  Hundredth Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, and suffered the loss of a
  leg at the battle of Cold Harbor. He was a brave and gallant soldier. In
  December, 1889, he removed from Mercer County to North Beaver Township,
  Lawrence County.
  
  Scott S. Brest was reared in Mercer County and from boyhood has been
  associated with farm life. On February 28, 1906, he married Mabel
  Victoria Leslie, who is a daughter of Maria Jane and the late John N.
  Leslie. Mr. Leslie was born in Lawrence County, November 7, 1833, and
  his parents moved to the farm on which Mr. and Mrs. Brest now live when
  Mr. Leslie was eight years old. He followed the carpenter trade for a
  number of years and later took up farming. He died January 8, 1905.
  
  The property on which Mr. Brest now lives was purchased May, 1905, from
  the heirs of the late John N. Leslie, Mrs. Brest being the third
  generation of Leslies to own it. Mr. and Mrs. Brest have one child, John
  Parker Leslie, who was born February 16, 1907.
  
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  20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County Pennsylvania and
  Representative Citizens Hon. Aaron L. Hazen Richmond-Arnold Publishing
  Company, Chicago, Ill., 1908
  
  Updated: 20 Nov 2001