Bios: JOHN P. BRUA, 20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens
  
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      JOHN P. BRUA,
  
  [p. 758] whose fine farm of 110 acres lies in Perry Township, about
  eight miles from Ellwood City, is a representative citizen of this
  section. He was born June 24, 1875, on his present farm and is a son of
  Peter and Catherine (Goehring) Brua.
  
  Peter Brua was born in Germany, in 1843, and came to America when aged
  about twenty-five years. For some five years afterward he worked in
  different places and then settled in Perry Township as a farmer. He now
  resides on a valuable farm of ninety-nine acres, which he owns, not far
  from Eastbrook. He married Catherine Goehring, who was a daughter of
  John Goehring, a farmer in Beaver County. She died in the spring of
  1907. Their two sons, John P. and Charles, both survive.
  
  John P. Brua attended the public schools in his township and later a
  business college at New Castle, after which he took possession of his
  present farm which he has intelligently operated ever since. He has made
  improvements and has a comfortable home.
  
  After completing his education Mr. Brua was married to Miss Amelia
  Bentrim, who is a daughter of George Bentrim, of Butler County. Mr. and
  Mrs. Brua have five children: Arthur, Nora, Grace, Anna and Helen. The
  family belong to the Reformed Church at Lancaster. In politics he is a
  Democrat and has served on the election board, as school director, and
  in other township offices. He is an intelligent, fair-minded man who
  enjoys the respect of the neighborhood where his whole life has been spent.
  
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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: 17 Dec 2001