Crawford County IL Archives Biographies.....Brubaker, E. 1842 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/il/ilfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher sdgenweb@yahoo.com May 3, 2007, 8:29 pm Author: William Henry Perrin (1883) E. BRUBAKER, of the firm of Wiseman & Brubaker, proprietors of the Robinson planing mills, was born February 10, 1842, in Lawrence County, Ohio. In 1856, came to Illinois and engaged in farming, afterward in carpentering in Terre Haute. In August, 1862, enlisted in the war, Company E, Eighty-fifth Indiana. Was assigned to the army of the Cumberland; was in Sherman's march to the sea, and participated in that campaign. Was discharged in June, 1865. He was married, December 27, 1866, to Miss Mary M. Batey, and has three children- Charles Clifford, William Arthur and Kate Alma. He is a member of the Knights of Honor, also of the Methodist Episcopal Church. The father of our subject was John Brubaker, a native of Pennsylvania, born in 1818, and died in 1845. His mother's maiden name was Mary E. Arthur, born in 1822, and still living. Additional Comments: Extracted From: HISTORY OF CRAWFORD AND CLARK COUNTIES, ILLINOIS. EDITED BY WILLIAM HENRY PERRIN. ILLUSTRATED CHICAGO: O. L. BASKIN & CO., HISTORICAL PUBLISHERS, LAKESIDE BUILDING. 1883. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/il/crawford/bios/brubaker1209nbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/ilfiles/ File size: 1.6 Kb