BIO: Brentlinger, Andrew J. - Jefferson Co Date: Wed, 8 Jul 1998 09:23:40 -0500 From: "Diana Flynn" ************************************************************************ USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. ************************************************************************ "HISTORY OF GREENE AND SULLIVAN COUNTIES, STATE OF INDIANA, FROM THE EARLIEST TIME TO THE PRESENT; TOGETHER WITH INTERESTING BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES, REMINISCENCES, NOTES, ETC." CHICAGO: GOODSPEED BROS. & CO., PUBLISHERS. 1884. SULLIVAN CO., INDIANA HADDON TWP. PAGE 748 ANDREW J. BRENTLINGER was born in Jefferson County, Ky., October 27, 1827, one of thirteen children born to Jacob and Sarah (Hoke) Brentlinger. Subject received the ordinary education of the day, and was raised to a life of farming, and has followed the same to the present time, owning 200 acres of good land. He was married, January 28, 1863, to Mary L. Collins, and six children have been born to their union, of whom four are now living-- Emmett P., Kate C., William J. and Rush E., born January 20, 1865, November 20, 1866, June 30, 1869, and January 7, 1878, respectively. He and wife are members of the Presbyterian Church at Carlisle, where he has been Elder for several years. Mr. Brent- linger is a member of the I. O. O. F., a Democrat, and a zealous and firm advocate of the cause of temperance.