BIO: Edward S. BREIDENBAUGH, Gettysburg, Adams County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Kathy Francis Copyright 2005. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/adams/ _______________________________________________ History of Cumberland and Adams Counties, Pennsylvania Chicago: Warner, Beers & Co., 1886 _______________________________________________ Part III, History of Adams County, Page 350-351 EDWARD S. BREIDENBAUGH, A.M., Ockershausen professor of chemistry and the natural sciences in Pennsylvania College, Gettysburg, is a native of Cumberland County, Penn., born at the village of Newville January 18, 1849, a son of Rev. E. and Elizabeth (Swoyer) Breidenbaugh, natives of Pennsylvania and of German extraction, the former a retired minister of the Lutheran Church and a resident of Gettysburg. Edward S., who is the eldest of three children, was prepared for college, and was graduated from the same in 1868. During the year 1868-69 he served his alma mater; then for two years was in attendance at the Theological Seminary at Gettysburg. From 1871 to 1878 he was a special student in chemistry at Sheffield Scientific School of Yale College, serving the last year as both student and instructor. In 1873 he served as professor of natural science at Carthage, Ill., and since 1874 he has filled the chair of chemistry and mineralogy in Pennsylvania College. Prof. Breindenbaugh was elected mineralogist of State Board of Agriculture in 1880. He is a member of the American Association for the Promotion of Science, and also a member of Prussian and German societies for the same purpose. The professor is the author of a number of publications on various subjects. He has added to the improvement of Gettysburg by the erection of one of the best dwelling houses to be found in Adams County. In 1878 he was married to Ida, daughter of Dr. John Kitzmiller, and a native of Schuylkill County, Penn., and of German descent. This union has been blessed with two children: Edna and Ida May. The parents are members of the Lutheran Church. In politics the Professor is a Republican. He is the present president of the gas company of Gettysburg.