BIO:  Isaac F. BRINKERHOFF, Straban Township, Adams County, PA

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History of Cumberland and Adams Counties, Pennsylvania
Chicago:  Warner, Beers & Co., 1886
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Part III, History of Adams County, Page 506

ISAAC F. BRINKERHOFF, farmer and stock-grower, P. O. Granite Hill, was born on 
the farm where he now resides February 16, 1825, a son of James and Susan 
(Range) Brinkerhoff; the latter a native of this county and of German Descent.  
His father, grandfather (John Brinkerhoff) and great-grandfather were all born 
on the farm, which is now occupied by the seventh generation, and which formerly 
consisted of 640 acres, but which now numbers only 112.  James and Susan 
Brinkerhoff’s family consisted of six children, of whom Isaac F. is the second.  
Our subject received a rudimentary education, and from his youth up has been 
engaged in agricultural pursuits.  In 1846 he was united in marriage with 
Margaret, daughter of Nicholas Moritz, a farmer of German origin.  Mr. and Mrs. 
Brinkerhoff have a family of five children, as follows:  J. Frank (employed in 
the Government Mint, at Philadelphia), Mary Jane, Anna, Maggie and Fannie.  The 
family are members of the Reformed Church, in which Mr. Brinkerhoff is elder.  
He has also served as school director.  In politics he is a Democrat.