OBIT: David D. BRUMBAUGH, 1929, King, Bedford County, PA File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Sharon S. M. Copyright 2010. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/bedford/ _______________________________________________ DAVID D. BRUMBAUGH David D. Brumbaugh, pioneer merchant, postmaster, huckster and shoe repairman at King, Bedford county, was found dead in his bed at 5:30 a. m. Tuesday, by his grandson, Ira Brumbaugh, 9 years old. He had suffered a stroke of apoplexy. Mr. Brumbaugh was a son of George and Elizabeth Daugherty Brumbaugh born near Clover Creek, April 15, 1855, the youngest of a family of 21 children. He was married to Miss Keturah Ickes Gochenour 53 years ago at King. Mr. Brumbaugh was first merchant and first postmaster and for many years was proprietor of a shoe repair shop at Altoona. He was a member of the Church of the Brethren at Claysburg. Surviving are his wife, three daughters and four sons: Mrs. Margaret (Mangus or Mengus), Edward and William Brumbaugh, King; Mrs. Lillie Barthlow, Monessen; one brother, Isaac Brumbaugh, in Ohio. Funeral service will be held today at 2:30 p. m. in the Union Church at King, in charge of the Rev. C. L. Cox, pastor of the Claysburg Church of the Brethern, assisted by the Rev. C. E. Berkey. of the Lutheran church. Internment will be in the church cemetery. Bedford Gazette 8 Feb, 1929 This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/pafiles/