OBIT: James D. BRUMBAUGH, 1922, West Martinsburg, Blair County, PA

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JAMES D. BRUMBAUGH PASSED AWAY SUNDAY

Rev. James D. Brumbaugh, an elder in the Church of the Brethren and a lifelong 
resident of Martinsburg and vicinity, died suddenly at his home in West 
Martinsburg on Sunday morning at 4 o'clock, death being due to a cerebral 
hemmorrhage.

Rev. Brumbaugh had been picking plums from a tree in his lot on Saturday 
afternoon, using a step ladder on which to stand.  The ladder suddenly turned, 
throwing Rev. Brumbaugh heavily to the ground, a distance of about eight feet.  
He complained some of bruises received in the fall but was apparently little the 
worse for the fall.

During the evening he came down town and did some shopping and returned home, 
later retiring for the night.  Early in the morning he was stricken, the fall 
evidently disrupting a blood vessel in the spine, causing death.

He was a son of Elder and Mrs. George W. Brumbaugh, and was one of a family of 
twenty-one children.  He was born at Fredericksburg on July 6, 1850.  He spent 
his early life on farms in the vicinity of Martinsburg and on November 24, 1870, 
he was united in marriage to Miss Anna Gochnour, of King, Bedford county, who 
survives him after nearly fifty-two years of wedded life.

To their union twelve children were born, five of whom are dead.  The seven 
living are:  Mrs. Hugh Walter, of Claysburg; Mrs. Harry A. Bair, of Hartsville, 
O.; Charles A., of Branch, O.; John H., of Roaring Spring; Albert D., of 
Altoona; Miss Margaret, at home, and Miss Jennie, of Claysburg.  Mr. and Mrs. 
Brumbaugh, in addition to their own family, had made a home for two nephews, 
Prof. H. H. Brumbaugh, assistant superintendent of Bedford county, who survives, 
and Prof. Isaac Brumbaugh, of Homestead, deceased.  Of the large family three 
brothers are left, Isaac D. Brumbaugh, of Hartsville, O.; Abraham D., of 
Westland, Pa. and David D., of Imler.

Elder Brumbaugh was a lifelong member of the Church of the Brethren and for 
thirty-seven years was a minister, serving Clover Creek charge, Martinsburg and 
Fredericksburg, also the Claar church at Queen and the Albright church, near 
Roaring Spring, during his ministry.  During the greater part of his life he had 
been a farmer, but after moving to Martinsburg was engaged in various 
occupations, for the last four years on the state highway between this place and 
Roaring Spring.  He was a man of strong personality, favorably known by all who 
came in contact with him.  Widely known for his upright dealings and his 
honesty, he will be greatly mourned.  In politics he was a Prohibitionist.

Funeral services were held in the Memorial Church of the Brethren at 
Martinsburg, Wednesday morning at 10 o'clock.  Interment in Brumbaugh cemetery.  
The services were in charge of Elders J. B. Miller and J. K. Brown.

Martinsburg Herald, August 25, 1922