Bucks County PA Archives Biographies.....Brudon, Edward C.
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Source: History of Bucks County, Pennsylvania; edited by 
J.H. Battle; A. Warner & Co.; 1887
Bristol Township


EDWARD C. BRUDON collector and agent of the Lehigh Coal and 
Navigation Company, P.O. Bristol, was born in Bristol, 
January 21, 1832, and is the oldest son of James and Sarah 
(Osmond) Brudon, of Bristol.  He was educated in the Bristol 
schools, and at the age of sixteen apprenticed to the 
carpenter and joiner's trade, and continued to follow his 
trade until 1859, when he became associated with what is now 
the Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company.  He was married at 
Bristol, December 22, 1853, to Miss Caroline Patterson.  She 
was born in Bristol, and was a daughter of Robert Patterson 
and Ann Eliza West, natives of Bristol. The former was 
collector for the canal company for a number of years.  Mr. 
and Mrs. Brudon had four children:  Ann Eliza, wife of Frank 
R. Rue, a farmer of Bristol township; Sallie died at the age 
of 18 years; Robert P., dealer in lamp oils, etc., Bristol; 
and Carrie, who resides at home with her parents.  Mr. 
Brudon is a member of the Hopkins Lodge, No. 87, I. O. O. 
F., of Bristol.  He has held the office of school-director 
three years, and has refused other positions of trust.  In 
politics he is a democrat.