BIOGRAPHY: Dr. A. Bryan KREBS, Cambria County, PA 

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From Wiley, Samuel T., ed. Biographical and Portrait Cyclopedia of Cambria 
County, Pennsylvania. Philadelphia: Union Publishing Co., 1896, p. 169
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DR. A. BRYAN KREBS, physician and surgeon of Lilly, who is well known for his 
skill, ability and success, was born at Dixonville, Indiana county, in 1863.
     He received his early education in the public schools of Greene township 
and Marion Normal school, Indiana county, Pennsylvania, and then attended the 
Ebensburg High school, from which he graduated in 1880. Leaving the High school, 
he taught three consecutive years in Cambria county, during which time he was 
also reading medicine. In 1883 he read medicine in the office and under the 
preceptorship of Dr. Rice, of Hastings, this county. He remained there until 
1884, and then matriculated as a student in Cincinnati College of Medicine and 
Surgery, where he graduated in the spring of 1886, after a two years' course in 
the above well-known institution.
     Believing in thorough preparation as a necessary qualification to 
successful practice, in the spring of 1886 he took advantage of a special course 
on diseases of the throat and lungs. Thus well equipped to battle with diseases 
on the very threshold of his profession, he opened an office in Dixonville, 
Indiana county, where he remained nearly a year, and then removed to Hillsdale, 
Indiana county; after practicing there two years he located, in 1889, at Lilly, 
this county, where, by reason of his thorough preparation and natural ability, 
and devotion to his chosen profession, he has built up a large and successful 
practice. He also conducts a drug store, being a registered pharmacist.
     Politically he is prominently identified with the Democratic party, and 
takes an active part in local politics. For several years he served as a 
councilman in Lilly, and in 1894 was elected burgess of the borough, which 
office he fills at the present time.
      In the spring of 1888 he was united in marriage with Miss Minnie M. 
Munshower, a daughter of John Munshower, of Indiana, Pennsylvania, and their 
union has been blessed in the birth of three children: Blossom, who died in 
infancy; Charles Bryan, and Inez Meredith.
     Dr. Krebs has won his way by his own unaided efforts. He is blessed with 
the capacity for hard, diligent, professional work, and it is but natural that 
success should be his meed.