BIO: Jacob & John H. BEHRER, Centre County, PA

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Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania: Including 
the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion: Containing 
Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative Citizens, Etc. 
Chicago: J. H. Beers, 1898.
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COMMEMORATIVE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.  345

  JACOB AND JOHN H. BEHRER.  There are numerous fine farms in Centre 
county which will compare favorably with any others in the State as 
regards production, and also as to the improvements which have been 
made upon them.  Many of these places ate owned by men comparatively 
young in years, but who have succeeded in an eminent degree in making 
their places the most desirable in the locality.  As representatives of 
this class of agriculturists we take pleasure in presenting the names 
of the subjects of this notice, who have a fine farm of 160 acres in 
Patton township, near Waddle.
  Jacob and John H. were both born at Buffalo Run, Centre county, the 
former on September 16, 1864, the latter on May 9, 1872. They are sons 
of Jacob and Mary (Augenstine) Behrer, in whose family were thirteen 
children, the others' being: Mary, wife of C. B. McCormick, a farmer 
living near State College, Centre county, by whom she has one son; 
Regina, wife of Elmer Rumbarger, a farmer of Stormstown, Centre county, 
by whom she has six children; Elizabeth E., wife of Richard Palmer, who 
is operating a woolen-factory at Oak Hill Station, Centre county, and 
by whom she had one child; Amanda, who is living with her mother near 
Buffalo Run, Centre county; Hannah, who is keeping house for our 
subjects; Kate; Sallie; Anna; David, who married Eva, daughter of John 
Ward, of Stormstown, by whom he has one child (he has now leased a farm 
near Tyrone, Sinking Valley, and operates the same); and Charles, at 
home. The father of these children died October 17, 1891, and was laid 
to rest in the Pine Hill Cemetery; the mother is still living. They 
were both sincere and earnest Christians, faithful members of the 
Methodist Church, with which their family is also connected, while in 
politics the father supported the Democratic party, and the sons also 
give it their allegiance.
  The family is widely and favorably known throughout Centre county, 
and its members hold a high position in social circles, where 
intelligence and true worth are received as the passports into good 
society.