BIO: Levi Bricker, Cumberland County, PA

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History of Cumberland and Adams Counties, Pennsylvania.
Containing History of the Counties, Their Townships, Towns, Villages, 
Schools, Churches, Industries, Etc.; Portraits of Early Settlers and 
Prominent Men; Biographies; History of Pennsylvania; Statistical and 
Miscellaneous Matter, Etc., Etc.  Illustrated.  Chicago: Warner, Beers 
& Co., 1886.
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                                PART II.

             HISTORY OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA.

                              CHAPTER LVI.

                        SILVER SPRING TOWNSHIP.

536  BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES:

  LEVI BRICKER, farmer, P. O. Hogestown, is a grandson of Jacob 
Bricker, who was born in Lancaster County, Penn.  The family is of 
German origin, his ancestors settling in this country in a very early 
day, and Brickersville, in Lancaster County, was named for the great-
grandfather.  Jacob Bricker, already mentioned, married Miss Mary Fry, 
of Lancaster County, and had two children:  Lewis and Peter.  In 1812, 
when the latter was about six years of age, his father moved to this 
county and settled in Newville, where he followed milling.  A few years 
later he purchased the Silver Spring Mill, which he owned for over 
forty years.  He removed to Mechanicsburg a few years before his death, 
which occurred in 1867.  He was a Republican in politics, a very 
sociable, prosperous and reliable man, and left a large property at his 
death.  Peter Bricker, his son, was born in Lancaster County in 1807.  
He too, learned the miller's trade.  He married Miss Kate, daughter of 
George Buttorf, of this county, and to this union were born six 
children:  George, Peter, Jacob, Samuel, Mary and Susan.  His wife 
died, and he married Miss Mary Bricker, of this county, daughter of 
David Bricker.  To this union were born ten children:  David, Eliza, 
Kate, Lewis, Joseph, John, Levi, Clara, Christian and Ella.  Even with 
such a large family, Mr. Bricker contrived, by energy and prudence, to 
accumulate a large property, consisting of nine farms and the mill 
property in Silver Spring Township, estimated to be worth $162,000.  In 
politics he was a Republican.  Our subject was born on the old 
homestead, in this county, September 29, 1850, and passed his early 
life on the farm.  In 1874 he married Miss Bella, daughter of George 
Breistline, of Cumberland County, and has two children:  Mary and 
Willie.  After marriage Mr. Bricker began farming on his own account.  
Like his father before him, he is a Republican in politics.  He is a 
reliable, honorable business man.