BIO:  DAVID PARK BRINDLE, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania
   
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  >From Biographical Annals of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania,
  Chicago: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905, pages 632-633
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    DAVID PARK BRINDLE, a prominent retired farmer of Cumberland county, now
  residing at Carlisle Springs, was born Sept. 30, 1832, in Middlesex township,
  this county, a son of George W. and Elizabeth (Dewey) Brindle.
    
    George W. Brindle was a son of an old settler of Franklin county, where he
  was also born, coming to Cumberland county in young manhood. Here he engaged
  in milling and later in farming, owning a fine farm of 175 acres in Middlesex
  township, just north of Carlisle Springs, on which he settled about 1827. Here
  he died in 1867, aged seventy-one years, after living a useful, helpful life.
  He was a man of Christian life and character, a member and a liberal
  supporter of the Reformed Church, and one of the organizers of the same at
  Carlisle Springs. He was one of the reliable and responsible men of his
  township and for a long time served in the office of director of the poor.
  His marriage took place in 1827 to Elizabeth Dewey, who was born in 1799 and
  died in 1863. She was also a devoted member of the Reformed Church and a
  woman of most exemplary life and character. Their children were: John Peter;
  Miss Margaret, of Carlisle Springs; William, who died young; David Park, of
  this sketch; Andrew, who died young; and Catherine, wife of Hezekiah
  Chandler, who died prior to 1860.
    
    Of the above family, John Peter, the eldest, was a prominent citizen. He
  raised Company G, in Cumberland county, and served as its captain. For many
  years he was extensively engaged in the pension business, served many terms
  as justice of the peace at Carlisle, also as notary public, and was long
  regarded as one of that city's representative men. Both he and his wife have
  passed away.
    
    David P. Brindle was born on the home farm in Middlesex township, where he
  early began his practical education, helping with the plowing at the age of
  thirteen years. His education was obtained during the winter months at the
  district school, in the little log house in a clearing, and here he
  successfully mastered all the essentials. Until his parents died he remained
  on the home farm, his brother having gone into the army. In 1856 he married
  Sarah Barr, daughter of Samuel Barr and Elizabeth Dunlap, sister of Rev.
  James Dunlap, a very noted preacher, who was one of the faithful and earnest
  ministers of the Evangelical Church, who traveled on horseback from one
  community to the other.
    
    After the close of the war Mr. Brindle took entire charge of the farm and
  continued its operation until 1892, when he retired to Carlisle Springs,
  where he occupied a very comfortable home. In politics he is a Democrat. For
  many years he has been a school director and supervisor and has had a voice
  in the greater part of the government of the township. He is a prominent
  member of the Reformed Church.
    
    Three children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Brindle, as follows: Anna Aurelia,
  who is the widow of Gordon Leonard, lives at Carlisle Springs; James, who died
  in Carlisle Springs, married Catherine Tressler, and for many years was a
  successful teacher;
    
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  George W. married Annie Wolf and is a prominent merchant of Carlisle Springs.
    
    Mr. Brindle still owns the old farm. The old farmhouse which his father
  built in 1845 still stands, although later improvements were made by our
  subject.