BIO: REUBEN BRUBAKER, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania
   
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  >From Biographical Annals of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania,
  Chicago: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905, pages 259-260
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    REUBEN BRUBAKER, president of the Beetem Lumber & Mfg. Co., of Carlisle,
  Pa., was born in Lancaster county, Pa., near Ephrata, May 24, 1844, a son of
  John and Mariah (Kemper) Brubaker, and grandson of Daniel Brubaker, who was a
  well known man of his day. The father of our subject died in 1854, aged
  thirty-two years, and the mother, died in Cumberland county aged sixty-two
  years. Mr. Brubaker was a farmer by occupation. The following children were
  born to this couple: Reuben; Levi, a carpenter of Carlisle; Jesse, a
  carpenter, living at Jennings, La.; Henry, a carpenter of Decatur, Ill.;
  Fannie, deceased; and Martin, a farmer of Brown county, Kansas.
    
    When only a lad of thirteen Reuben Brubaker was brought to Cumberland coun-
    
    CUMBERLAND COUNTY.  260
    
  ty, where he has since made his home. His education was obtained in the
  public schools, which he attended until he was seventeen years old, when he
  learned the trade of carpenter. After a few years he began contracting and
  building, and has followed this calling ever since upon an extensive scale
  throughout Cumberland county, having had the contract for the erection of
  many of the most pretentious buildings in Carlisle. Since his election to the
  presidency of the Beetem Lumber Co. he has concentrated his energies upon the
  development of that business.
    
    The Beetem Lumber & Mfg. Co. of Carlisle, Pa., with office and mill at Nos.
  428 to. 442 East North street, yards corner Louther and Spring Garden streets,
  manufacturers of sash, doors, blinds and lumber of all kinds, has the
  following officers: Reuben Brubaker, president; Newton C. Wert, secretary and
  treasurer. The company was incorporated in 1895 with a capital stock of
  $40,000. The business was originated by George S. Beetem, in 1880, and at his
  death, in 1892, the firm name changed to H. G. Beetem & Co., thus remaining
  until the incorporation, as given above. The board of directors is composed
  of men of prominence in the commercial world of Carlisle; H. G. Beetem, John
  F. Kerr, J. W. Wetzel, Calvin Wagner and R. Brubaker.
    
    In politics Mr. Brubaker is a stanch Republican, and one of the most active
  supporters of his party. For some years he served as president of the board of
  health and has always borne his part in all public improvements.
    
    Mr. Brubaker was married in 1866 to Miss Mary Wert, daughter of Joseph
  Wert. Mr. and Mrs. Brubaker are members of the Lutheran Church and for the
  past twenty-five years Mr. Brubaker has been a member of the official board,
  and was chairman of the building committee when the present handsome edifice
  was put up in Carlisle. The pleasant home of the family is at No. 137 East
  North street, where both Mr. and Mrs. Brubaker welcome their numerous friends
  with genial hospitality.