BIO: Charles J. BRUBAKER, Dauphin County, PA

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Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of Dauphin County, 
Containing Sketches of Representative Citizens, and Many of the 
Early Scotch-Irish and German Settlers.  Chambersburg, Pa.: 
J. M. Runk & Company, 1896, page 329.
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  BRUBAKER, CHARLES J., chief clerk to the county commissioners, was 
born in the borough of Halifax, Dauphin county, Pa., October 10, 1857.  
He is a son of Henry and Mary R. (Shammo) Brubaker.  Jacob Brubaker, 
the grandfather of Charles J., was a native of Lancaster county, Pa.  
He settled in Halifax township, Dauphin county, and engaged in farming.  
He was a member of the M. E. church.  He had nine children:  Joseph, 
John, Jacob, Isaac, Henry, Hiram, Benjamin, and two daughters, all of 
whom are deceased, except Henry.  Henry Brubaker, father of Charles J., 
was born in Halifax township.  He has been engaged in farming and in 
boating on the Wiconisco canal.  He and his six brothers owned and 
conducted boats on that canal for many years.  He has served two terms 
as supervisor of Halifax township, and is now serving his third term in 
that office, in the borough.  He belongs to Charity Lodge, I. O. O. F., 
and to Camp No. 576, Patriotic Sons of America.  He is one of the 
original stockholders in the Halifax Shoe Company.  His wife is a 
member of the M. E. church.  They had five children:  Samuel L., 
traveling for the Pennsylvania Steel Works; Amaza S., Ella F., Annie L. 
and Charles J. 
  Charles J. Brubaker is the eldest of his father's children.  He was 
educated in the public schools.  He read medicine with Dr. H. R. 
Casslon, of Halifax, and was graduated from the College of Physicians 
and Surgeons, Baltimore, Md., in 1882, but never practiced medicine.  
He became paymaster and timekeeper for the Phoenix Bridge Company, 
Phoenixville, Pa., and remained with that company four years.  January 
1, 1891, he became assistant clerk to the county commissioners, and in 
1892 was appointed chief clerk to that body, which position he has 
since filled with credit.  He is a member of Robert Burns Lodge, No. 
464, F. & A. M., the Harrisburg Consistory, and the Rajah Temple of 
Reading, Pa.; City Lodge, No. 301, I. O. O. F.; A. O. U. W., and Camp 
No. 576, P. O. S. A., of Halifax.  He is an active Republican.  In 
early life he served as page in the United States House of 
Representatives.