BIO: George B. BRUMBAUGH, Huntingdon County, PA

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Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of the Juniata Valley: 
Comprising the Counties of Huntingdon, Mifflin, Juniata and Perry, 
Pennsylvania, Containing Sketches of Prominent and Representative 
Citizens and Many of the Early Settlers.  Chambersburg, Pa.: J. M. 
Runk & Co., 1897, page 273.
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  GEORGE B. BRUMBAUGH, minister and merchant, James Creek, was born on 
the old homestead in Huntingdon county, July 12, 1834, son of Jacob and 
Rachel (Boyer) Brumbaugh. His great-grandfather, Jacob Brumbaugh (1) 
born in 1734, was a native of Germany, and in 1750 came to this country 
and settled in Berks county, Pa., but afterwards removed to Huntingdon 
county. George Brumbaugh, son of Jacob (1), was born in 1768, in 
Pennsylvania, came with his father to Huntingdon county, and settled on 
a tract of 400 acres, on which he erected two dwellings and made 
numerous other improvements, and farmed the land, besides conducting a 
saw-mill. He married Miss Bowers, a native of Huntingdon county. Their 
children were: Isaac; Jacob; and John. Both Mr. and Mrs. Brumbaugh died 
on the homestead. The former was a pioneer minister of the Brethren 
church. Jacob Brumbaugh (2), the father of George B., was born July 4, 
1806, in Huntingdon county, and was educated in subscription schools, 
where he acquired an excellent knowledge of English and German. He 
chose farming as his occupation, purchased 200 acres of the homestead, 
and greatly increased the value of his land by improvements. He 
erected, in 1844, a bank barn 45x82 feet, one of the finest of its kind 
in the county.
  Jacob Brumbaugh was married in Penn township to Rachel, daughter of 
Henry Boyer. Their children are: Henry, farmer, residing near 
Chambersburg; George B.; Dr. A. B.; Abraham, deceased; Rebecca (Mrs. 
Robert Mason); Mary, widow of John Foust; Catharine (Mrs. John Rogers), 
Huntingdon; Rachel, widow of Rufus Zook, of Mifflin county; and Jacob, 
a professor in the Brethren's Normal College, Huntingdon, Pa. Jacob 
Brumbaugh was a Republican. He served efficiently as supervisor and 
director of the poor. He was a consistent member of the Brethren 
church. His death and that of his wife occurred on the homestead.
  Rev. George B. Brumbaugh attended the public schools in Penn 
township, but is practically a self-educated man. Until the age of 
sixteen he remained on the farm and then taught school successfully for 
six terms. For several years he cultivated a farm of 145 acres in Penn 
township, after which he embarked in the mercantile business in 
Marklesburg. For a time he was interested in the lumber business, 
having built and conducted a saw-mill in Tod township, where he now has 
2,000 acres of timber land.
  Rev. Mr. Brumbaugh was married in 1855 to Martha, daughter of Daniel 
Grove, born in 1833. Their children are: Amanda, deceased; Martin G., 
president and teacher of pedagogies in the University of Pennsylvania; 
Frank, mail agent on Broad Top R.R.; and Irvin, who is in his father's 
store. Mr. Brumbaugh is a Republican. He served as postmaster of 
Marklesburg from 1866 to 1884, and was assistant postmaster four years. 
He also served as auditor. He has always taken a deep interest in 
spiritual affairs and since 1855 has been a valuable minister in the 
Brethren church, and is a member of the church council.