Westmoreland County PA Archives Biographies.....Brinker, William F. September 20, 1845

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 WILLIAM F. BRINKER was born September 20,1845, in Mt. Pleasant township,
Westmoreland county, Pa., near where he now lives, and is a son of Simon and
Margaret (Fisher) Brinker. Jacob Brinker (great-great-grandfather) and his wife
emigrated from Germany and settled in Northampton county, Pa. They moved
westward and located in Penn township, Westmoreland county, when most of it was
a wilderness and the country was chiefly inhabited by Indians. Henry Brinker
(great-grandfather) was a native of Northampton county, Pa., but came to this
county, locating in Unity township. George Brinker (grandfather) was also a
native of Northampton county, born January 5, 1781,and died February 6, 1859. He
was married to Mary Weible, of Northampton county, by whom he had fourteen
children, He was an old wagoner and wagoned across the mountains to eastern
cities before the turnpikes were built spanning the State.

   Abraham Brinker was also an old wagoner on the turnpikes after they were
built. The record of the family is as follows: Jacob B., born March 23, 1807,
died July 21, 1876; Elizabeth, born July 6, 1808, died March 9, 1877; Henry,
born October 8, 1809, died in 1887; George, born May 10, 1811, died May 6, 1871;
John B., born October 31, 1812, died April 4, 1824; Abraham B. and William B.
(twins), born September 18, 1816; Margaret, born April 23, 1818; Simon, born
January 7, 1820, died October 15, 1885; Isaac, born May 2, 1822, died May 3,
1883; Jesse, born April 22, 1824; Lavina, born March 4, 1826, died April 2,
1829; Mary, born August 23, 1828, died December 17, 1870; and Louis, born July,
1831. Simon Brinker (father) was born in Mt. Pleasant township, this county,
January 7, 1820, and died in the same place October 15, 1885. His wife was born
February 4, 1821, married November 1, 1844, and died August 15, 1877. Mr.
Drinker was a republican, a farmer and a member of the Reformed church, in which
he served as deacon and elder. He was the father of six children, all of whom
died young except William F. Brinker. (For maternal ancestry, see sketch of
Samuel Fisher).

   William F. Brinker was married October 26, 1871, to Angeline M. Sadler, a
daughter of Michael and Anna Mary (Hoffman) Sadler, of Salem township, who was
born August 5, 1850, and who has borne him four children: Margaret R., born
October 23, 1872; Anna M., born December 31, 1873; Simon K., born February 1,
1876; and Mary J., born June 21, 1879.

   W. F. Brinker was educated in the common schools and at the Salem (Delmont)
academy, and has ever since devoted his attention to agriculture, in which he
has been very successful, now owning a great deal of valuable real estate upon
which he has put many costly improvements. He is a republican in political
principle but never aspired to office, and with his wife belongs to the Reformed
church in which he has held the office of deacon and elder. Much of his time is
pleasantly and usefully spent in his library, one of the essentials of a home,
and the whole family is pervaded with the spirit of improvement and progress.


Additional Comments:
Extracted from
Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania
Compiled and Published by John M. Gresham & Co.
Samuel T. Wiley, Chief Assistant
1890


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