BIO:  Jacob Brenneman, York County, PA

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History of York County, Pennsylvania.  John Gibson, Historical Editor.
Chicago: F. A. Battey Publishing Co., 1886.
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Part II, Biographical Sketches, Warrington Township, Pg 195

JACOB BRENNEMAN was born in Washington Township, York Co., Penn., June 13, 1833, and 
is a son of Martin and Elizabeth (Asper) Brenneman, natives of York County, Penn.  
His grandfather, Joseph Brenneman, a native of Lancaster County, Penn., came to York 
County in 1806, and died in 1846.  The father of subject was born in 1803, and is a 
weaver by trade.  He had eight children:  John A., Jessie P., Joseph, Jacob, Adam, 
Susan, Lewis and Mary A.  Our subject learned the weaver’s trade with his father.  
When twenty-three years old, he began the manufacture of woolen goods, and continued 
that occupation for seventeen years.  In 1873 he moved to Warrington Township, and 
since that time he has been a farmer.  Mr. Brenneman was married, in 1856, to Miss 
Elizabeth Berkheimer, a daughter of Henry Berkheimer, of Washington Township.  They 
have three children:  Henry C., Martin L. and Andrew J.  Mr. and Mrs. Brenneman are 
members of the Lutheran Church.  Mr. Brenneman is a Democrat.