DANIEL C. BRUMBACH
Daniel C.'s lineage:
Hermanus 1751-1803
***Daniel 1792-1884
******Samuel
*********Daniel C.

Daniel C. Brumbach, son of Samuel and one of Boyertown's leading and substantial citizens, was born in August, 1840, in Pike township, Berks county, Pa. For twenty-eight years he conducted the undertaking and cabinet furniture in this place and was one of the organizers of the Boyertown Casket Company, the leading industry of the borough. It was organized in 1884, with a capital stock of $20,000. and this was increased in 1897 to $100,000. The company has a large eight-story office building on Arch Street, Philadelphia.

In the eighties Mr. Brumbach erected the Brumbach Building, on the corner of Philadelphia Avenue and Washington Street, Boyertown, which is 38x115 feet in dimensions and three stories high, of brick construction. A part of the building is utilized as a dwelling, and the rest is used for the furniture business. He is a director of the Union Manufacturing Company and a director and vice president of the Franklin Improvement Company. This concern gives employment to from 300 to 400 people and is a very successful corporation. It owns also the building which is occupied by the Eisenlohr Cigar Manufacturing Company, one of Boyertown's best structures, three stories in height and with dimensions of 175 feet with an 80-foot ell. It is regarded as one of ht e best equipped factory buildings in Pennsylvania. Mr. Brumbach was chairman of the building committee during the erection of this structure whish does credit to the architects, builders and owners and to the borough.

In his political views Mr. Brumbach is a Democrat. For six years he wa a member of the town council, and for three years served as treasurer of the school board. During the Civil War he became a member of Company A. 128th Pa. V. I., which was assigned to the Army of the Potomac, and he participated in the battles of Antietam and South Mountain. While his compay was at Maryland Heights, he was prostrated with fever and for four months was confined in different hospitals but finally was able to return to his company and was honorably discharged in 1865. He is a member of Gen. Cook Post. G. A. R., of Boyertown.

Daniel C. Brumback married Caroline Moyer, daughter of Iassc Moyer, of Pike township, and they have five children as follows:
1. Frank, a cabinetmaker of Boyertown;
2. Amandus, deceased, who conducted an undertaking business at
Allentown;
3. Ella, who maried James Brown, of Kutztown (successor to D. C.
Brumbach in business), and they have one son, Harold
4. Carrie and 5. Daniel, who are both deceased.

Mr. Brumbach is a member of the Reformed Church at Boyertown, and he has served for a number of years as a deacon and elder. Since 1905 he has been president of the Fairview Cemetery Board. In 1903 he made a western tour, taking in the scenic part of the country west of the Mississippi, which has interested thousands, including Denver and surroundings, and Pike's Peak; and in 1907 he took another enjoyable trip, starting from Allentown and taking in Niagara Falls, Chicago and parts of Kansas, and returning by way of Chicago and Harrisburg.

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