EDWIN H. BRUMBACH

Edwin's lineage:

Hermanus Emanuel Brumbach 1751-1803
***David Brumbach 1794-1876
******James De Turck Brumbach 1828
*********Edwin H. Brumbach 1869-

Edwin H. Brumbach, son of James D., was born at Spangsville, Oley, township, Berks county Pa., Feb. 24, 1869, was reared on the home farm and obtained his education first in the public schools and later in Oley Academy. For a time thereafter he engaged in clerking in his father's store at Griensemersville and after his marriage turned his attention to operating the home farm which he successfully continued for five years. He marketed his produce at Reading, making periodical visits.

When his father removed to Pleasantville and acquired his own store bulding there, Edwin H. served as clerk for eight years, and in the spring of 1902 purchased the business and has continued the enterprise, but with a larger scope. Since April 10, 1906, he has been postmaster, having been assistant for some years previously.

Mr. Brumbach and his family are members of the Reformed Church of Oley, in which he served four years in the office of deacon. In politics he is a Democrat. His fraternal connections are with Minnehaha Lodge, No. 154 K. of P.; and Manatawny Lodge, No. 461 K. G. E.

On Oct. 19, 1889, Edwin H. Brumbach was married to Mary Alice Griesemer, daughter of Jacob and Mary Ann (Dilaplaine) Greisemer, of Oley. To this union have been born three sons and one daughter, namely;

1. and 2. M. Edna and Edwin Lloyd G., twins, born April 2, 1892;
3. J. Leroy, born April 19, 1894;
4. C. Lester, born Jan. 11, 1903.

In 1904 Mr. Brumbach took an enjoyable trip, starting from Reading and going by way of Allentown, Buffalo, Niagara Falls, Suspension Bridge, Cleveland, and Toledo, Ohio, and Chicago, to St. Louis spending several weeks at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition. His return trip was made through Cincinnati, Ohio, Washington, D. C., Baltimore, Md., and Philadelphia, taking ample time to see various points of interest in the cities named. On this journey he traveled through ten different States, and covered a distance of 2,800 miles.

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