Ernest Micheleau's
Lineage:
Ernest Micheleau's
Lineage:
Hermanus Emanuel Brumbach 1751 - 1803
***Jacob Brumbach 1780 - 1873
******Daniel Gumbert Brumbach 1831 - 1915
*********Ernest Michelieu Brumback, 1860 - 1928Ernest was born to Daniel Gumbert Brumback and Lili Michelieu St. Clair on Feb. 24, 1860 in Newport, Kentucky and died on January 24, 1928 in Deming, New Mexico. He married Minnie Leota Mussman in Cincinnati, Ohio in 1896. Ernest and his Cousin, Clarence Johns, were the owner of a print shop in downtown Cincinnati. Ernest came down with Tuburculosis and was advised to move west to a high, dry climate.
They moved to Silver City, New Mexico in late 1897 where he went to work as the Manager of the Silver City Independent, now the Silver City Daily Press and Independent. Later he became the editor/manager. When Woodrow Wilson was elected President Ernest was appointed Post Master for Silver City. After eight years of that he purchased the Deming Graphic and moved the family to Deming, fifty four miles south of Silver City.
After Ernest's death in 1928, his wife, Minnie, at age 51 took over the paper and was the editor-publisher until she sold the paper in 1952 when she was 75 years of age. For a brief period in the early 1940's when Minnie went back to Cincinnati to care for her aged and infirm mother, Minnie's grandson, Donald Brumback Harris took over the reins.
Following is an obituary that was written on the occasion of Mr. Ernest M. Brumback's death. We do not know which paper it appeared in but assume it was the Deming Graphic, the paper he owned and published. We assume it was written jointly by J. C. O'Leary and C. G. Alger.
"E. M. Brumback, Editor of the Deming Graphic, who died early this morning, was born in Newport, Ky. February 24, 1865. As a little boy he started to work as an apprentice printer in Cincinnati, Ohio, across the river from his home, and he has devoted his entire life practically to the printing and publishing business. Before coming west to Silver City, About thirty years ago, he was the owner of a lucrative printing business in Cincinnati. He was obliged to seek the high dry southwest on account of poor health and he spent three years recuperating after his arrival in Silver City. He then went to work for Joe Sheridan on the Silver City Enterprise. Later he took up the management of the Silver City Independent for the owner William B. Walton. After conducting this business for ten years, he was appointed Post Master of Silver City June 1, 1914. After serving in that capacity for eight years he came to Deming Jan. 1, 1925 and purchased the Deming Graphic, which he conducted until his death. In fact he was down to the office Saturday. He wrote his last copy Sunday. Last night at seven O'clock when visited by J. C. O'Leary and C. G. Alger, in feeble breath he asked if the copy was all up for the issue, which comes out tonight. It was, except for his obituary, because he had only a few hours to live.
"Mr. Brumback was game to the core, and loyal to his friends and convictions in every ounce of his ninety eight pounds. He was mechanically an artist in his printing craft and in the preparation of his forms. He wrote manually like copper plate and his typewritten copy for his weekly paper was prepared with the care and accuracy of a legal brief. He was a stickler for neatness and orderliness and his office and plant reflected his systematic mind. He was fearless and could not be shaken in his convictions. He hated sham and hypocrisy and took great pride in the paper which he published here, which was a credit to the city and the printing trade. He cooperated in every movement here which was for the betterment of the community. He was always neighborly and interesting, and he will be sorely missed around O'Leary's on his daily visits.
"Mr. Brumback looked death straight in the eye and never weakened though he was broken physically. He admitted to us frankly the last few weeks that he didn't have a chance, but his indomitable will seemed to grow stronger as death hovered nearer. We mourn the passing of this fine friend here around the corner, who taught us not only how to live but how to die."
Ernest and Minnie had two daughters:
Lillian Leota Brumback, born October 20, 1899, in Silver City, New
Mexico and died August, 1982 in Deming, New Mexico. Lillian Married
Valdimir LeRoy Harris, born June 9, 1897. Valdimir was from
Kansas and stationed at Fr. Bayard, New Mexico during WWI. This
union produced one child, Donald Brumback Harris.
Mary Louise Brumback, born July 16, 1905 in Silver City, New Mexico
and died on June 27, 1947 in Deming, New Mexico. Mary Louise
married (1) Wayne R. Darling in Deming. They had three children:
Virginia Louise Darling, born March 29, 1924 in Tucson, AZ
Duane Darling, born Oct. 2, 1925 in Deming, NM
David Wayne Darling, born Nov. 4, 1929 in Deming, NM.
After her divorce from Wayne, Mary Louise married (2) Leonard
Cecil Francis in Deming, New Mexico. They had two sons:
Charles Leonard Francis, born August 3, 1936 in Deming, NM.
and Ernest Edward Francis, born June 14, 1939 in Deming, NM.
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