In one of my earlier posts I shared the obituary of Josiah B. Brumbaugh written by his daughter, Elma Brumbaugh Rogers. The following article [page 403] is a biographical sketch from “A History of the Church of the Brethren in the Middle District of Pennsylvania” prepared and published under the supervision of the District Conference through its Home Mission Board. James A. Sell was the principal writer along with George S. Myers and William S. Ritchey. There is no date given, however the introduction was written by M. G. Brumbaugh and dated, December 8, 1924.
Josiah was my maternal grandfather. He passed away 12 years before I, Roy Edgar Glass, Junior, was born.
BRUMBAUGH, Josiah B., the only son of David H. and Margaret Burget Brumbaugh, members of the Church of the Brethren, was born near Henrietta, Blair County, (Pa.), September 1, 1861. His childhood on the farm, his youth helping in his father’s foundry, his love for reading and good advantages in the common school were the steps until nineteen years old, when he began school teaching, a profession he followed for twenty-five years. He also invested in merchantile pursuits, largely conducted by his wife while, during the day, he was teaching.
He was united in marriage with Lucinda, daughter of John H. and Susan Dilling, of Clover Creek, (Pa.), on June 6 1882, John W. Brumbaugh officiating. Two sons and four daughters blessed their home.
While living in the Clover Creek congregation he united with the Church of the Brethren, George W. Brumbaugh administered baptism on October 18, 1882. There he was called to the ministry on Christmas, 1893. Six years later (the Spring of 1899 he moved his family to Bellwood, (Pa.), and took charge of that infant congregation. He spared no efforts for the cause there for eleven years. On August 28, 1910, the family moved to a new home built in Juniata. While residing here he spent his Sundays preaching somewhere, either at home or elsewhere. The Lord had an incessant worker in this servant. He officiated at many weddings and was called far and near to preach funerals. But a complication of diseases was reducing him. No longer able to leave his room, he read and prepared sermons he never preached: for, on November 12, 1916, he passed away. Walter S. Long conducted the funeral service at Juniata, using 2 Samuel 3:38; the Holy Spirit saw fit to lead James A. Sell to use the same text at the Clover Creek Church, yet the duplication was not known until the services were over. His body lies in the Brumbaugh Cemetery.
Josiah was my maternal grandfather. He passed away 12 years before I, Roy Edgar Glass, Junior, was born.
BRUMBAUGH, Josiah B., the only son of David H. and Margaret Burget Brumbaugh, members of the Church of the Brethren, was born near Henrietta, Blair County, (Pa.), September 1, 1861. His childhood on the farm, his youth helping in his father’s foundry, his love for reading and good advantages in the common school were the steps until nineteen years old, when he began school teaching, a profession he followed for twenty-five years. He also invested in merchantile pursuits, largely conducted by his wife while, during the day, he was teaching.
He was united in marriage with Lucinda, daughter of John H. and Susan Dilling, of Clover Creek, (Pa.), on June 6 1882, John W. Brumbaugh officiating. Two sons and four daughters blessed their home.
While living in the Clover Creek congregation he united with the Church of the Brethren, George W. Brumbaugh administered baptism on October 18, 1882. There he was called to the ministry on Christmas, 1893. Six years later (the Spring of 1899 he moved his family to Bellwood, (Pa.), and took charge of that infant congregation. He spared no efforts for the cause there for eleven years. On August 28, 1910, the family moved to a new home built in Juniata. While residing here he spent his Sundays preaching somewhere, either at home or elsewhere. The Lord had an incessant worker in this servant. He officiated at many weddings and was called far and near to preach funerals. But a complication of diseases was reducing him. No longer able to leave his room, he read and prepared sermons he never preached: for, on November 12, 1916, he passed away. Walter S. Long conducted the funeral service at Juniata, using 2 Samuel 3:38; the Holy Spirit saw fit to lead James A. Sell to use the same text at the Clover Creek Church, yet the duplication was not known until the services were over. His body lies in the Brumbaugh Cemetery.
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