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with Henry Boyer Brumbaugh as eastern editor. This consolidation of publishing interests led to the formation of the present large Brethren Publishing House at Elgin, Illinois, which, among its ex- tensive church publishing interests, continues the weekly issue of the Messenger with Henry Boyer Brumbaugh as one of its three corre- sponding editors. Thus his editorial career, begun in 1870, has been continuous until the present time.
The history of the Brumbaughs is also the history of Juniata College. During the early years the Brethren church was opposed to education, believing it tended to "worldly mindedness," but later a strong sentiment grew up in favor of a liberal education and several schools were started in different places under church auspices. In March, 1876, John Boyer, Elder Henry Boyer and Dr. Andrew Boelus Brum- baugh (the latter a cousin of the brothers) held a conference that resulted in the establishment of a "Normal College," which was opened in the "Pilgrim" building owned by Henry Boyer Brumbaugh, of which mention has been previously made. Jacob M. Zuck was the first teacher, and on April 17, 1876, school was opened with three students in attendance; by the close of the term seventeen were enrolled and at the opening of the succeeding fall term the original room was too small to accommodate the applicants for admission. From this small begin- ning sprang the now prosperous Juniata College, an institution that now enrolls over four hundred students yearly ; has a faculty of twenty-two teachers and six regular departments : the College: the Academy ; the School of Education; the Bible School; the Music School; and the Business School. After the death of Elder James Quinter, who was the first president of the school, Elder Henry Boyer Brumbaugh suc- ceeded him and in turn was succeeded by Dr. Martin Grove Brumbaugh, now city superintendent of public instruction in Philadelphia. Brum- baughs have always served on the board of trustees, have been liberal supporters and the present president is a son of Henry Boyer Brum- baugh, one of the original founders.
Henry Boyer Brumbaugh's connection with the Huntingdon Church of the Brethren has been even longer continued and valuable. The beginning of this congregation was in a room sixteen by sixty feet in the same brick building that sheltered the Pilgrim in its earlier days and in which the little normal school was started that grew into
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Juniata College. When the church was started in 1874 there were but four members of that faith in the town: Dr. Andrew B. Brumbaugh, his wife, Andrew Denizer and wife. The church room was dedicated June 20, 1875. When the beautiful stone church erected upon the col- lege campus was dedicated, December 11, 1910 (Dr. Martin Grove Brumbaugh preaching the dedicatory sermon), seven hundred and twenty-four members had been baptized, thirty men had been called to the ministry and eleven missionaries had been sent out to labor in foreign fields, and Juniata College established as the direct result of the work of this congregation. Since 1888 the church has been under the care of Henry Boyer Brumbaugh, who has also been connected with it from its organization. He has also been dean of the Bible School of Juniata College since its foundation and in 1895 spent six months abroad, traveling principally in Bible lands. He has been president of the college board of trustees since organization and its financial sup- porter at critical times in the life of the school and at other times has more than once relieved embarrassment and given the school fresh impetus that has carried it past the danger point. He has also given a great deal of his time to work in the class room, all of which has been done without even the hope of fee or reward. He is vice-president of Standing Stone National Bank of Huntingdon and as a wise financier has proved of great value to that institution. Starting life a farmer boy he has been farmer, teacher. preacher, printer, editor and college president. All the things he has done have been well done and now as a man of mature judgment, wise counsel and philanthropic heart he is held in the highest esteem by those who have learned to know and to love him. His labor has been abundant and his reward is sure. In political faith he is a Republican.
He married, September 20, 1860, Susan Fink Peightal, born Octo- ber 1. 1842, died January 22, 1904, also a faithful member of the Church of the Brethren and is buried in Riverview cemetery at Huntingdon. She was the daughter of Isaac and Elizabeth (Fink) Peightal (original name Beightel). Children: Hazel, born October 31, 1863, died November 11 following; Isaac Harvey, of fur- ther mention.
(VI) Isaac Harvey, only son of Henry Boyer and Susan Fink (Peightal) Brumbaugh, was born in Penn township, March 10, 1870.
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His early education was obtained in the public schools, after which he entered the Normal English course at Juniata College, whence he was graduated in 1886, continuing advanced work at the college until 1889, when he entered Haverford College, whence he was graduated A. B., class of 1892. In September, 1892, he began teaching in Juniata Col- lege as professor of ancient languages, continuing to the present time, as professor of Latin in addition to his administrative work. This period of teaching has been interrupted by courses of study at Harvard University (1894-1895), being graduated A. B. 1895. In 1898 and 1899 he was a student in the Graduate School of Harvard, there earn- ing his degree of A. M. by special study in the classics. The summer of 1896 was spent in the study of pedagogy at the University of Jena, Germany. In 1896 he was called to Juniata College as acting president. In May, 1911, he was chosen by the trustees as president, which honorable position he now holds. Under his administration the college has increased its endowment funds, making possible the strengthening of the faculty, and so has gained a name for good, thorough work, coupled with a reputation for careful general train- ing and discipline. The alumni are, in ever widening circles, loyally exemplifying its good name through their successful lives and earnest achievement.
Professor Brumbaugh was elected to the ministry of the Church of the Brethren in 1904 and is frequently engaged in pulpit work. He is a trustee of the J. C. Blair Memorial Hospital and a member of the National Educational Association, as well as of other societies of learn- ing. In political faith he is a Republican.
He married, April 26, 1900, Amelia Henrietta Johnson, boru Janu- ary 28. 1874, daughter of Samuel Martin and Ellen ( Bulfinch) John- son, of Cambridge, Massachusetts. Children: Barbara, born October 24, 1901; Catherine Bulfinch, November 22, 1902; Marion Johnson, March 2, 1907; Henry Martin, November 11, 1912.
(V) George Brumbaugh, third son of John Brum-
BRUMBAUGH baugh (q. v.), and Catherine ( Boyer ) Brumbaugh,
was born in Penn township, Huntingdon county, Pennsylvania, February 11, 1834, died August 18, 1899. He was educated in the public school and spent one year as a student at
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Williamsburg, Blair county, Pennsylvania. He taught for seven or eight years in the public schools of Pennsylvania, but after his mar- riage engaged for a time in farming. Later he moved to Grafton. Huntingdon county, where he engaged in the manufacture of wagons and carriages, noted for their excellence throughout the Woodcock Valley. He was baptized into the Church of the Brethren in 1852, elected to its ministry and ordained elder in April, 1872. He was one of the promoters and assistant editors of the Pilgrim, being associated with his brothers, Henry Boyer and John Boyer Brumbaugh, who at first had the office of the paper at James Creek, but later moved to Huntingdon, Pennsylvania. He was for many years an able and regu- lar contributor to the Pilgrim and to its successors. He served the James Creek congregation of the Brethren church as minister and elder, succeeding his uncle, Isaac Brumbaugh, in that office. His use- ful life closed at the age of sixty-five years.
He married, June 6, 1859, Fannie Elizabeth Myers, born near Mc- Veytown, Mifflin county, Pennsylvania, daughter of Samuel and Eliza- beth (Shellenberger) Myers; she survives her husband and resides at Kalamazoo, Michigan. Children: 1. Otis Myers, of whom further. 2. Samuel Oscar, M. D., born July 30, 1862; graduate of University of Pennsylvania and an eminent physician of Huntingdon, Pennsyl- vania ; he married Agnes (Mullen) Harley and has a daughter, Hazel T., born October 3. 1898. 3. Ella, born December 17, 1865. died De- cember 18, following. 4. Elma Alice, born April 16, 1867: married John Mclaughlin Kirkwood and resides in Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania ; children : Baird, George, Catherine and John. 5. Anna Pearl, born February 18, 1872; married Philip Zinn, a merchant, and resides at Kalamazoo, Michigan; child : Robert.
(VI) Otis Myers, eldest son of George and Fannie Elizabeth (Myers) Brumbaugh, was born at Grafton, Huntingdon county, Penn- sylvania, May 27, 1860. He was educated in the public schools and at Juniata College, attending the latter institution two years. He then taught school one term and after his marriage engaged in farming at Grafton for two years, then moved to Huntingdon, where he engaged in mercantile life successfully until 1908, as a member of the firm of Brumbaugh & Rupert. He then accepted an appointment as steward and superintendent of grounds at Juniata College, a position he now
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holds. He is a member of the Church of the Brethren and in political faith is a Republican. He married, December 15, 1881, Flora Sarah Garver, born January 30, 1860, in Germany valley, Huntingdon county, daughter of George and Annie (Bare) Garver and granddaughter of John and Sarah (Eby) Garver.
Annie (Bare) Garver was born in Sinking Valley, Huntingdon county ; her husband in Huntingdon county. After their marriage he bought a large farm in Hill valley on which they resided until late in life, when they moved to Huntingdon; Mr. Garver dying January 14, 1913. They were members of the Church of the Brethren, which as deacon he served forty years, also as trustee and treasurer. Children of George and Annie (Bare) Garver : Benjamin Franklin, now a farmer near Shirleysburg; Flora Sarah, of previous mention, married Otis Myers Brumbaugh; Laura twin of Flora S., married James L. Rupert and resides in Huntingdon : Senie, married Samuel Shue and resides in York, Pennsylvania ; Lloyd, now a farmer on the old Garver homestead.
(VII) Cloy Garver, only child of Otis Myers and Flora Sarah (Garver) Brumbaugh, was born in Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, Febru- ary 4, 1884. He prepared in the public schools and then entered Juniata College, whence he was graduated, class of 1901. He entered the University of Pennsylvania, spending two years in the department of biology and chemistry, then became a student in the medical depart- ment, whence he was graduated M. D., class of 1907. After gradua- tion he spent one year as resident physician in Lancaster General Hos- pital and in 1908 located in Huntingdon, where he is well established in general practice. Dr. Brumbaugh is physician to the Juniata Valley Home for Orphan Children; is a member of the Pennsylvania state and county medical societies and the author of several professional papers published in the medical journals. He is well fitted by nature, ednca- tion and training for his profession and has already gained a satisfac- tory practice in his native city. He is a member of the Church of the Brethren: his wife belonging to the Methodist Episcopal church. In politics the doctor is a Republican.
He married, May 23, 1912, Mabel Beaver, born in Huntingdon, daughter of John G. and Ada ( Reiter) Beaver.
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This family is of German descent, the first
ESTERLINE ancestor in this country having probably been George Esterline, who at an early day emigrated from the fatherland and settled on a farm in York county, Pennsyl- vania. The remainder of his life was passed in this part of the country, where his descendants have represented the best portion of the community and have been prosperous and honored for generations.
(I) Jacob Esterline, who seems to have been one of the direct descendants of the immigrant, George Esterline, though the imme- diate connection has not been recorded, was a native of Pennsylvania. living and dying in Juniata county. He owned a considerable amount of land in the county, which he cultivated, following the vocation of farming all his life. He seems to have been a man of quiet and peace- ful disposition, taking part in no war or military enterprise, who passed his days industriously and honorably in the care of his family and domestic affairs. Among his children were: Jacob, of further mention : Benjamin, William, Catherine, who married a Mr. Landis, and others whose names have not been recorded.
(II) Jacob Esterline, son of Jacob Esterline above mentioned, was born in Juniata county, Pennsylvania, in the year 1821 ; he passed his early life in this county where he resided until the time of his mar- riage, working at the trade of shoemaking. After his marriage he removed to Granville township, Mifflin county, where he continued his calling, which he followed until his death in the year 1856. In politics he was a Democrat; and he won the respect of the community by his upright and industrious life, rearing and providing for a large family of children. His wife, who survived him many years and died in 1904, was a Miss Mariah Hockenbrought, born in 1823, at Little York, Pennsylvania. She was the daughter of George Hocken- brought, a native of Germany, where he married before coming to America. Upon arriving in this country Mr. and Mrs. Hockenbrought settled at Little York, Pennsylvania, where Mr. Hockenbrought be- came a farmer and followed this calling for a considerable length of time before he finally removed to Juniata county. Here he bought a farm of one hundred acres in extent, which he cultivated and where the family continued to live until his death. There were eight children in the family, seven sons and a daughter: William, a prisoner at
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Andersonville during the civil war, still survives; John; Henry, a soldier, died in the civil war; Daniel, living, was a prisoner in Ander- sonville prison; George, a farmer; Jacob, died in service; Mariah, became the wife of Jacob Esterline. The family were all members of the German Reformed church. Mr. and Mrs. Esterline had ten chil- dren : William, unmarried, served in Company B, Forty-ninth Penu- sylvania Volunteers, during the civil war, in which he died: David, deceased, served in the same company as his brother during the war, and married Anna Crawford, having lived in Mifflin county; Jacob C., of further mention : Anna, married A. J. Reed, of the state of Indiana, where he still resides, she being now deceased ; Benjamin, died unmar- ried; George, married Martha Crawford, and lives in Altoona, his wife being deceased; Louisa, died young; Charles, married and re- moved to Indiana; Mariah, married to Jesse Kelley, a railroad man at Altoona ; Samuel, a farmer, married Miss Trout, and lives in Juniata county.
(III) Jacob C. Esterline, son of Jacob and Mariah (Hocken- brought) Esterline, was born in Granville township, Mifflin county, Pennsylvania, on September 4, 1846. He received his education in the district schools of Granville township, and became a soldier during the war between the states. He enlisted in July, 1863. in Company E, Twentieth Pennsylvania Cavalry, being discharged in January, 1864. He again enlisted in March, 1865, in Company E, Eighty-eighth Penn- sylvania Volunteer Infantry, and received his honorable discharge August 6, 1865. It was not his fortune to take part in any active engagement during the time of his service. After the close of the war Mr. Esterline engaged in railroading and, besides other properties of which he is possessed, owns a farm of one hundred and seventy acres in extent in Granville township. He is a Democrat in politics ; and he and his wife are both members of the Methodist Episcopal church.
On January 2, 1868, after his enlistment as a soldier, Mr. Ester- line was married to Miss Ella Reed, daughter of John S. and Elizabeth (Hopper) Reed. She died February 16, 1886, having been the mother of six children: Edward, born April 29, 1869, married Miss Emma Seager: George, born March 4, 1871, married Maggie Rittenhouse ; Maud May, born August 6, 1873, married William Boyle; Minerva,
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born August 7, 1875, married Harry Rice, a motorman of Altoona, Pennsylvania; Bessie Pearl, born January 3, 1878, married a Mr. Merrel, and lives in Altoona; Effie Dean, unmarried, a twin sister of Bessie Pearl. After the death of his first wife, Mr. Esterline married, second, on August 25, 1887, Miss Millie McCord, daughter of Thomas and Mary Ann (Decker) McCord; and by this marriage has one child, a son, John Newton, born May 13, 1893.
William A. Harlan, of McCoysville, Pennsylvania, HARLAN is of distinctly English extraction. The first Harlan to dare the dangers of crossing the Atlantic from England to America, and the subsequent dangers of the wilderness of Pennsylvania with its savage inhabitants, both men and beasts, came over about 1792, or possibly a few years earlier. He was accom- panied by four brothers, all of whom made their way to Pennsylvania and adjoining states, two of whom settled in Chester county, Penn- sylvania. They took unto themselves wives, reared families, and as- sisted in building up that section of the Union. They were farmers by preference, taking out warrants, clearing and improving the land, building thereon good log houses, and making homes for themselves and families. One or more of the Harlan brothers combined other vocations with that of farming, thus giving to the new country a few of the advantages of a more densely populated section.
(I) John Harlan was descended from the immigrant Harlan, who located in Chester county, Pennsylvania. With the ever ready pioneer spirit, that seemed to enter so largely into the make-up of the Ameri- cans of those days, his father moved into Maryland, and there John Harlan was born. He married Margaret Porter, a descendant of the Porter family that has made history for the United States. Through the dual occupation of farmer and miller, combined with that of mill- wright, he accumulated a nice property. At the age of seventy he moved from Maryland to Juniata county, Pennsylvania, and died there at the age of eighty. His wife died at the age of eighty-four. They had one child, Stephen Porter, of whom further.
(II) Stephen Porter Harlan, son of John and Margaret (Porter) Harlan, was born July 4, 1823, in Maryland. He married Sarah Hanna, born February 24, 1826, in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania,
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a daughter of James and Sarah (Ales) Hanna, old residents of that section. After his marriage he lived sixteen years in Maryland, and then moved to Juniata county, Pennsylvania, on land where his grand- father Harlan had taken out warrant many years previous. At one time the place comprised many hundred acres, but has been divided and subdivided many times since. Stephen Porter Harlan moved to the Harlan place in 1862 and lived there until his death, February 7, 1890: his wife dying June 14, 1892. He was a Democrat, voting the straight ticket, but never worked actively for it. He and his wife were members of the Baptist church. Children: I. Mary Alice, born March 3, 1847; married Alec Anderson, and lives in Tuscarora town- ship, Juniata county. 2. James Albert, born December 17, 1848, a contractor in New Mexico. 3. John Franklin, born July 8, 1852, a carpenter and mason; died in Tuscarora township. 4. Stephen Robert, born May 12, 1854, a farmer in New Mexico. 5. William Andrew, of whom further. 6. George Marion, born March 2, 1859, a car- penter in New Mexico. 7. Ida Matilda, born October 10, 1860; widow of Boyd Hart, of Tuscarora township. 8. Edie E., born January 18, 1863, died in infancy. 9. Maggie R., twin of above, born January 18, 1863, died in infancy. 10. Lilly Bertie, born September 27, 1867, died in infancy. II. David E., born October 17, 1871, and who died in infancy.
(III) William Andrew Harlan, son of Stephen Porter and Sarah (Hanna) Harlan, was born in Maryland, April 1, 1856; married August 1I, 1883, Lizzie Hart, born in Juniata county, a daughter of William and Matilda Hart. She died July 31, 1900. William A. Harlan was reared on his father's farm and educated in the common schools. He engaged in farming, and with his brother, Stephen Robert, bought the interest of the other heirs in his father's estate. Three years later he purchased the interest of his brother, the farm at that time containing two hundred and eight acres. He does a suc- cessful general farming, and is regarded as one of the progressive agriculturists of his township. He is a Democrat, but has never held nor aspired to office. Children: 1. Iva, born October 12, 1885; at home with her father. 2. William Albert, died in infancy. 3. Lee, born February 19, 1889, a farmer in Idaho. 4. James Harry, born January 29. 1896.
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(The Hanna Line).
James Hanna, grandfather of William Andrew Harlan on the distaff side, was an old and long time resident of Lancaster county, Pennsylvania. He married Sarah Ales, like himself a member of an old Pennsylvania family. He was a farmer by vocation, but was also a good mechanic as well and did much in that line. He served as justice of peace for years, and was known for the justness of his rulings. He was a staunch Democrat until the outbreak of the Civil War, when he espoused the principles of the Republican party and advocated them as strongly as he formerly had those of Democracy, and was always active in politics. Both he and his wife were mem- bers of the Baptist church. Children: I. Rebecca, married Elisha Kirk, and died in Delaware. 2. Martha, married Daniel Carter; died in the state of Washington. 3. Sarah, born in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania ; married Stephen Porter Harlan; died June 14, 1892; children (see Harlan II). 4. Matilda, married Edward Tollenger : she died in Philadelphia in 1911. 5. Edith, married Mr. Stetler, and died in Oregon. 6. John, died in Cissel county, Maryland. 7. Andrew. died in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania.
HOFFMAN The Hoffmans of Lewistown, herein recorded, descend from Valentine Hoffman, who was born in Germany, came to Pennsylvania with his wife, set- tling in the town of Lancaster, where he is recorded in the carly records as a "smith." which in his case meant "a maker of edge tools." Ile became a large landowner in Lancaster borough, where Hoffman's Run (now Water street ), a small brook, running through his property, was named for him. He had three sons and a daughter.
(II) Benjamin, one of the three sons of Valentine Hoffman, the emigrant, was a resident of Lancaster all his life and associated with his father in farming and smithing. He married Margaret, daughter of Jacob and Mary Nauman, who were old residents of Lancaster. He was a tinner by trade and must have been a revolutionary soldier, as after his death his widow received a patent for a tract of land granted for his military service.
(III) William Nauman, son of Benjamin and Margaret (Nau- man) Hoffman, was born in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, February 9.
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1836, and is now a resident of Lewistown, Pennsylvania. He grew to manhood in Lancaster and was educated in the public schools. When a young man he settled in Lewistown, having started for the West but getting no farther than Lewistown, where he married and has always since resided. He learned the trade of cabinetmaker, following that trade for many years. Later in life he became a grocer, having a store on Market street. He has now for several years lived a retired life, making his home with his son, Charles R. Hoffman. He was an active Republican in his younger years and served on the police force ; was coroner and also collector of taxes at different periods. He en- listed in Company A, Thirty-sixth Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, serving a few months as emergency man under two enlist- ments. He was at Antietam among the troops held in reserve, and at Gettysburg, where he was in the detail to bury the dead and clear up the battlefield. He is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and is the oldest Odd Fellow in Lewistown, both in actual age and in point of years of membership.
He married Leah Jane Nichols, born in York county, Pennsyl- vania, April 14, 1836, married in Lewistown, where her parents set- tled about 1840. She is a daughter of James and Mary ( Blymeyer ) Nichols, of Lewisberry, York county, Pennsylvania, but later of Lewis- town, coming by boat on the old Pennsylvania canal. He was a potter by trade and in Lewistown served for many years as justice of the peace. Children of James Nichols: Elizabeth, married Andrew McCoy, both deceased; Margaret, married Peter Ort, a farmer, and is now living in Tyrone, Pennsylvania, aged over eighty years; Cath- erine, married Mr. DeVault and resides in Lewistown: Leah Jane, married William N. Hoffman and resides in Lewistown, a member of the Lutheran church; William, deceased: Ann, married Roseberry Reese ; Susan, died in infancy : Ellen, married John Riley and resides in Tyrone, Pennsylvania. Children of William N. and Leah Jane Hoffman: Clayton, died in infancy ; Andrew McCoy, died in infancy; James N. (q. v.) ; William H., resides in the south, a traveling sales- man, married Emma Cooper ; Margaret, died in infancy; Peter, twin of Margaret, died aged thirteen years: Charles Roseberry, of whom further.
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