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At a special meeting of the Huntingdon County Medical Society,
* Howard E. Butz, Huntingdon Globe, Jan. 30, 1908.
+ Died at Huntingdon, Pa., June 21, 1911.
# Mr. Butz, Huntingdon Globe, Jan. 30, 1908.
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January 29, 1908, the following was ordered to be placed upon the minutes :
"In the death of Dr. Andrew B. Brumbaugh, who was one of the founders and a member of the society since April 9, 1872, and its secre- tary for many years, this society has sustained a great loss. He was rarely absent from its meetings and was always willing to use his rich fund of experience and ripe judgment in promoting the interests of the society and maintaining its dignity and honor.
"For forty-two years, by day and by night, in sunshine and storm, he devoted his talents to the people of this community and ministered with great medical and surgical skill to alleviate their sickness and suffering."
The following editorial appeared in The Juniata Echo, February, 1908, Carman Cover Johnson, editor-in-chief :
"The inadequacy of words forces itself upon us as we endeavor to speak editorially by way of appreciation of our deceased Dr. A. B. Brumbaugh. He was such an ardent spirit in his interest in everything that made for the advancement of Juniata in general, and of The Echo in particular. The Echo was his own creation; and it seems such a strange coincidence that his death should occur while the last Echo, containing just a little sketch of him, was being published. The Doctor had creative imagination, literary taste and style, insight into human nature, sympathy to the extent of self-sacrifice ; devotion to home, and friends, and profession, and church, and school, away beyond the ordi- nary ; and a hearty good-cheer that made him always invigorating. He leaves a great vacancy in the large community of which he was part ; and we can only hope that those who take up the various lines of activity in which he led shall catch somewhat of inspiration from his resourceful personality."
The following is an extract from minutes of Trustees of Juniata College, March 3, 1908, and signed by the committee: David Emmert. Joseph E. Saylor, and I. Harvey Brumbaugh :
"The Trustees of Juniata College in recording the death, January 27. 1908, of Dr. Andrew Boelus Brumbaugh, Secretary of the Board of Trustees, unite in expressing their feeling of loss and sorrow in the re-
* Editorial in Juniata Echo, Feb., 1908, Vol. XVII, No. 2.
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moval from their midst of one who had been a loyal and earnest co- worker in the cause of Christian education.
"Dr. Brumbaugh was active in promoting and establishing the small school which was opened April 17, 1876. From that date to the time of his death he was Secretary of the governing body, or Trustees of the institution, and its inner history is preserved in his handwriting. He was most faithful in attendance upon meetings, even when held at hours which interferred with his professional practice. His service as a Trustee was much more than perfunctory. As a close student of affairs, well read in different fields of study and investigation, his views were progressive and often ahead of the times. He suggested new activities and gave the enthusiasm of his own spirit to aid any movement which counted for the development of the College.
"Dr. Brumbaugh also served as a member of the Faculty, giving his time without remuneration, for lectures to the student body on hygiene. In this form of instruction he took special delight, and his practical work along this line is well remembered by many who were under his tuition.
"As Editor of the Juniata Echo he performed a distinctive service to the college, especially in maintaining an official organ for the institu- tion in the days when it was small. His pen was ready and high hopes were expressed most confidently for the school to which he gave so much of his time and thought.
"On the personal side Dr. Brumbaugh will be remembered best as the college physician, who ministered with skill and devotion to those who needed his assistance. To natural acumen, and a thorough under- standing of the science of medicine he added those qualities which made him quick to perceive the source and nature of disease, and ready to adapt the remedy to the patient. Joined to this professional skill were those personal traits of sympathy and solicitude which made one glad to go to him for medical advice.
"In recalling these services to the college and recording the loss which it has suffered the Trustees wish to add their word of sympathy for the immediate family, who have no more the companionship with one who possessed so many splendid traits of heart and mind. May they enjoy the comforts and blessings of Our Heavenly Father, who does all things well!"
Mrs. Brumbaugh desired to live in close association with the projects so dear to her late husband, and purchased a lot facing the campus of Juniata College and the new stone church erected therein, and in 1911 moved into her new residence at 1618 Moore street, Huntingdon, Penn- sylvania. Children: Gaius Marcus, M.D., born May 7, 1862; infant
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son, born and died February 19, 1865 ; Cora AAdele ( Mrs. Alfred Purvis Silverthorn, of Coalport, Pennsylvania ), born April 21, 1866.
Gaius Marcus 6 Brumbaugh, M.S., M.D., (Andrew Boclus,5 Jacob,4 George,3 Jacob,2 Johannes Henrich 1) was born May 7, 1862, in Penn township, Huntingdon county, Pennsylvania, on the old homestead farm. He was educated in private school, Huntingdon Academy, Brethren's Normal School, Juniata College, graduating from latter (B.E., '79) ; also received M.E. and M.S. ('98) from the same institution. He taught several years in public schools of Pennsylvania; attended medical lectures at University of Pennsylvania; Medical Department, Columbian University (now G. W. U.) ; Howard University, Medical Department, graduated M.D., front same '85; Medical Department, Georgetown, graduating M.D. from latter, '98. He removed to Wash- ington, D. C., in 1882, but has continued his legal residence at Hunting- don ; held several positions under the government, the last being assistant chief, Bureau of Animal Industry ; and since 1899 has been a member of Third Board of United States Pension Examining Surgeons, of which he was secretary, 1899-1913. He entered upon active medical practice (Reg. ) in Washington, D. C., October, 1887; member Medical Society of the District of Columbia: American Medical Association; American Association for the Advancement of Science, Pennsylvania German So- ciety ; Pennsylvania Historical Society, etc. He is examiner for a num- ber of life, accident and health insurance companies ; lecturer on materia medica and therapeutics, National Training School for Nurses (Sibley Hospital) for over fourteen years; author of "Genealogy of the Brumbach Families," 1913, 875 pp., etc. He became a mem- ber of the German Baptist Church, April 5, 1876, and actively participated in the foundation of the Normal Select School, Brethren's Normal College and Juniata College, as pupil, later pupil instructor and graduate ; was elected trustee of Juniata College (1909) as his father's successor in membership in that board. He is a Republican. Office and residence, 905 Massachusetts Avenue, N. W., Washington, D. C., and Huntingdon, Pennsylvania.
October 1, 1889, at Elmira, New York, he married Catherin Elliott Brown, born June 15, 1868, in Mansfield, Tioga county, Pennsylvania, daughter of Charles W. Brown, M.D., and Mary Eleanor (Elliott) Brown.
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"Catherin Elliott (Brown) Brumbaugh, a native of Pennsylvania, was taken, when a young girl, to Elmira, New York, where her father, Dr. Charles W. Brown, was a prominent physician. Here she spent her girlhood, attended St. Ursula and the Woman's College of that city. Here she married Dr. Gaius Marcus Brumbaugh, and moved to Wash- ington, D. C., where she has been identified with various organizations looking to the betterment of the race. Prominent among these is the National George Jr. Republic League, of which she is recording sec- retary.
"She began her activities as a Daughter of the American Revolution in Constitution Chapter, holding the office of registrar and then record- ing secretary, which office she resigned to become corresponding secre- tary in the new chapter, Livingston Manor, organized by her mother, February, 1909. She was one year state recording secretary, declining renomination in order to give more time to the office of secretary to the National Magazine Committee,* which office she resigned on her elec- tion in 1911 to the office of registrar-general Daughters of the Ameri- can Revolution, for a term of two years [and reelected in 1913]. She was elected corresponding secretary-general of Children of the American Revolution, October, 1913; is national chaplain of the Children of the American Revolution, of which her two interesting boys are enthusiastic members. Through her father's line she is a member of the Daughters of Founders and Patriots of America.
Children: Charles Andrew, born May 13, 1897; Marcus Morton, born July 28, 1899, died May 15, 1900; Elliott Frank, born January 24, 1903.
John Musser Beck, son of Joseph L. and Sarah C. (Mc- BECK Elwain) Beck, was born at Warriors Mark, Pennsylvania, June 15, 1872. He was educated in his native township, and after being graduated from the Lockhaven Normal School was engaged in the profession of teaching for a period of seven years. Hav- ing prepared himself for the entrance examination, he entered the Med- ico-Chirurgical College at Philadelphia, from which he was graduated with honor in 1901, the degree of Doctor of Medicine being conferred upon him. He at once established himself in the active practice of his profession at Alexandria, Huntingdon county, Pennsylvania, and has been engaged in it since that time. While comparatively young in
* Amer. Monthly Mag., March, 1912, p. 105.
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the profession he has adopted, Dr. Beck has won the confidence of his patients and the esteem of his professional brethren. He is devoted to the profession he has made his life work, and enters into every detail connected with it with the zeal and energy which are only to be found in those who ultimately attain more than an ordinary share of success. He is a member of the Huntingdon County Medical Society, and has served as secretary of this body for the past three years. He is also a member of the State and American medical societies. He fills the posi- tion of county physician for the district in which he resides, and is con- sulting physician at the Blair Memorial Hospital. His affiliation with other organizations is as follows: Mount Moriah Lodge No. 300, Free and Accepted Masons; Hartslog Lodge No. 286, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and Modern Workmen. Ile is a Republican in politics.
Dr. Beck married, October 30, 1901, Rose, born in Warriors Mark, a daughter of Alexander and Catherine (Berkey) Crawford. They have no children.
The name is one of great antiquity in England, where HORTON it is found as early as the year 1300. In England, as well as in America, they have usually been land owners and concerned in the pursuits connected with agriculture. The first of the family who emigrated to this country came over from England be- tween 1633 and 1638-Thomas, Jeremiah, and Barnabas were among the early emigrants, and tradition says that they were brothers. Thomas came over in the "Mary and John" in 1633 and settled in Springfield, Massachusetts. Jeremiah also settled in Massachusetts, while Barnabas settled on Long Island and is the ancestor of the family herein recorded.
(I) Barnabas, son of Joseph Horton, was born in Monsely, Leices- tershire, England, July 13, 1600. He emigrated to America in the ship "Swallow," Captain Jeremy Horton, master and owner, landing at Hampton, Massachusetts, thence to New Haven, Connecticut, 1640, settling permanently at the east end of Long Island, now Southold, Suffolk county, New York, in October, 1640. He was accompanied by his wife Mary, and children, Joseph and Benjamin, both born in England. Children, last eight born in Southold: 1. Joseph, born about 1632, married Jane Budd. 2. Benjamin, married Anna, sister of Jane, and both daughters of John ( 1) Budd. 3. Caleb, of whom further.
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4. Joshua, married Mary Tuthill. 5. Jonathan, married Bethia Wells. 6. Hannah, married Barnabas Terrill. 7. Sarah, married Joseph Conklin. 8. Mary, married Joseph, son of John ( 1) Budd. 9. Mercy, married Christopher Youngs. 10. Abigail, married Charles Booth.
(II) Caleb, third son of Barnabas Horton, was born at Southold, Long Island, in the autumn of 1640, married there, December 23, 1665, Abigail, daughter of Peter Hallock, the emigrant. After marriage they settled at Cutchogue, Southold township. He was made a freeman in 1664, and was a land owning farmer. He died October 3, 1702 ; his wife died in 1697. Children: I. Barnabas (2), of whom further. 2. Jona- than, born 1668; married. 3. Nathan, 1670; died without issue. 4. David, born 1672 ; married Mary, daughter of Jonathan (1) Horton. 5. Mary, born 1675 ; married Nathaniel Terry. 6. Hannah, married Ensign John (2) Booth. 7. Abigail, married David, son of Charles and Abigail ( Horton) Booth. 8. Esther. 9. Rachel, died unmarried. 10. Ruth.
(III) Barnabas (2), son of Caleb and Abigail (Hallock) Hor- ton, was born at Cutchogue, Long Island, September, 1666, married, about 1686, Sarah Hines. Children: Caleb, of whom further; Barna- bas (3), married Mary Sweazy, and moved to Goshen, Orange county, New York; Penelope; Bethia.
(IV) Caleb (2), son of Barnabas and Sarah (Hines) Horton, was born in Southold, Long Island, December 22, 1687, married, December IO, 1714, Phebe Terry, daughter of Nathaniel, son of Richard Terry; she was born in Southold, in 1698. They moved to Roxbury, now Chester, New Jersey, in 1748, where they died. Both were members and liberal supporters of the churches at Southold and Chester. On their tombstone in Chester is this inscription: "Caleb Horton, of Southold, Long Island, died August 6, 1772, having lived about eighty-five years with an unblemished character." "Phebe, wife of Caleb Horton, died December 24, 1776, having finished a life of seventy-eight years, fifty- eight of which she was the wife of Caleb Horton."
"Martha's care she had at heart And also chosen Mary's part."
Children, all born in Southold: I. Caleb, 1715; married Sarah Benjamin. 2. Hannah, 1717; married Samuel Sweazy. 3. Nathaniel, October 13, 1719; married Mehitabel Case. 5. Phebe, married Henry Tuthill. 6. Elijah, June 19, 1724; married Lydia Sweazy. 7. Richard,
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of whom further. 8. Sarah, married Stephen Sweazy. 9. Mary, mar- ried Richard Terry. 10. Rachel, married, August 23, 1753, Jonathan Racket. 11. Rhoda, married Robert Robinson, and died in Chester, June 30, 1771, aged forty-three years five days.
(V) Richard, son of Caleb (2) and Phebe (Terry) Horton, was born in Southold, Long Island, about 1727, married Elizabeth Harri- son, and moved to Chester. New Jersey, about 1750, going thence to Radnor, Delaware county, Pennsylvania. He was a member of the Society of Friends, and attended the Radnor meeting. Children, all born in Radnor: 1. Samuel, about 1752; settled in Huntingdon county, Pennsylvania, a blacksmith. 2. Nathan, of whom further. 3. Josiah, 1756. 4. Jesse. 5. John, married Elizabeth Thomas, and left issue. 6. Thomas. 7. Septimus, died in Baltimore, about 1850.
(VI) Nathan, son of Richard and Elizabeth ( Harrison) Horton, was born in Radnor, Delaware county, Pennsylvania, about 1754. He settled in Huntingdon county, Pennsylvania, where he established a blacksmith shop, and became noted for the excellent character of his work, and attained high standing as a good citizen. He married Re- becca Priest, and lived in West Chester a short time before moving to Huntingdon. Children, first three born in West Chester: 1. William, 1789. 2. Henry, of whom further. 3. Mary, twin of Henry. 4. Cath- erine. 5. Rebecca. 6. Deborah. 7. John. 8. Elizabeth. 9. Nathan Priest.
(VI) Nathan, son of Richard and Elizabeth ( Harrison) Horton, born at Broadtop, Huntingdon county. Pennsylvania, died at Wells Valley, Fulton county, Pennsylvania. He was a farmer, owning con- siderable land, but was very liberal and died comparatively poor. He and his wife were devoted members of the Baptist church, although his parents were members of the Society of Friends. He married Elizabeth White, and both lived to be about eighty years of age. Chil- dren: 1. Thomas, died in Fulton county. 2. Nathan, died in Fulton county. 3. Alexander, died from injuries received in the civil war. 4. George, died in Huntingdon county. 5. Jesse W., of whom further. 6. Mary, married Mr. Allway, whom she survives, a resident of Hunt- ingdon county, aged about eighty-two years, and is a second time wid- owed. 7. Hannah, married Amos Feigard; both died in Huntingdon county.
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(VIII) Jesse W., son of Henry and Elizabeth (White) Horton, was born at Broad Top, Huntingdon county, Pennsylvania, June 21, 1822, died in Belleville, Mifflin county, January 23, 1913. He learned the blacksmith's trade in his youth, following the example of many of his kindred, and like his grandfather became a very expert worker in iron and steel. About 1844 he settled in Belleville, but only remained one year, then removed to Whitehall, where he worked for two years and in the meantime married. After his marriage he moved to Kings, where he worked at his trade for seven years, then in 1854 returned to Belleville, where he established a shop in an old tannery building. In 1875 he built a new shop and continued in successful business opera-
tion until his retirement. In 1861 he enlisted in Company C, 45th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, serving for eleven months and receiving an honorable discharge. He was a Democrat in politics, and served as school director, but with that exception never accepted public office. He married Catherine Whitman, born in Berks county, Pennsylvania, August 14, 1818, died December 14, 1893, daughter of John and Eva Whitman, of German descent, who moved from Berks county about 1838 and settled in the Kishacoquillas valley, where he purchased a small tract of land on which he lived until death. His only son Isaac died in Mifflin county, and his only daughter Catherine mar- ried Jesse W. Horton, both members of the Lutheran church. Chil- dren of Jesse WV. Horton: I. Eve Elizabeth, born 1845; married Eli- phas Biglow, whom she survives, a resident of Burnham. 2. Henry John, senior member of the firm of H. J. Horton & Company, of Belle- ville; he married Clarissa, daughter of Richard Brindle. 3. Isaac, of whom further. 4. Mary Catherine, born 1856; married David Stropp, and resides in Belleville. 5. William Thomas, born 1861 ; now regis- trar of Susquehanna Collegiate Institute, Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania.
(IX) Isaac, son of Jesse W. and Catherine (Whitman) Horton, was born in Menno township, Mifflin county, Pennsylvania, December 15, 1852. He was educated in the public schools of Belleville, and at a youthful age began working with his father and learned the black- smith's trade. He continued with his father until about 1874, when the latter admitted his two sons, John and Isaac, to a partnership. This continued until about 1892, when the father withdrew and the firm con- tinued a general blacksmith business as Horton Brothers until 1906.
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In the latter year the firm reorganized as H. J. Horton & Company, and a new member admitted, Jesse Cloyd Horton, son of Isaac. When the Horton Brothers acquired the business it was an ordinary country blacksmith shop, well patronized and doing a good business, but in no way differing from other shops in the county. The young men, both expert smiths, immediately began enlarging their plant and equipping it with modern tools and machinery driven by a gasoline engine. They also added a wagon and carriage making department, erecting a special building, 25 by 80, two stories high, and five men being kept constantly employed. This is now one of the best equipped and prosperous smith- ing concerns in Mifflin county. While the Hortons in each of the nine generations have usually been farmers, yet each generation has pro- duced an expert blacksmith ; in fact, it may be said to be a family trade. The firm of H. J. Horton & Company, founded upon the business established by Jesse W. Horton, is composed of Henry John and Isaac, sons of the founder, and Jesse Cloyd, a grandson.
Isaae Horton is a Democrat in politics, and has served three terms as school director. He is a member of the Knights of the Golden Eagle, and both he and his wife belong to the Lutheran church. He married. December 23, 1875. Margaret Yocum, born in Menno town- ship, daughter of James and Jane Yoeum, of an old Mifflin county family. Children: 1. Charles Raymond, born June 1, 1877; now a clerk in collateral department of Fourth Street National Bank, Phila- delphia ; he married Arie Finkle. 2. Jesse Cloyd, born March 10, 1879; learned the blacksmith's trade with his father, and is now junior mem- ber of the firm of H. J. Horton & Company. 3. Anna Ethel, born March 25, 1881, residing at home. 4. Isaac Merle, born May 29, 1887; now a bank clerk in Philadelphia. 5. James Blair, born December 14, 1896: now a student in Belleville high school. The family residence is "on the hill," in Belleville, erected in 1905 by Isaac Horton.
HUTCHISON For generations the Hutchison family has been prominent in the affairs of the state of Pennsyl- vania, especially Juniata Valley. William Hutchi- son, the immigrant forbear, was born in county Tyrone, Ireland, about 1730. He emigrated to the New World before 1798, and settled in Tyrone, Pennsylvania. In 1798 he was assessed for three hundred
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acres of land in Tyrone. Later he moved to Muskingum county, Ohio, and is buried near McConnellsburg, Ohio. When he came to America he was accompanied by several brothers and sons, and they, with the exception of his son Archibald, went with him to Ohio. He was a man of importance from the time of his landing until his death, and must have had considerable means, as he was able to purchase land and establish himself comfortably within a few months after locating in Pennsylvania. Among his children was Archibald, of whom further.
(II) Archibald, son of William Hutchison, the Irish immigrant, was himself an immigrant in that he was born in Ireland and came with his father to the United States, possibly just at the close of the revolu- tionary war. He was born in county Tyrone, Ireland, about 1758, and died in Pennsylvania, in 1851. When his father moved farther west he remained in Pennsylvania. After his marriage he moved to a place now known as the John Waite farm, and there his first three children were born. From there he moved in 1808 to the Spanogle farm, now owned by Scott Buck, and in 1810 he purchased the Hutchison farm, now owned by the heirs of A. C. Hutchison. He became the owner through purchase of several other farms, property in Hollidaysburg, and in Warriors Mark. He was an advanced and exceedingly prosper- ous farmer. He ran a line of teams to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, han- dling the pig iron output. He and his wife were devout members of the Methodist Episcopal church, and he was a Whig in politics. He married Mary Hyskell, born in 1764, in Germany, and died in 1848, in Pennsylvania. Her brothers, Frederick and George Hyskell, came from Germany to Pennsylvania in 1788 and purchased farms. In 1792 Benjamin Hyskell, born in Germany in 1729, and died in Pennsyl- vania in 1811, and his wife, Margaret Spensard, born in Germany in 1748 and died in Pennsylvania in 1831, joined their sons in Pennsyl- vania. They were accompanied by their other children, and made their home in Pennsylvania until the time of their deaths. Children of Ben- jamin and Margaret (Spensard) Hyskell: George; Catherine; Polly; Frederick; Jane; Elizabeth; Mary, who married Archibald Hutchison. Children of Archibald and Mary (Hyskell) Hutchison: I. John, born 1799, died aged thirteen. 2. Benjamin, born 1803; lived and died on homestead, where he was killed by a thresher ; he was a prominent local Methodist preacher ; married Rebecca Wilson, of Indiana county, Penn-
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sylvania. 3. William, of whom further. 4. Eliza, married Jeremiah Cunningham, a prominent man of Blair county, prothonotary, state senator and iron master: lived and died in Hollidaysburg, Pennsyl- vania. 5. Margaret, married Judge James Gardner, associate judge of Blair county ; banker and prominent man. 6. Sarah, married John I. Patterson, soldier in the civil war and merchant. 7. Mary Ann, mar- ried Samuel Lehman, lived and died on the farm bequeathed her by her father. 8. John, lived and died on farm bequeathed him by his father ; married Jemima Weston. All except Margaret were members of the Methodist Episcopal church, and from them descend many of the prominent families of Juniata Valley.
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