Josiah Brinker and Anna Kistler

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Husband Josiah Brinker ^{1 2 3}

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           Born: 27 Aug 1810 - Penn Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA 1
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           Died: 16 Jul 1889 - Manor, Westmoreland Co, PA 2
         Buried:  - Denmark Manor Cemetery, Penn Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA

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         Father: Jacob Brinker (      -1846) 1 3 4
         Mother: Catharine Berlin (      -1835) 1

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       Marriage: 1833 1

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   Other Spouse: Mary Elizabeth Ament (      -      ) 1 3 - 1864 1

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Wife Anna Kistler ^{1 2 3}

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           Born: 
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           Died: 1862 1
         Buried:  - Denmark Manor Cemetery, Penn Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA

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         Father: Jonas Kistler (      -      ) 2
         Mother: 

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Children

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1 M Paul R. Brinker ^{3 5 6}

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           Born: 18 Feb 1841 - Penn Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA 2 6
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         Spouse: Susanna Waugaman (1843-      ) 2
           Marr: 19 Feb 1861 2

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2 M Hiram Brinker ³

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3 F Mary Emeline Brinker ^{2 3 7 8}

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           Born: 6 Dec 1847 - Penn Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA 7 8
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         Spouse: John George Foight (1842-Aft 1918) 3 8 9
           Marr: 1867 7

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4 F Lydia Brinker ²

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            AKA: Sarah Brinker 3
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           Died: Bef 1890
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         Spouse: Lewis Klingensmith (      -Bef 1890) 2

         Spouse: Jacob Ament (      -      ) 2 3

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5 M Jacob A. Brinker ^{1 2}

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General Notes: Husband - Josiah Brinker

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He was born October 27. [BCWC, 354]
He was one of the substantial farmers of Penn township, Westmoreland County, PA. He inherited three hundred acres of fine farming land to which he added three hundred acres more. Farming was the business of his life until five years before he died when he removed to Manor. Besides his farming land which was heavily underlaid with coal, he owned valuable property in Manor and Harrison City. He was an old-time democrat, a prominent member of the Reformed church. He served as school director, held all the local offices of his church and stood high in the estimation of his neighbors.

1 George Dallas Albert, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 726.

2 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 354.

3 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 648.

4 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 507.

5 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 353.

6 The Lauffer History. A Genealogical Chart of the Descendents of Christian Lauffer, the Pioneer. (Jeannette, PA: Press of the Westmoreland Journal, 1906), Pg 75.

7 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 87.

8 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 23.

9 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 85.