Bucks County PA Archives Biographies.....Brumbaugh, Simon S.
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Source: History of Bucks County, Pennsylvania; edited by 
J.H. Battle; A. Warner & Co.; 1887
Bedminster Township

SIMON S. BRUMBAUGH physician, P.O. Pipersville, is a 
grandson of David Brumbaugh, whose father came from Germany 
and settled in Washington county, Md.  David was born there 
and died between 40 and 50 years ago.  He owned a farm there 
and a tract of 1700 acres in Bedford county, Pa.  Of his 
children the following are now living:  Elias, in Maryland; 
Nathan and George, at Greencastle, Pa.; Jacob and Maria, at 
Middleburg, Pa.; Elizabeth, living in the west; and Simon, 
the father of Simon S.  He (Simon) was born in Maryland 
September 29, 1806, and is now living on a part of the 
Bedford county tract.  He is a farmer, a man of quiet, 
industrious habits, and a prominent member of the Lutheran 
church, in which he has filled all the official positions.  
His wife, Christiana Stuckey, was born in Bedford county, 
January 2, 1819.  Their children are:  David S.K., now in 
Blair county, this state; Anna Maria, wife of Dr. L.P. 
Stuckey, of Belleville, Ill.; Eva D., wife of Rev. J. G. 
Snyder, of Martinsburg, Pa.; Rosa K., wife of Dr. A. S. 
Stayer, Roaring Spring county; Maggie C., deceased; Grace 
E., wife of George Yeingling, of Martinsburg; and Simon S., 
who was the fifth and was born in Bedford county, July 17, 
1852.  When 21 he taught school - two terms in Pennsylvania 
and one in Illinois - all the time reading medicine, and in 
1876 began his regular course in the Missouri Medical 
College, St. Louis, from which he was graduated March 5, 
1878.  In July following he came to Pipersville, where he 
has a large and growing practice.  October 7, 1880, he was 
married to Lizzie M., daughter of Isaac S. Moyer.  She was 
born in this township.  They have two children, Christie and 
Howard.  Dr. Brumbaugh in 1886 built a chapel for the use of 
the Sunday school, and the community in general, at his own 
expense.  He is held in esteem as a skillful physician, and 
is noted for his probity and straightforward ways.