Irvin J. Brubaker, the eldest son of John H. and Lizzie (Neher)
Brubaker, was born on the 28th of December, 1882, in Virden township. He
was reared on a farm, acquiring his early education in the district
schools of the vicinity, after the completion of which he attended the
Pleasant Hill high school. As is common with the majority of farmer lads
while attending school, he assisted with the work of the fields, and
thus, by the time he was ready to lay aside his text-books, he had
acquired a very thorough understanding of practical agricultural
methods. He remained under the parental roof until he was twentyfive
years old when he married and established a home of his own. For one
year thereafter he engaged in the cultivation of an eighty acre tract of
rented land, but at the expiration of that period he leased another
eighty acre tract adjoining his father’s farm and also rented a portion
of the old homestead. Here he has ever since continued to reside
devoting his attention to general farming and stock-raising with
increasing success.
Dayton, Ohio, was the scene of the marriage
of Mr. Brubaker and Miss Bertha Mumma, the ceremony being performed on
Christmas day, 1907- Mrs. Brubaker is a daughter of George F. and Lizzie
(Denlinger) Mumma, natives of the Buckeye state, now residing in the
vicinity of Dayton. Their family numbered five: Bertha, now Mrs.
Brubaker; Ida, who is deceased; Melvin, who is a resident of Dayton,
Ohio; Esta, who is also deceased; and one dying in infancy. Mr. and Mrs.
Brubaker are the proud parents of two daughters: Fern Elizabeth, who was
born on the 19th of February, 1909; and Orpha Pearl, whose birth
occurred on the 4th of April, 1910.
In matters religious they
affiliate with the Church of the Brethren and, politically, Mr. Brubaker
is a republican but has never been an office seeker. He is one of the
progressive and energetic young agriculturists of Virden township, whose
efforts are being rewarded in a very substantial manner.
Extracted 17 Nov 2018 by Norma Hass from History of Macoupin County, Illinois: Biographical and Pictorial, by Charles A. Walker, published in 1911, Volume 2, pages 561-562.
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