Samuel Brungart and Harriet Walker

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Husband Samuel Brungart ¹

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           Born: 21 Apr 1825 - Miles Twp, Centre Co, PA 1
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           Died: 19 Feb 1893 - ? Miles Twp, Centre Co, PA 1
         Buried:  - St. Luke's Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery, Miles Twp, Centre Co, PA

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         Father: Jacob Brungart (1786-1862) 2 3
         Mother: Margaret Gephart (      -      ) 4

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       Marriage: 

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Wife Harriet Walker ⁵

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           Born: 20 Feb 1831 - Brush Valley, Centre Co, PA 1
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           Died: 6 Jul 1892 - ? Miles Twp, Centre Co, PA 1
         Buried:  - St. Luke's Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery, Miles Twp, Centre Co, PA

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         Father: Daniel Walker (1807-1887) 6
         Mother: Hannah Erhard (1807-1884) 7

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Children

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1 M Thomas F. Brungart ¹

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           Born: 12 Mar 1849 - Miles Twp, Centre Co, PA 1
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           Died: 
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         Spouse: Emma Corman (      -      ) 8
           Marr: 16 Feb 1881 - Rebersburg, Centre Co, PA 8

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General Notes: Husband - Samuel Brungart

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He was among the younger children of his parents' large family. Farm work was then as plentiful in winter as in summer, and conse­quently he attended school but little. He pos­sessed unusual mental ability, however, and an excellent memory enabled him to make the most of such opportunities as came his way, mak­ing him quite competent to transact business so great that, although he had never been instructed in a trade, he could make the various kinds of tools required in farm work. This faculty was also displayed in the management of his farms, his success being so uniform that his plans and methods were eagerly adopted by the progressive farmers of the neighborhood.
He and his wife began housekeeping in a small home in Brush Valley, Centre County, PA, near the present site of Walker's Mill, and from there removed to Madisonburg, where he rented land for four years. He wished to buy the old homestead out, but as his father declined to sell it he rented it until his father's death, when, in the division of the estate, he secured the farm by paying about $4,000 to the other heirs. In 1868 he built a fine barn, 102 x 45, and he also remodeled the other buildings. He and his wife spent their last days at the old homestead.
He was larger than the average man, and did much hard work in his lifetime, gaining a success which, all things considered, was remarkable. Firm and steadfast in his ideas, he remained throughout life a stanch Democrat, and in religion he adhered to the Lutheran faith, contributing liberally to the Church and holding various offices therein.

1 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clinton, Union and Snyder. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 488.

2 John Blair Linn, History of Centre and Clinton Counties, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co., 1883), Pg 182.

3 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clinton, Union and Snyder. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 217, 488, 593.

4 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clinton, Union and Snyder. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 593.

5 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clinton, Union and Snyder. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 307, 488.

6 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 296, 307.

7 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 307.

8 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clinton, Union and Snyder. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 489.