Josiah Brinker and Mary Elizabeth Ament

---

---

Husband Josiah Brinker ^{1 2 3}

---

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

---

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

---

       Marriage: 1864 1

---

   Other Spouse: Anna Kistler (      -1862) 1 2 3 - 1833 1

---

---

Wife Mary Elizabeth Ament ^{1 3}

---

            AKA: Mrs. Elizabeth Ament 2
           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 

---

Children

---

1 F Sarah M. "Sadie" Brinker ^{3 5}

---

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 

         Spouse: David A. Miller (1857-      ) 5 6 7

---

2 F Ida May Brinker ³

---

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 

         Spouse: [Unk] Griffith (      -      ) 3

---

---

General Notes: Husband - Josiah Brinker

---

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 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 126.

6 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 371.

7 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 646.