Capt. Jacob Arter Armbrust and Mary Gress

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Husband Capt. Jacob Arter Armbrust ¹

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           Born: Nov 1872 - Hempfield Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA 2
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         Father: Henry Reinhold Armbrust (1845-Aft 1918) 2 3
         Mother: Mary Magdeline Silk (      -      ) 2

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Wife Mary Gress ⁴

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           Born: 12 Dec 1874 4
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         Father: Alexander Gress (      -      ) 4
         Mother: Sarah Henry (      -      ) 4

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General Notes: Husband - Capt. Jacob Arter Armbrust

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He was educated in Stouffer's school-house, and later attended the Greensburg Seminary. He was apprenticed to learn the plumbing trade with Samuel Sloan, of Greensburg, Pennsylvania, and later established himself in a business of his own. He was enterprising and progressive in his business methods, and kept himself well-advised of all improvements and changes in his line of work. He served during the Spanish-American war in the Philippines, under Captain Finney, Company I, Tenth Regiment, and was honorably discharged. After their return from the Philippines he was elected captain of Company I. He was a member of the Second Lutheran Church of Greensburg, and a strong supporter of the Republican party.

1 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 514.

2 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 515.

3 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 1295.

4 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 516.