David Brest and Nancy A. [Unk]

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Husband David Brest ^{1 2}

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         Father: Andrew Brest (1791-1870) 1 2
         Mother: Mary Rodgers (      -1882) 1

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   Other Spouse: Catherine Remley (      -1865) 2

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Wife Nancy A. [Unk] ⁴

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   Other Spouse: G. Washington Brest (      -1863) 2 5

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1 F Lilly Brest ⁴

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2 M Burton Brest ⁴

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3 U Zeddie E. Brest ⁴

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4 M Lotie Brest ⁴

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5 F Clara Brest ⁴

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6 M Floyd Brest ⁴

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General Notes: Husband - David Brest

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At manhood he married and settled on a portion of his father's farm in Springfield Township, Mercer County, Pennsylvania. He remained there until 1840, when he purchased a farm in Delaware Township, where he remained until 1856. He returned to Springfield Township, where he lived one year, then went to French Creek Township and remained two years, then to Plain Grove Township, Lawrence County, where he resided nine years. In 1868 he came from Lawrence County and settled in Jefferson Township, Mercer County. He held the office of justice of the peace and some of the local offices. They were members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, he being noted for his proficiency in Bible teachings. In politics he was a Whig and Republican.

He was born and died in Mercer County, Pennsylvania, although he was a resident of Lawrence County for a number of years, including the period of the Civil War.

The Brest family was one of noted patriotism, and a number of the brothers of David Brest, as well as three of his sons, were soldiers in the service of their country during the Civil War. Washington, Andrew, John and Nathaniel, uncles of John P. Brest, all were soldiers, three of them being members of the Fifty-seventh Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, at the battle of Gettysburg, and one a member of the One Hundred and Fortieth Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry. Two brothers of John P. Brest, Louis Francis and David W., were both members of Company E, Fifty-seventh Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, and both were wounded, though not mortally, at the battle of the Wilderness. All these soldiers, including John Parker Brest, suffered greatly in the service, but all lived to return home with the exception of Washington.

1 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 891, 923.

2 Aaron L. Hazen, 20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1908), Pg 851.

3 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 892.

4 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 891.

5 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 923.