Zephaniah Brinker and Mary Elizabeth Lauffer

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Husband Zephaniah Brinker ¹

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           Born: 18 Dec 1841 - Penn Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA 1
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           Died: Aft 1918
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         Father: Col. Paul Brinker (1807-1884) 1 2 3
         Mother: Naomi Berlin (      -      ) 1

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       Marriage: 10 Oct 1867 4 5

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Wife Mary Elizabeth Lauffer ^{5 6}

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           Born: 2 Mar 1848 5
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         Father: Jacob F. Lauffer (1822/1824-Aft 1905) 7 8 9
         Mother: Susannah Cribbs (1823-1891) 9 10 11

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Children

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1 M Logan Elvie Brinker ⁵

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           Born: 25 Aug 1868 5
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           Died: 7 Oct 1880 5
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         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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2 M Wilson Melvill Brinker ^{4 5}

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           Born: 26 Feb 1873 5
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         Spouse: Mary Ellen Smith (      -      ) 5
           Marr: 20 Dec 1899 5

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3 M Carlton Sherwood Brinker ⁵

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           Born: 13 Aug 1878 5
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           Died: 12 Oct 1880 5
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         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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4 F Myrna Mae Brinker ⁵

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            AKA: Myrna May Brinker 4
           Born: 8 Apr 1883 5
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5 F Susa Fern Brinker ^{4 5}

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           Born: 12 Jul 1887 5
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           Died: 21 Apr 1892 5
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         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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General Notes: Husband - Zephaniah Brinker

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He was reared in Penn township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, received his education in the common and select schools and on attaining his majority engaged in farming, which he followed for five years. In 1874 he removed from Manor to Scottdale, where he became one of the pioneer settlers of that place and opened the second butchering establishment and meat market of the town. He also engaged in other business enterprises with energy and success. After fifteen years of close and steady attention to his various business interests he was compelled by ill health to seek rest, and accordingly removed in 1888 with his family to the mountainous part of Somerset County. After two years residence in that section he regained his health and in March, 1890, returned to Scottdale. He then embarked in the grocery business, to which he added dry goods and engaged in the general mercantile business on an extensive scale. He owned considerable real estate and was the proprietor of the "Brinker Square," which was well situated for commercial purposes and at the time was worth over $15,000.
He was a democrat in principle and was a member of the United Brethren church, but was reared in the faith of the Reformed church.

1 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 231.

2 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 648.

3 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 306, 507.

4 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 232.

5 The Lauffer History. A Genealogical Chart of the Descendents of Christian Lauffer, the Pioneer. (Jeannette, PA: Press of the Westmoreland Journal, 1906), Pg 77.

6 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 507.

7 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 368.

8 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 657.

9 The Lauffer History. A Genealogical Chart of the Descendents of Christian Lauffer, the Pioneer. (Jeannette, PA: Press of the Westmoreland Journal, 1906), Pg 76.

10 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 507, 646.

11 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 176.