A. M. Brenneman and Elizabeth Jane Hoy

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Husband A. M. Brenneman ¹

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           Born: 8 Jun 1838 - Westmoreland Co, PA 1
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         Father: Jacob Breneman (1802-1886) 2
         Mother: Christina Ann Gibony (      -      ) 1

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       Marriage: 28 Jul 1865 - Venango Co, PA 1

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Wife Elizabeth Jane Hoy ¹

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           Born:  - Venango Co, PA
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Children

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1 F Eva Brenneman ¹

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         Spouse: A. P. Black (      -      ) 1

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2 F Laura Brenneman ¹

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         Spouse: J. Ehler (      -      ) 1

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3 F Anna Brenneman ¹

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General Notes: Husband - A. M. Brenneman

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He spent the first sixteen years of his life in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, where he at­tended school and then came to Clarion County. During his early manhood he was variously em­ployed in the oil regions, also engaged in con­tracting and building, and was also a pilot on the Allegheny river for many years. He was resid­ing in Clarion County at the outbreak of the Civil war, and, feeling that his country needed his services, he enlisted April 28, 1861, in Company H, 8th Regiment, P. R. V. C. With his regi­ment he participated in the seven-days' fight on the Peninsula, was in the engagement at Gaines Hill, Charles City Cross Roads, Malvern Hill, Mechanicsville, and the second battle of Bull Run, where, on the last day of the fight, he was severely wounded. For some time he remained in hospital, but was finally discharged as corporal, in February, 1863. Returning to his home, he remained there until 1876, when he took up his residence in Shippenville, where he successfully engaged in contracting and building.
As a Republican Mr. Brenneman took an active interest in political affairs, and was elected to a number of official positions of honor and trust. The cause of education found in him a stanch supporter, and as a member of the school board he did much to advance its interests. His own children were provided with excellent opportunities in that line, being educated in the Clarion Normal. He was an honored member of the Amos Kiser Post No. 475, G. A. R., of Shippenville, and served as quartermaster. In September, 1897, he was appointed postmaster of Shippenville.

1 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 1606.

2 Ronald A. Audet, The Camp-Breneman Families of Pennsylvania and Virginia (Williamsburg, VA: Privately published, 1996), Pg 18.