Joseph Brinker

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Husband Joseph Brinker ¹

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         Father: John M. Brinker (1803-1884) 3 4 5
         Mother: Elizabeth "Betsey" Henry (1808-1883) 3 6 7

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General Notes: Husband - Joseph Brinker

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He was a shoemaker by trade.
Civil War: he enlisted in February, 1862, in the 11th Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry.
He and his brother Simon were both wounded at the battle of Fredericksburg in December, 1862, Joseph losing his right leg at the hip joint. After the war, he resided with his brother, Carson B. Brinker, until his death.

1 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 1065, 1104.

2 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 1065.

3 Editor, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 1186.

4 Editor, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Waterman, Watkins & Co., 1883), Pg 172, 841.

5 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 1063, 1104.

6 Editor, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Waterman, Watkins & Co., 1883), Pg 302.

7 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 1036, 1064, 1104.