[184-28] CATHERINE BOYER, b May 7, 1809; d July 24, 1882; dau Henry and Catharine (Roberts) Boyer [184-8]; m Apr. 6, 1830, JOHN BRUMBAUGH, b Jan. 11, 1809; d May 25, 1896; s George and Mary (Bowers) Brumbaugh.
John Brumbaugh lived on a farm in Penn Twp., Huntingdon Co., Pa., and was a deacon and later minister of the German Baptist Brethren Church. It is said that he was asteady smoker until he reached the age of 70; then thinking he was not setting a proper example for others he decided to stop using tobacco saying, ‘I would rather die than’ be overcome by it.’ During the remaining seventeen years of his life he used no more tobaceo. [B. F. 475.]
Children (6): [184-118] 1. Benjamin, b Feb. 9, 1831; d June 14, 1906; m Elizabeth Snowberger Bechtel. [184-119] 2. David Boyer, b Oct. 29, 1832; d Oct. 15, 1908; m Susan Snowberger Bechtel. [184-120] 3. George, 6 Feb. 11, 1834; d Aug. 18, 1899; m Fannie Elizabeth Myers. [184-121] 4. Henry Boyer, b Apr. 1, 1886; d Jan. 28, 1919; m Susan Fink Peightal. [184-122] 5. Isaac, b Jan. 7, 1838; m Priscilla Elsie Stever. [184-123] 6. John Boyer, b Mar. 14, 1848; m Eleanor Jane Van Dyke:
Parents’ family: [184-8] Henry Boyer and Catharine Roberts