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Peter Bricker

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Peter Bricker

Birth
Brickerville, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death
25 Aug 1875 (aged 68)
Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, USA
Burial
Mechanicsburg, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, USA
Plot
Sect. A #197
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Peter Bricker, father of Joseph, was born in 1802 in Lancaster county, and accompanied his parents to Cumberland county in 1808, when they located in Silver Spring township. His father, Jacob Bricker, was a miller, and operated Bricker's Mill for a number of years.

Peter Bricker, the eldest son of Jacob,
was born in 1807 in Brickerville, Lancaster
county, and, as stated, came to Cumberland
county with his parents when a young child.
He learned the business of his father, and
by energy and prudence succeeded even bet-
ter, his property comprising nine farms be-
sides the mill property in Silver Spring-
township, He raised a large family, gi'ing
them all good advantages, and led an up-
right, useful life, being in his day one of the
most respected citizens of his part of the
county. He married Miss Kate Buttorf,
daughter of George Buttorf, of Cumber-
land county, and they settled on a farm
given him by his father.

To Peter and Kate(Buttorf) Bricker were born six children,
namely: George, Peter, Jacob, Samuel, Mary and Susan. The mother of these children dying, he married for his second wife Miss Mary Bricker, of Cumberland county,
daughter of David Bricker, and to this union came ten children, viz. : David, Lewis, Christian, Eliza, (widow of Robert Corman), Catherine, Ella, who died young.
Peter Bricker died Aug 25, 1875, in Silver Spring Township.
(H.C.C.)~~pagg~~
Peter Bricker, father of Joseph, was born in 1802 in Lancaster county, and accompanied his parents to Cumberland county in 1808, when they located in Silver Spring township. His father, Jacob Bricker, was a miller, and operated Bricker's Mill for a number of years.

Peter Bricker, the eldest son of Jacob,
was born in 1807 in Brickerville, Lancaster
county, and, as stated, came to Cumberland
county with his parents when a young child.
He learned the business of his father, and
by energy and prudence succeeded even bet-
ter, his property comprising nine farms be-
sides the mill property in Silver Spring-
township, He raised a large family, gi'ing
them all good advantages, and led an up-
right, useful life, being in his day one of the
most respected citizens of his part of the
county. He married Miss Kate Buttorf,
daughter of George Buttorf, of Cumber-
land county, and they settled on a farm
given him by his father.

To Peter and Kate(Buttorf) Bricker were born six children,
namely: George, Peter, Jacob, Samuel, Mary and Susan. The mother of these children dying, he married for his second wife Miss Mary Bricker, of Cumberland county,
daughter of David Bricker, and to this union came ten children, viz. : David, Lewis, Christian, Eliza, (widow of Robert Corman), Catherine, Ella, who died young.
Peter Bricker died Aug 25, 1875, in Silver Spring Township.
(H.C.C.)~~pagg~~

Inscription

(Zeamer: died 20 aug 1875, age 68yrs 1mo 4dys)
on back of stone for Jacob & Mary

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  • Maintained by: susanrkh
  • Originally Created by: PaGenieGirl
  • Added: May 10, 2010
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/52216640/peter-bricker: accessed ), memorial page for Peter Bricker (24 Jul 1807–25 Aug 1875), Find a Grave Memorial ID 52216640, citing Saint Johns Cemetery, Mechanicsburg, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, USA; Maintained by susanrkh (contributor 46967487).