DR. JOHN LAMBERT BRUBAKER, who has been engaged in the practice of medicine
at Juniata, Pa., since May, 1891, was born in Juniata County, Pa., in 1854,
and is a son of William and Sarah (Kepner) Brubaker. His parents, who were
natives of Juniata County, were living in Maryland at the time of their
respective deaths.
Dr. J. L. Brubaker was a babe when his parents removed to Taneytown,
Maryland, and his educational training was obtained at the Eagleton
Institute, and the Washington University, from which he graduated with the
class of 1874. He then practiced medicine in Perry County, Pa., for ten years
with the exception of two years spent in the west. He was subsequently located
for a time at Bunkerhill, Kans., where he opened a drug store. In 1884 he went
to Isabella County, Mich., where he was located for six years previous to
coming to Juniata, Pa. Four months after locating in Juniata, Dr. Brubaker
removed to his present location, Fourth Avenue and Fifth Street, and has
since been actively engaged in following his profession. Dr. Brubaker built
his residence immediately after locating in Juniata, has been treasurer of
the borough ever since its incorporation. In politics he is independent, has
served several years as school treasurer, and for eighteen years has been
surgeon for the Pennsylvania Railroad Company. Dr. Brubaker has been a member
of the Sheridan Troop N. G. Pa., since 1892, and also saw service in Porto
Rico, with the Pennsylvania Volunteer Calvary during the Spanish-American
War. He affiliates with the I.O.R.M., the Knights of Pythias, and the B.P.O.E.
Dr. Brubaker was first married to Ella J. Jones, of Lockhaven, Pa. Mrs.
Brubaker died in July, 1903, and of their union was born one son, Dr.
Augustus J. Brubaker, who was educated in the schools of Juniata, the
Pennsylvania State College, and the Philadelphia Dental College. He was first
engaged in practice in Juniata, then located to Lancaster about three years,
and returned to Juniata. He has since been engaged in practice in Juniata
with the exception of the winter of 1908-1909, when he followed his profession
in Porto Rico. In 1905, Dr. Brubaker formed a second union with Edith B. Coblan,
of Gettysburg, Pa., and they have one son, Donald Lambert Brubaker.

Sell, Jesse C., Twentieth Century History of Altoona and Blair County,
Pennsylvania, and Representative Citizens, Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold,
1911, p. 762-?