Ephraim Brumbaugh
Ephraim Brumbaugh, farmer, P. O. New Baltimore, Stark Co., Ohio, was born in Randolph Township, this county, IMay 7, 1832; son of Henry and Catharine Brumbaugh, natives of Pennsylvania, and residents of Randolph Township, this county. They reared thirteen children, all now living. Our subject, the next to the eldest of this family, was united in marriage May 19, 1861, with Catharine Zug, born in Lancaster County, Penn., November 6, 1842, a daughter of Jacob and Elizabeth Zug, both now living. Mrs. Brumbaugh died March 5, 1881, and after her death Mr. Brumbaugh was married, April 17, 1884, to Mellie Warner, born in Marlboro, Stark Co., Ohio, August 29, 1849, a daughter of Benjamin W. and Catharine Warner, both residing in Stark County. Our subject is the father of seven children, all by his first wife: Elmer, Elmira A., Emma E., Ervin and Hattie, now living, and Edwin and Ellen, deceased. Our subject, who has been engaged in farming and milling, owns thirty-six acres of improved land and a third interest in a saw-mill. He is a member of the German Baptist Church, of which his first wife was also a member; his present wife belongs to the United Brethren denomination. His father resides on the farm where he settled in 1832, when that part of the township was a vast wilderness.
From History of Portage County, Ohio, Warner, Beers & Co., Chicago, 1885