Isaac E. Brosius

  General Notes:

Isaac E. Brosius, son of Charles and Rebecca (Emerick) Brosious, was born Nov. 19, 1852, in Lower Mahanoy township, where he was reared,and where he continued to live until 1890. From boyhood he was trained to agricultural life, which he has always followed, and in 1890 he moved to the farm near Selinsgrove Junction, in the lower end of UpperAugusta township, this county, which he has since occupied,cultivating the land on shares. There are 140 acres of cleared land in this property, and Mr. Brosious has acquired a valuable farm stock during the twenty years he has been on this place, which he has placed in excellent condition by his intelligent and thrifty methods. Mr.Brosious is a Republican, and is serving his second term as school director of Upper Augusta township, having been last elected in the spring of 1910. He and his family worship in the old Lutheran Church,St. Elias Church in Hollowing Run, where he is serving his second term as elder.
On Nov. 17, 1877, Mr. Brosious married Lizzie Weaver, daughter of Henry and Annie (Bonawitz) Weaver, of Mahantango, the former a native of Lower Mahanoy township, where he died and is buried, his grave being at the Bingaman Evangelical Church at the county line. Mrs.Brosious's
grandfather was Henry Weaver, who also lived in Lower Mahanoytownship, later moving to Juniata county, where he died and is buried. Fifteen children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Brosius, as follows:Charles H.; Jonathan A., deceased in infancy; Arthur F., of UpperAugusta township, who married Mary Drumm; William I.; Forrest E., of Lower Augusta township, who married Virgie Brosius; Stella M., who married Charles Brosius, a contractor of Sunbury; Cartie M.,unmarried, who lives at home; Lizzie A., wife of William D. Wolf; a son that died in infancy; Beulah D. and Anna C., both of whom are unmarried and at home; and Eben T., Flossie H., Leroy and E.G., all of whom are attending school.

Isaac married Elizabeth Weaver, daughter of Henry Weaver and Annie Bonawitz, on 17 Nov 1877.¹ (Elizabeth Weaver was born on 4 Apr 1858 in Sunbury, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania ¹ and died on 14 May 1941 in Sunbury, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania ¹.)