John F. Brosius

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John F. Brosious, son of George, a merchant of Dalmatia (Georgetown),was born Aug. 6, 1863, where he still lives, and received his education in the public schools. He passed his boyhood upon the farm,assisting with the agricultural work and also helping his father in the butcher business for several years. He then became clerk in a hotel at Herndon, being thus engaged for two years, and at the age of twenty he went out to Ogle county, Ill., where he did farm work for about one year. After his marriage he began clerking in a hotel in his native township, continuing in that position three years, until he engaged in the livery business, in Dalmatia, in 1891, on his own account. After conducting same about one and a half years he sold out and entered the bottling business, which he carried on altogether about fifteen years, during which time, however, he was also engaged as owner and proprietor of the "National Hotel" at Dalmatia, the leading hotel of the town. He was interested in the hotel business for six and a half years, selling his property and good will in 1908 to Jacob Bingaman, the present proprietor. Since the spring of 1910 Mr.Brosious has had a general mercantile and drug business at Dalmatia,carrying a full stock in both lines, and he is agent and distributor for various kinds of farm implements and vehicles of every description. In this connection he handles the famous Mifflinburg(Pa.) and Michigan buggies and other vehicles, in which line be has a large trade; has the district agency of the DeLaval cream separators,of which he has sold many in his section of the county; is agent for a number of different harvesting machines, many makes of plows and harrows and farm supplies of various kinds, doing the largest business of the kind in the territory south of Line Mountain. Stoves, heating apparatus and bathroom supplies constitute another line in which he has built up a profitable trade. Mr. Brosious is vice president and a director of the Mahanoy & Mahantango Telephone Company, director and manager of the Murninum Paint & Tile Company, of Dalmatia (which employs six men), is the owner of considerable real estate in Dalmatia, and an all-around man of affairs in his community, where he is regarded as a leading business man, and a citizen whose public spirit and progressive influence have done much for the general welfare. He has gained his substantial position through his own efforts, and the high standing he enjoys is the result of a consistent career of honorable dealings and the pursuit of creditable ambitions.His financial acumen and trustworthy character were recognized by his selection to the office of treasurer of Lower Mahanoy township, a position he filled for many years. He is a Republican in politics,socially is identified with the Jr. O.U.A.M., John B. Packer Council,No. 854, of Dalmatia (of which he was elected treasurer in 1896, two months after joining, and has filled the office ever since), and with the I.O.O.F., Lodge No. 864 at Herndon, and in religion is a Lutheran. He belongs to the Lutheran congregation at Dalmatia Union Church, of which his wife is a Reformed member, and served four years, as deacon,declining another two years term.
On Sept. 3, 1887, Mr. Brosious married Mary G. Emerick, daughter of Isaac and Sarah (Spotts) Emerick, and granddaughter of John and Anna(Charles) Emerick. They have four children: Albert Eugene, Harry F.(born Jan. 17, 1893), Leotta C. and Anna S.

John married Mary G. Emerick, daughter of Isaac Emerick and Sarah Spotts, on 3 Sep 1887.