U.S. Congressman. Successful in the farm implement business, he also taught in the public schools of York County, Pennsylvania, (1878-80). He was a member of the board of directors of various business enterprises and Sheriff of York County, (1896-99). In 1913, he was elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-third Congress, serving until 1915. An unsuccessful candidate for reelection, he resumed his previous business interests until his death at age 76.
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"ANDREW R. BRODBECK, traveling salesman and manufacturer of fertilizers, was born April 11, 1860, in Jefferson, York Co., Penn., a son of Jesse and Lucy Ann (Renoll) Brodbeck. His grandfather was a farmer and distiller, who owned and lived on the old Snyder property (now Brodbeck's) at Jefferson, and died at the age of fifty years. He left five sons, of whom the youngest was Jesse Brodbeck, who all his life lived on the home farm, and died in 1871, at the age of thirty-three years, and Lucy Ann the mother of A. R. died in 1878 at the age of thirty-seven years, leaving four sons, of whom A. R., the subject, is the eldest. His brothers were Nathaniel (deceased), Adam (deceased), and Jesse, who is living with Andrew Brodbeck on the home farm. A. R. Brodbeck spent his early life on the farm, and shortly after his father's death, went to his uncle, George Brodbeck, a merchant in Codorus Township, where he remained two years. At the age of eighteen he began teaching at Codorus Township, and for three years taught there and in other townships. In 1879 he took a trip west as far as Kansas. In the same year he married Ellen Thoman, daughter of Jacob and Mary Ann (Snyder) Thoman, of Heidelberg Township. They have three children: Estella, Wilson and Mary Ellen. In 1880 he purchased the Hildebrand property at Porter's Sideling and, in 1885, the Slagle property in Hanover, where he is now residing. Mr. and Mrs. Brodbeck belong to the Reformed Church at Jefferson. He has been organist for different churches."
(From "A Biographical History of York County, Pennsylvania," originally published as Part II of "History of York County, Pennsylvania" by John Gibson in 1886, from the Heidelberg Township section, page 108. All spellings, punctuation, and capitalization taken directly from the 2001 edition published by Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. of Baltimore, Maryland.)
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"ANDREW R. BRODBECK, traveling salesman and manufacturer of fertilizers, was born April 11, 1860, in Jefferson, York Co., Penn., a son of Jesse and Lucy Ann (Renoll) Brodbeck. His grandfather was a farmer and distiller, who owned and lived on the old Snyder property (now Brodbeck's) at Jefferson, and died at the age of fifty years. He left five sons, of whom the youngest was Jesse Brodbeck, who all his life lived on the home farm, and died in 1871, at the age of thirty-three years, and Lucy Ann the mother of A. R. died in 1878 at the age of thirty-seven years, leaving four sons, of whom A. R., the subject, is the eldest. His brothers were Nathaniel (deceased), Adam (deceased), and Jesse, who is living with Andrew Brodbeck on the home farm. A. R. Brodbeck spent his early life on the farm, and shortly after his father's death, went to his uncle, George Brodbeck, a merchant in Codorus Township, where he remained two years. At the age of eighteen he began teaching at Codorus Township, and for three years taught there and in other townships. In 1879 he took a trip west as far as Kansas. In the same year he married Ellen Thoman, daughter of Jacob and Mary Ann (Snyder) Thoman, of Heidelberg Township. They have three children: Estella, Wilson and Mary Ellen. In 1880 he purchased the Hildebrand property at Porter's Sideling and, in 1885, the Slagle property in Hanover, where he is now residing. Mr. and Mrs. Brodbeck belong to the Reformed Church at Jefferson. He has been organist for different churches."
(From "A Biographical History of York County, Pennsylvania," originally published as Part II of "History of York County, Pennsylvania" by John Gibson in 1886, from the Heidelberg Township section, page 108. All spellings, punctuation, and capitalization taken directly from the 2001 edition published by Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. of Baltimore, Maryland.)
U.S. Congressman. Successful in the farm implement business, he also taught in the public schools of York County, Pennsylvania, (1878-80). He was a member of the board of directors of various business enterprises and Sheriff of York County, (1896-99). In 1913, he was elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-third Congress, serving until 1915. An unsuccessful candidate for reelection, he resumed his previous business interests until his death at age 76.
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"ANDREW R. BRODBECK, traveling salesman and manufacturer of fertilizers, was born April 11, 1860, in Jefferson, York Co., Penn., a son of Jesse and Lucy Ann (Renoll) Brodbeck. His grandfather was a farmer and distiller, who owned and lived on the old Snyder property (now Brodbeck's) at Jefferson, and died at the age of fifty years. He left five sons, of whom the youngest was Jesse Brodbeck, who all his life lived on the home farm, and died in 1871, at the age of thirty-three years, and Lucy Ann the mother of A. R. died in 1878 at the age of thirty-seven years, leaving four sons, of whom A. R., the subject, is the eldest. His brothers were Nathaniel (deceased), Adam (deceased), and Jesse, who is living with Andrew Brodbeck on the home farm. A. R. Brodbeck spent his early life on the farm, and shortly after his father's death, went to his uncle, George Brodbeck, a merchant in Codorus Township, where he remained two years. At the age of eighteen he began teaching at Codorus Township, and for three years taught there and in other townships. In 1879 he took a trip west as far as Kansas. In the same year he married Ellen Thoman, daughter of Jacob and Mary Ann (Snyder) Thoman, of Heidelberg Township. They have three children: Estella, Wilson and Mary Ellen. In 1880 he purchased the Hildebrand property at Porter's Sideling and, in 1885, the Slagle property in Hanover, where he is now residing. Mr. and Mrs. Brodbeck belong to the Reformed Church at Jefferson. He has been organist for different churches."
(From "A Biographical History of York County, Pennsylvania," originally published as Part II of "History of York County, Pennsylvania" by John Gibson in 1886, from the Heidelberg Township section, page 108. All spellings, punctuation, and capitalization taken directly from the 2001 edition published by Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. of Baltimore, Maryland.)
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"ANDREW R. BRODBECK, traveling salesman and manufacturer of fertilizers, was born April 11, 1860, in Jefferson, York Co., Penn., a son of Jesse and Lucy Ann (Renoll) Brodbeck. His grandfather was a farmer and distiller, who owned and lived on the old Snyder property (now Brodbeck's) at Jefferson, and died at the age of fifty years. He left five sons, of whom the youngest was Jesse Brodbeck, who all his life lived on the home farm, and died in 1871, at the age of thirty-three years, and Lucy Ann the mother of A. R. died in 1878 at the age of thirty-seven years, leaving four sons, of whom A. R., the subject, is the eldest. His brothers were Nathaniel (deceased), Adam (deceased), and Jesse, who is living with Andrew Brodbeck on the home farm. A. R. Brodbeck spent his early life on the farm, and shortly after his father's death, went to his uncle, George Brodbeck, a merchant in Codorus Township, where he remained two years. At the age of eighteen he began teaching at Codorus Township, and for three years taught there and in other townships. In 1879 he took a trip west as far as Kansas. In the same year he married Ellen Thoman, daughter of Jacob and Mary Ann (Snyder) Thoman, of Heidelberg Township. They have three children: Estella, Wilson and Mary Ellen. In 1880 he purchased the Hildebrand property at Porter's Sideling and, in 1885, the Slagle property in Hanover, where he is now residing. Mr. and Mrs. Brodbeck belong to the Reformed Church at Jefferson. He has been organist for different churches."
(From "A Biographical History of York County, Pennsylvania," originally published as Part II of "History of York County, Pennsylvania" by John Gibson in 1886, from the Heidelberg Township section, page 108. All spellings, punctuation, and capitalization taken directly from the 2001 edition published by Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. of Baltimore, Maryland.)
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