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1856 Edgar Brenizer, son of Washington Brenizer and Sarah Whitcomb, was born on March 1 in Adams County, Pennsylvania. [1]

1896 Edgar and Elizabeth Brenizer were removed by certificate from St Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church in Carlisle, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. Dated June 20. [2]

There may have been two death records for Lizzie Brenizer. The first agrees with other sources.

1897 Lizzie C. Brenizer, married, died on November 28, at age 38, in Heidlersburg, Tyrone Twp, Adams County, Pennsylvania. Lizzie C. Brenizer was born in Heidlersburg Twp, Adams County, Pennsylvania. [3]

1897 Lizzie C. Brenizer, married, died on November 25, at age 35, in Tyrone Twp, Adams County, Pennsylvania. Lizzie C. Brenizer was born in Tyrone Twp, Adams County, Pennsylvania. [4]

1897 Lizzie Yeatts Brenizer the wife of Edgar P. Brenizer and the daughter of Peter and Margaret Hartman Yeatts, died in Heidlersburg on November 28, of paralysis, at the age of 38 years, 4 months, and 14 days. Deceased had been a great sufferer for many years, not being able to lie down for weeks at a time on account of an abdominal cyst. An operation was recently performed by Drs. Hemminger and Bixler, of Carlisle, assisted by Drs. Cashman and Myers, of York Springs, the operation being quite successful, about 50 pounds of water being removed. The patient got along remarkably well until recently, when she was stricken with paralysis, her entire right side being affected. She became partially unconscious, in which state she remained, growing weaker from day to day until released from her terrible sufferings by death. Deceased was converted and became a member of the Evangelical Lutheran church when quite young, growing in christian faith as she grew in years, and as she neared her eternal home her way grew brighter. Before her marriage she was a teacher in the public schools of this county.

1899 E P Brenizer ran for supervisor in Tyrone Twp. [5]

1900 Edgar P Brenizer ran for supervisor in Tyrone Twp. [6]

1900 Edgar P Brenizer (age 44) lived in Tyrone, Adams County, Pennsylvania with his parents. [7]

1900 Edgar P Brenizer married Margaret C Williams on March 1, at Monaghan, York County, Pennsylvania. [8]

1900 A census record dated June 12 reported that Mary E. Fortney (born in Pennsylvania, widowed) lived in District 2 York city Ward 11, York County, Pennsylvania, in a household with Lillian M. Fortney (age 28), Elmisa J. Fortney (age 24), Boyd F. Fortney (age 14), and sister Margret Brenizer (age 43). Margaret Brenizer had been married for 3 months and had no children. [9] Mary Fortney's maiden name was Williams. [10]

1901 Margaret Brenizer, married, died on November 21, at age 44, in Heidlersburg, Tyrone Twp, Adams County, Pennsylvania. Margaret Brenizer was born in York County [Pennsylvania]. [11]

1908 Edgar Brenizer was treasurer, Tyrone Twp, Adams County, Pennsylvania. [12]

1910 Edgar P Brenizer (age 53, born in Pennsylvania), married for 5 years, third marriage head, Farmer, lived in Tyrone, Adams County, Pennsylvania (father born in Pennsylvania and mother born in Pennsylvania) with Laura Brenizer (age 48), and George Stevens (age 36). [13]

1910 Edgar P Brenizer was appointed constable of Tyrone Twp. [14]

1920 Edgar Brenizer (age 63, born in Pennsylvania), married, head, Farmer, lived in Tyrone, Adams County, Pennsylvania (father born in Pennsylvania and mother born in Pennsylvania) with Laura Brenizer (age 58), and Charles Clapper (age 7). [15]

1935 Laura Brenizer, spouse of Edgar Brenizer, died on April 1 in Cumberland Twp, Adams County, Pennsylvania. She was born on August 29, 1861, in Adams County, Pennsylvania, daughter of John Eicholtz. [16]

1935 Laura Brenizer, wife of Edgar Brenizer, died on April 1, at age 75 in Cumberland Twp, Adams County. She was survived by her husband and three sisters. [17]

1938 Edgar Brenizer, son of Washington Brenizer and Sarah Welcomb, died, at age 82, on December 14, 1938, in Cumberland Twp, Adams County, Pennsylvania. Edgar Brenizer was born, on March 1, 1856, in Adams County, Pennsylvania. (Death certificate: 106337). [18]

1938 Edgar P. Brenizer was buried at Heidlersburg Cemetery, Heidlersburg, Adams County, Pennsylvania. Laura J (1862-1935) and Lizzie (1859-1897) were named on his grave marker. [19] Edgar was the son of Washington and Sarah (Welcome [sic]) Brenizer. [20] [21]


Footnotes:

[1] Pennsylvania Death Certificates, Certificate 106337, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].

[2] Pennsylvania and New Jersey, Church and Town Records, 1708-1985, PA, Cumberland, Carlisle, St Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].

[3] Pennsylvania Deaths and Burials, 1720-1999, [FamilySearchImage], [FamilySearchRecord].

[4] Pennsylvania Deaths and Burials, 1720-1999, [FamilySearchImage], [FamilySearchRecord].

[5] Newspaper, Gettysburg Compiler (Gettysburg, Pennsylvania), 7 Feb.

[6] Newspaper, Gettysburg Compiler (Gettysburg, Pennsylvania), 6 Feb.

[7] United States Federal Census, 1900, [FamilySearchImage], [FamilySearchRecord].

[8] Pennsylvania Marriages, 1709-1940, [FamilySearchRecord].

[9] United States Federal Census, 1900, [FamilySearchImage], [FamilySearchRecord].

[10] Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950, [FamilySearchRecord].

[11] Pennsylvania Deaths and Burials, 1720-1999, [FamilySearchImage], [FamilySearchRecord].

[12] Annual report of the State Treasurer of Pennsylvania (1908) (Harrisburg, PA: 1909), 618, [HathiTrust].

[13] United States Federal Census, 1910, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].

[14] Newspaper, Adams County News, 12 March.

[15] United States Federal Census, 1920, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].

[16] Pennsylvania Death Certificates, [AncestryRecord].

[17] Newspaper, Gettysburg Times (Gettysburg, Pennsylvania), 1 April 1935, Obituary.

[18] Pennsylvania Death Certificates, Certificate 106337, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].

[19] Find A Grave Memorial 39437401, [FindAGrave].

[20] Google Newspaper Archive, Gettysburg Times, December 14, 1938, [GoogleNewspaperArchive].

[21] Newspaper, Gettysburg Times (Gettysburg, Pennsylvania), December 15, 1938, Obituary.