John E. Gable's History of Cambria County, V.II, p.1223

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History of Cambria County, V.2

HISTORY OF CAMBRIA COUNTY 1223

    State Board of Medical Examiners Doctor Brallier was appointed interne at the Samaritan Hospital, in Philadelphia. Upon the completion of his internship he came to Jamestown, and in 1903 located his offices at 322 Railroad Street, Conemaugh, and remained here until 1906, then removed to 312 Greeve Street and opened his present offices.
    Doctor Brallier was first married in September, 1906, to Mrs. Emma Hillock Pfau, a daughter of Dr. Joseph Bruce and Eliza Jane (Stauffer) Hillock of Lancaster, Ohio. Mrs. Brallier died Feb. 27, 1917. On Nov. 17, 1920, he married Mary Gertrude Brannon, daughter of the late Andrew H. and Anna Harrison (Auchmuty) Brannon. Through the Auchmuty family Mrs. Brallier is a direct descendant of Samuel Auchmuty, who served in the Revolutionary War under General Washington, and who was with him during the winter at Valley Forge.
    Doctor Brallier is a member of the Cambria County Medical Society, the Pennsylvania Medical Society, the American Medical Society, Elks Lodge, No. 175, Patriotic Order Sons of America, Protected Home Circle, the Woodmen of the World at Johnstown, also the Pennsylvania Society of New York. He has been surgeon for the Pennsylvania Railroad for a number of years, also Conemaugh borough physician and a member of the Board of Health, having served several terms as its president. He was first vice president of the Conemaugh Deposit Bank, which is now merged with the United States Savings and Trust Company of Conemaugh. Doctor Brallier is a member of the Conemaugh Presbyterian Church and in politics is a staunch Republican.

    A. D. Mitchell is well known throughout Cambria County as the capable postmaster at Portage. He was born in Clearfield County, Pa., Mary 27, 1870, and is the son of T. M. and Emma (Weaver) Mitchell.
    James Hutchinson Weaver, father of Emma (Weaver) Mitchell, was born in White Deer Township, Union County, Pa., Dec. 23, 1816, and was ten years of age when he removed to Clearfield County with his parents, John and Ruth Weaver. In early life he devoted his time to clearing his father’s land and later became a well known lumberman of that district. On May 30, 1843, he married Sarah Ann Campbell, and they had the following children: Mrs. David Mitchell, Mrs. A. H. Shaffer, Mrs. John L. Breth, James L., and Emma, mother of the subject of this sketch.

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	HISTORY OF CAMBRIA COUNTY	1223
State Board of Medical Examiners Doctor Brallier was appointed interne at the Samaritan Hospital, in Philadelphia. Upon the completion of his internship he came to Jamestown, and in 1903 located his offices at 322 Railroad Street, Conemaugh, and remained here until 1906, then removed to 312 Greeve Street and opened his present offices. Doctor Brallier was first married in September, 1906, to Mrs. Emma Hillock Pfau, a daughter of Dr. Joseph Bruce and Eliza Jane (Stauffer) Hillock of Lancaster, Ohio. Mrs. Brallier died Feb. 27, 1917. On Nov. 17, 1920, he married Mary Gertrude Brannon, daughter of the late Andrew H. and Anna Harrison (Auchmuty) Brannon. Through the Auchmuty family Mrs. Brallier is a direct descendant of Samuel Auchmuty, who served in the Revolutionary War under General Washington, and who was with him during the winter at Valley Forge. Doctor Brallier is a member of the Cambria County Medical Society, the Pennsylvania Medical Society, the American Medical Society, Elks Lodge, No. 175, Patriotic Order Sons of America, Protected Home Circle, the Woodmen of the World at Johnstown, also the Pennsylvania Society of New York. He has been surgeon for the Pennsylvania Railroad for a number of years, also Conemaugh borough physician and a member of the Board of Health, having served several terms as its president. He was first vice president of the Conemaugh Deposit Bank, which is now merged with the United States Savings and Trust Company of Conemaugh. Doctor Brallier is a member of the Conemaugh Presbyterian Church and in politics is a staunch Republican. A. D. Mitchell is well known throughout Cambria County as the capable postmaster at Portage. He was born in Clearfield County, Pa., Mary 27, 1870, and is the son of T. M. and Emma (Weaver) Mitchell. James Hutchinson Weaver, father of Emma (Weaver) Mitchell, was born in White Deer Township, Union County, Pa., Dec. 23, 1816, and was ten years of age when he removed to Clearfield County with his parents, John and Ruth Weaver. In early life he devoted his time to clearing his father’s land and later became a well known lumberman of that district. On May 30, 1843, he married Sarah Ann Campbell, and they had the following children: Mrs. David Mitchell, Mrs. A. H. Shaffer, Mrs. John L. Breth, James L., and Emma, mother of the subject of this sketch.