Clement Brumbaugh.

A) Clement Brumbaugh. Well he was was quite famous in his day no one ever spoke of him.His father returned from the Civil War and died in 1869. His mother raised him and his brother WD Brumbaugh Senior my grandfather on a poor farm east of Greenville (all I know is that there were other brothers or half-brothers that were older living in the southern part of the County as farmers). Clements and WD Brumbaugh had an extremely strong and wills mother. He somehow managed to go from public school in Ohio to one-year Harvard where he got his degree. There were only about 60 or so in his class and I found out about this through Celia Clevenger's grandfather was in the class. No not more. In Darke County he became very politically active activated. He became a William Jennings Bryan cross of gold follower. He took William Jennings Bryan from Greenville to Richmond Indiana. Later he was elected to the house legislature he became minority leader for the Democrats. He then became democratic congressman representing Columbus Ohio 45 terms starting in 2012.. I go into his history in another chapter.

B) WD Brumbaugh Senior. I knew little about my grandfather Brumbaugh. No one spoke of him. He died before I was 2 years old. I think as with part of the family drinking might've been a problem. He was I think highly respected. He was chairman of the Democratic Party for the county. He was a substitute delegate to the Democratic national convention I don't know what year. He was County surveyor in his early years which was then a very important position. (When dad and mother moved back from Columbus and dad joined his law firm it became Brumbaugh and Brumbaugh attorneys at law. There were many Brumbaugh's in the county not related as far back as Alsace-Lorraine. Hence there was another law firm Brumbaugh Brumbaugh and Brumbaugh attorneys and law. Jesse K Brumbaugh was the head of that firm I knew his sons there is a Brumbaugh construction company and in Darke County , Brumbaugh nursery and many farmers named Brumbaugh.)

C) Grandmother Carrie Brumbaugh. What a delightful character. She was a extremely strong-willed woman. She also came from the southern part of the County. She went to Greenville high school and there were 17 in her class. She was a schoolteacher who took the Traction to the southern part of the County to teach. (Traction what is the bus type vehicle that ran on aboveground electric wires from Greenville to date: before I was born.) She was a volunteer to check the dark County jail to see that prisoners were being fairly taking care of. She had a large house on Washington Avenue: where we had many a wonderful event. In the 3rd floor she had a boarder named L R Martin who was a chief salesman at the men's clothing store. LR nice guy but probably gay. No one cared. Grandmother had wonderful relatives in Columbus. (All were raised in the southern part of Darke County) Fred Ridenour her brother was a delightful person. He was city manager for Upper Arlington a suburb of Columbus. Her sister lives in Columbus seemed well-off and had a beautiful daughter but don't remember much else it had a lovely daughter dad's age but don't remember much else. Grandmother died at the age of 97 in the restroom in Greenville, grandfather copy died at 97 in the room across the hall.

D) Dad's Sister Aunt Nina Polhman. She was a couple years older them dad. She attended Pratt Institute in New York where she met my uncle Walter who was from Brooklyn. He came to Ohio and ran American aggregates plants in Columbus it was a big deal. Later he joined Mr. Anderson and they form Columbus Bituminous company a manufacturer and distributor of blacktop materials for Franklin County Ohio. Walter was a wonderful local and very close to my father. He had little use for my uncle Edward Hole Edward was present of American aggregates and very difficult for the family. He died while I was practicing law in Columbus. They had one adopted daughter Jane Hammond I've lost track of her. Very nice lady in Columbus.

E) Uncle Herman. Uncle Herman was dad's younger brother. He was serving as a Sgt. in the islands fighting the Japanese. He was over a flame thrower squadron. I remember he and dad sending letters to each other, they had developed secret code. Uncle Herman came back bad shape and he and aunt Dorothy Brumbaugh were divorced. He had a couple of rough years running the filling station. He then came back to Greenville and sold cemetery lots. He was the funniest guy was very fond of basalt very little of in the later years. He had 3 children. All went to the north school. David the oldest was 3 years ahead of me in high school had a fine career as a hospital administrator in northern Ohio but died in his 50s.. He had one daughter I've lost track of. Mike the 2nd oldest was a year ahead of me in high school. Mike went to Ohio University and became an engineer for a large food packaging plant in northern Ohio. Mike married but no children. Mike loved art and is quite known for his class artwork as a class blower. He's also been helpful with the Toledo Art Museum. Again haven't talked to for a number of years. Nina was 2 years behind me in school in hell is class. They were close. A local truck driver and work as a seamstress in the next lettering plant. She married I've also lost track of her.

F) Laird Brumbaugh was being oldest brother. Supposedly he was gifted but died in his teens one of those early diseases. No knowledge of him.