Dickinson Co., KS AHGP-Portrait and
Biographical Record of Dickinson, Saline, McPherson and
Marion Counties-Abram H. Brechbill
Portrait and Biographical
Record of Dickinson, Saline, McPherson and Marion
Counties
Chapman Brothers, Chicago, 1893
ABRAM H. BRECHBILL, one of the rising
young farmers of Hayes Township, owns
a well-improved farm of one hundred
and sixty acres on section 7, Franklin
County, Pa., the place of his nativity, his birth
having there occurred October 25, 1862. His
father, Abram R. Brechbill, was born in Franklin
County, and his mother, who bore the name of
Mary Hostetter in her girlhood, was also a native
of the Keystone State. They removed to Dickinson
County, Kan., in the spring of 1884, and at
present reside in Abilene, this State. To them
was born a family of eight children, our subject
being the sixth.
The early days of Abram were passed in Franklin
County on his father's farm, where he followed
the usual course of farmer boys, alternately
working on his father's farm and attending the
district schools in the neighborhood. He was married
to Miss Fannie Hoover, November 23, 1882,
in Franklin County. She is a daughter of Christian
and Anna (Snively) Hoover, who with their
family were residents for many years of the same
county. Mrs. Brechbill was the second child of
her father's family, which consisted of six children,
August 17, 1857, being the date of her birth.
After his marriage our subject still resided in the
place of his birth for one year and then removed
to Dickinson County, Kan., buying a farm on section
7, Hayes Township, where he has since lived.
At present he is the owner of a farm of one hundred
and sixty acres, which is under good improvement,
and on which he has constructed good and
substantial farm buildings. He has also erected a
pleasant home and here may be found his interesting
little family of three children: Arminta H.,
who was born May 10, 1885; Retiza H., who was
born October 13, 1887; and Emma H., born May
25, 1891. One child, David, died in infancy. Mr.
and Mrs. Brechbill are members of the Church of
Christ, known as the River Brethren, where they
are numbered among its most active and interested
workers. Though comparatively young, Mr. Brechbill
has already attained a good measure of success,
and through his industrious and well-directed
efforts has already acquired a comfortable home
and a well-cultivated farm with every indication
of thriftiness and prosperity. He is one of those
to whom the great West is looking for help in
opening its boundless resources.