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About Cpt. Henry Neff Breneman
Civil War Union Army Officer. The early education of Capt. Henry N. Breneman was acquired in the public schools, and he finished in the Lititz Academy. At the age of twenty-one years he went, to learn the milling business at the mill at Camargo, owned by his father, remaining there five years and subsequently engaging in the mercantile business in the store of Henry H. Breneman & Co., in Camargo. He then engaged in farming, and until he came to Lancaster was a resident of Strasburg township, except for one year, when he was a resident of Strasburg and was a member of the firm of Herr, Breneman & Co. In i866 he engaged in the manufacture of agricultural implements, erecting a factory near his house, and carried on both this enterprise and farming for some years. Capt. Breneman took an active part in Republican politics, and served his town as assessor, school director for twelve years, and justice of the peace for fifteen years. During the Civil war he served as 1st Lieut. of Co. G, 22d P. V. I., until compelled to return home by reason of illness. Immediately after the battle of Gettysburg, he raised and became captain of a company of three months' men, which was attached to the 15th Regiment of Pennsylvania Militia as Company B. In 1875 he was elected sheriff of Lancaster county, serving three years. On May 24, 1894, Capt. Breneman removed with his family to Lancaster, after which time, in partnership with his son, Joseph, under the style of H. N. Breneman & Son, he became prominent as, a builder and contractor. This firm did much contract work in Lancaster and the adjacent country, their most notable buildings in this city being the Court House annex, the "Lincoln Hotel," the silk mills and the new "Wheatland Hotel" on North Queen street. On March 17, 1858, Mr. Breneman was married to Anna M., dauhter of the late Joseph Potts, of Strasburg, and she and nine children survive, as follows: Winona S., wife of Abraham F. Strickler, of Lancaster township; Dr. Park P., a practicing physician of Lancaster; Anna M.; Joseph P., a contractor of Lancaster; Elizabeth B., wife of Milo B. Herr, of Lancaster; Maud M.; Herbert N., assistant superintendent of Motive Power of the C. M. & St. P. R. R.; May, at home, and Lida L., at home. Capt. Breneman was a member of Washington Lodge, No. 156, F. & A. M., of Quarryville, and. the Lodge of Perfection, and Lancaster, Commandery, Knights Templar, of Lancaster. By nature he was kind and genial and was much beloved by all who knew him. Although during his last years he was no longer active in politics, his former efficient services were always remembered. Mrs. Anna M. (Potts) Breneman was born in the village of Lampeter, daughter of Joseph and,Eliza (Miller) Potts, of Lancaster county. For a number of years Mr. Potts carried on a lumber business in Strasburg, but for seven years prior to his, death he was a farmer of Strasburg township. He held many of the town offices, and was long one of the school directors. He was born in 1813, and died, in 1856. The mother of Mrs. Breneman was born in 1813 and died in 1880. Both parents were laid to rest in the Strasburg cemetery. Two children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Potts: Anna M., who became Mrs. Breneman, and Joseph, unmarried, who lives retired in Strasburg.
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Cpt. Henry Neff Breneman's Timeline
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January 13, 1830
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Strasburg Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States
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| 1858 |
September 15, 1858
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Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States
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October 14, 1859
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| 1862 |
May 6, 1862
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| 1863 |
December 31, 1863
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Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States
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April 2, 1865
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September 26, 1866
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| 1867 |
December 23, 1867
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Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States
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