Biographical and Portrait Cyclopedia of Schuylkill County Pennsylvania, by Samuel T. Wiley, edited by Henry W. Ruoff, published by Rush, West and Company 1893 - Philadelphia, Pa, Page 695:
"JAMES W. RUBRECHT, a contractor and ^ business man of Cressona, Pennsylvania, is a son of William and Judith (Fusselman) Rubrecht, and was born in North Manheim township, Schuylkill county, Pennsylvania, February 2, 1850."
"Mr. Rubrecht was educated in the township common schools ; he learned the trade of a mason and stone-cutter, and followed it, together with contracting in his line, until April, 1889, when he bought the West Grange Grist Mill, in connection with Mr. J. H. Knittle, at which business he has since been engaged, as well as contracting for the erection of buildings. Among the finest with which he has been connected was the superintendency of the erection of St. Patrick's Roman Catholic church, of Pottsville. In politics he is a democrat, but inclined to be independent in local matters, and has never sought or been a candidate for office. He is a member of the Lutheran church, and is also a member of Lodge, No., of the I. O. O. F., of Cressona. He was united in marriage, to Miss Mary Bohrman, a daughter of John Bohrman, of North Manheim township, who was born in Germany, by which marriage he has had two children, both living, viz.: Beulah May and Raymond W."
Biographical and Portrait Cyclopedia of Schuylkill County Pennsylvania, by Samuel T. Wiley, edited by Henry W. Ruoff, published by Rush, West and Company 1893 - Philadelphia, Pa, Page 695:
"JAMES W. RUBRECHT, a contractor and ^ business man of Cressona, Pennsylvania, is a son of William and Judith (Fusselman) Rubrecht, and was born in North Manheim township, Schuylkill county, Pennsylvania, February 2, 1850."
"Mr. Rubrecht was educated in the township common schools ; he learned the trade of a mason and stone-cutter, and followed it, together with contracting in his line, until April, 1889, when he bought the West Grange Grist Mill, in connection with Mr. J. H. Knittle, at which business he has since been engaged, as well as contracting for the erection of buildings. Among the finest with which he has been connected was the superintendency of the erection of St. Patrick's Roman Catholic church, of Pottsville. In politics he is a democrat, but inclined to be independent in local matters, and has never sought or been a candidate for office. He is a member of the Lutheran church, and is also a member of Lodge, No., of the I. O. O. F., of Cressona. He was united in marriage, to Miss Mary Bohrman, a daughter of John Bohrman, of North Manheim township, who was born in Germany, by which marriage he has had two children, both living, viz.: Beulah May and Raymond W."
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