BIO: LEWIS M. BRICKER, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania
   
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  >From Biographical Annals of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania,
  Chicago: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905, page 335
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    LEWIS M. BRICKER, one of the successful business men of Shiremanstown,
  conducting a prosperous bakery business, was born July 23, 1877, at Camp
  Hill, son of Martin F. and Martha (Musser) Bricker.
 
    Martin F. Bricker was a son of Lewis Bricker, of Adams and Cumberland
  counties, who married twice and died at Mechanicsburg, a retired farmer.
  Martin F. married Martha Musser, of Camp Hill, and located at New Kingston,
  Cumberland county, and later on his father-in-law's farm. There he died July
  6, 1890, aged fifty-one years. He was a man of sterling character, a
  consistent Christian and a member of the Church of God. He cast his vote with
  the Republican party. His widow still survives, aged sixty-three years, and
  resides with our subject, her youngest son. The family consisted of these
  children: Harry died aged seven years; George died aged three years; Benjamin
  died young; Mary died young; Susan is Mrs. W. J. Swinn, of Harrisburg; and
  Lewis and John were twins, the latter dying in infancy.
 
    Lewis M. Bricker attended the village school until he was about sixteen,
  and he recalls two of his teachers, P. C. Cobble and B. F. Heckert. From
  childhood, through his activity and industry, he had been able to earn small
  sums of money doing chores after school, but when sixteen years of age, he
  decided to learn the bakery business. With this intention he went to
  Harrisburg and entered the establishment of Irving Bender, on the corner of
  13th and Market streets, but homesickness made him return to his native place
  after one week of work. He was then engaged for three months at Miller's
  nursery, but later went back to the bakery business with D. W. Holler, of
  Camp Hill, for thirteen months, and completed his training with Kochenour,
  No. 512 Peffer street, Harrisburg, where he worked for fourteen months.
 
    Mr. Bricker then returned to Camp Hill and managed the Holler bakery for
  eight months, and Kochenour's bakery for nearly a year. In the spring of
  1897, Mr. Bricker opened a bakery of his own in Shiremanstown, and remained
  there two years, and then bought his present residence and a back lot, on
  which he erected a first class bakery plant, this being completed in 1899.
  Since then he has added a bakery store, and controls much of the bakery
  business of his portion of the borough. His industry and energy have brought
  him prosperity, and his excellent products enable him to keep the trade.
 
    On Sept. 11, 1897, Mr. Bricker married at Camp Hill, Alice Beidelman,
  daughter of David G. and Elmira Beidelman, both of whom are residents of Camp
  Hill. Mr. and Mrs. Bricker have three daughters: Margaret, Elmira and Bessie
  S. Both our subject and wife are members of the M. E. Church, at Camp Hill,
  and he is treasurer of the U. B. Sunday-school at Shiremanstown. Fraternally
  he belongs to the K. of P., and the Jr. O. U. A. M.