John Brubaker (1719-1804), was a son of Hans John Brubaker and Anna Emst Brubaker and a good friend of Martin Meixel, who was Andrew Bushong's brother in-law by sister, Maria Julianna.[17] It might also be recalled that John Brubaker, is related to the Bushong family as, Sally Strickler's great uncle. Sally is the wife of Jacob Bushong (1790-1873), who's farm, in Virginia, is where the New Market Battle occurred. Brubaker and Andrew were contemporaries, and likely friends, too. His story from the "Biographical annals of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania"(1903), illustrates one possible allure for Andrew to visit the Fatherland.[18]
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