Brumbaugh - (Dr) Eli
Source: Crawfordsville Weekly Review Friday, 24 January 1902
Dr. Eli H. Brumbaugh died at Chicago Sunday afternoon at two o’clock as the result of a surgical operation. On Friday his daughter, Miss Mabel Brumbaugh, who teaches school at Ladoga, received a telegram from him saying that he was to undergo an operation in a Chicago hospital and asking her to meet him there. She went to Chicago Friday night and the operation was performed Saturday. The surgeon in charge was the celebrated Dr. Senn, but it is not known what ailment made the operation necessary.
Dr. Brumbaugh was a fine specimen physically when he came here in the fall of 1897as pastor of the First Methodist Church, succeeding Dr. S. V. Leech. But during the winter of the following year he made an overland trip to Shawnee Mound to lecture, resulting in severe cold and illness. After that Dr. Brumbaugh’s health steadily failed and before the end of the second year he was compelled to give up his pastorate and assume a supernumerary relation to the church. He went into business in Quincy, Ill., where he has since made his home until a short time ago when he took charge of a sanitarium at St. Joseph, Mo. Previous to coming to Crawfordsville he was pastor of the leading Methodist Church at Atchison, Kan., for five years and before that he served in the same capacity for the same length of time at St. Joseph, Mo. Before entering the ministry Dr. Brumbaugh was a practicing physician. He was born at Mullersburg, O., Aug. 14, 1852. He joined the Tribe of Ben Hur shortly after coming to Crawfordsville and was insured in the order for $2,400. He also carried $4,000 additional insurance. -s