BRENTLINGER, J. W.

BRENTLINGER, ROBINSON

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Date: 10/2/2001 at 20:14:17

From the book "The History of Clinton County Iowa" by L. P. Allen (1879) Pages 669-697
Biographical Sketches of Clinton Residents

J. W. Brentlinger, manager of the Union Iron Works; a native of Pittsburgh, Penn., and resided there until 1861. Enlisted in the Friend Rifles, of Pittsburgh, a company armed and equipped at their own expense; by vote, joined Sickle's Brigade (Co. E.), 70th N.Y.S.V. He was in all the battles from Williamsburg to Gettysburg and a number of others; was in the service over three years; he came to Iowa, and was in Adjutant Baker's office in Davenport for two years, and then engaged in the iron and machinist's trade; he has had the management of the Union Iron Works for several years past; they do a large business, employing about fifty men; they manufacture saw-mill machinery, largely, and do an extensive business. Mr. Brentlinger married Miss Annie Robinson, a native of Pittsburgh; they have five children, all sons.