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J. GEORGE ARMBRUSTER, one of the well known business men of Butler, where he is engaged in a general paint contracting business, was born in Germany in 1860 and remained in his native land until he was twenty-three years of age.
When Mr. Armbruster came to America in 1883 and located at Butler, he was already a capable workman in the trade which he had thoroughly learned in Germany, and shortly afterward he entered into a general contracting business in which he continues to be active. From the
first he has taken a hearty interest in the prosperity of the place in which he has established his home, has invested in property and has so gained the confidence of the residents of the Fifth Ward as to be their representative in the city council. From boyhood he has
been greatly interested in horticulture and has devoted much study to this subject and has many practical ideas concerning it which would be profitable to the horticultural organizations if presented to them. Mr. Armbruster also possesses the love of music, which is a
national German inheritance, and for eighteen years he has been a member of the church choir at Butler.
In 1887 Mr. Armbruster was married to Miss Susie Andre, who was born and reared in Butler County, and they have three children: Otto, Ernest and Helen. With his family, Mr. Armbruster belongs to the congregation of St. Mark's Lutheran Church and served for a number of
years as a member of the official board.
He has trade membership in the Master Painters' Association of Pennsylvania.
Source: 20th century history of Butler and Butler County, Pa., and respresentative citizens, McKee, James A., 1909, page 984-987.
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