Biography

07/25/1820 - 09/04/1895

BRINKER, Christian, a Representative from Clarion County; born, July 25, 1820 in Toby Township, Clarion County, Pa.; farmer; engaged in lumbering; unsuccessful campaign, treasurer, Clarion County (1869); elected, treasurer, Clarion County (1872-1873); elected, associate judge, Clarion County; elected as a Democrat to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1887 and 1889 terms; not a candidate for reelection to the House for the 1891 term; died, September 4, 1895 in Clarion County, Pennsylvania; interred, Salem Cemetery, Frogtown, Clarion County, Pennsylvania.