Biography

09/14/1767 - 01/14/1849

BROBST, Christian A., a Representative from Columbia County; born, September 14, 1767 in Albany, Berks County, Pa.; captain, 4^th Company, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania Militia (War of 1812); merchant miller; owner, grist mill; elected as a Democrat to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1825-1826 and 1827-1828 term; elected, delegate, State Democratic Convention (1826): postmaster, United States Postal Service, Catawissa (1841); died, January 14, 1849 in Catawissa, Columbia County, Pennsylvania; interred, Union Cemtery, Catawissa, Columbia County, Pennsylvania.