Rev. Alfred J. L. Breinig, son of Edwin L., was educated at Kutztown Normal School in 1884, after which he attended Mt Airy Seminary, from which he graduated in 1887. He became pastor of the Lutheran congregations at Trevorton and Augustaville and later at Bowman's where he remained thirteen years; also serving the congregations at East Penn, Forest, and Albrightsville. Having been stricken with paralysis, he resigned his pastorate and removed to Allentown, where he died six days after his removal to the city, on April 8, 1906., aged 45 years. He married Sarah Keefer, and had three children: Benjamin E., Clarissa H., and Margaret M.