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| 1. | EICHELBERGER, Jacob Jr was born 20 Dec 1835, East Pennsboro, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. Notes:
JACOB EICHELBERGER, one of the prominent farmers and respected citizens of
Lower Allen township, and a descendant of an old and honorable family of this
locality, was born Dec. 20, 1835, in East Pennsboro township, this county, a
son of Jacob and Elizabeth (Spong) Eichelberger, and is of German ancestry.
Jacob Eichelberger, father of our subject, was born in East Pennsboro
township, on a farm which adjoined one he later owned. He was a son of
well-to-do parents and enjoyed the advantages of a district school education,
but was also taught all the practical details of a farmer's life. He cleared
up many acres of timber land and dealt extensively in cattle. In young
manhood he married Miss Elizabeth Spong, sister of Joseph Spong, who was the
father of Lemuel R. Spong, of West Fairview, of whom a sketch will be found
elsewhere. Mr. Eichelberger continued to farm up to within ten years of his
decease, and then moved to Wormleysburg, where he died in the summer of 1889.
His first wife died on the farm many years before and Mr. Eichelberger
subsequently married Mrs. Elizabeth Rodabough, who also preceded him to the
grave. Our subject's parents were both devout Lutherans and the father was a
liberal contributor to St. John's Church, at Shiremanstown, to which he
willed a large amount at his death. In politics he was a supporter of the
Republican party.
The children of Jacob Eichelberger, Sr., by his first marriage, were as
follows: Adam (deceased), who married Susan Wormley; Sarah, Mrs. John
Rodabough, of East Pennsboro; Jacob, Jr., of this sketch; Mary, Mrs. John
Bixler, of Wormsleyburg; Joseph, a farmer of East Pennsboro township, who
married (first) Jane Fortney, and (second) Elizabeth Miller; Martin, who
married Mrs. Kate Phillips and resides in Sunbury; and Katherine, Mrs. John
Kenmore, of Wormleysburg.
The paternal grandfather of our subject was born in Germany and died in
East Pennsboro township. His children were as follows: Adam, a farmer, died
near Camp Hill; George resided near Hogestown, in this county; John resided
near Slate Hill, this county; Jacob became the father of our subject; Jonas
is deceased; Mrs. Neilhorner is deceased; Mrs. Fred Sheely is deceased;.
David married Susanna Sheely and died in East Pennsboro township.
Jacob Eichelberger grew up on the farm and attended what was known as the
Bowman district school, his remembered instructors being of this
neighborhood, and one of them was the well known Bailey Mateer, a favorite
and successful teacher of that time and locality. His father believed in
early industry and he was put to farm work young, assisting his father in
clearing up many acres. of timber and in the cultivation of much land. He
remained with his father until his marriage, which took place in 1854, in
East Pennsboro township, and was to Miss Susan Rupley, of East Pennsboro
township, a daughter of George Rupley, who was a prosperous farmer of that
section. After his marriage the father divided the farm between himself and
his brother Joseph and generously built the former a home on his half of the
100 acres. Mr. Eichelberger continued here, actively engaged in farming until 1903,
and engaged in wholesaling milk for twelve years. Here his first wife died Aug. 12,
1887, a devout member of St. John's Lutheran Church, of Shiremanstown, and in
1889 he married (second) Miss Annie Danner, who was born near Lewisberry York
county. In her infancy her parents removed to East Pennsboro, where she grew to
womanhood, and in Middleton township she went to school with Miss Isabella
Benner, now Mrs. J. Zeamer, and later was instructed by Jere Zeamer, in the
old oak schoolhouse in North Middleton township. Mrs. Eichelberger was a
daughter of Peter G. and Anna (Brady) Danner, both of whom were born and
reared in York county. Her father died at the home of his son Lewis C.,
keeper of the toll-gate at Bridgeport, the mother passing away a few months
previously. The children of Peter G. Danner and his wife were as follows:
Reuben married Adeline Nisley, and died at New Cumberland in May, 1903;
Abraham married Rebecca Hess, and lives at Riverton; Charles died young;
Eliza Mary, deceased, was Mrs. Harry Lewis; John, of Riverton, married Rachel
Garret; Lewis C., toll-gate keeper and merchant, married Carrie Naylor; Tillie
is Mrs. Charles Green, of Steelton; Annie is Mrs. Eichelberger; Clara is Mrs.
Benjamin Eichelberger, of Lemoyne; and James, of Allegheny City, married
Christina Hostetter. The paternal grandfather of Mrs. Eichelberger was Tobias
Danner, who married Elizabeth Groff, of German parentage. Her people were
wealthy and left a large estate, but owing to lack of legal evidence those
most interested have never been able to secure it.
Mr. Eichelberger had the following children by his first marriage: John,
deceased, married Hannah Martin; Jacob, of Sparrow's Point, married Mary
Good; Harry, of Wormleysburg, married Kate Lucas; Flora, deceased, was the
wife of John Orris; George, of Lemoyne, married Fanny Eshelman; Fanny married
J. D. Hipple, of Wormleysburg; Frank, deceased, married Jessie Albright;
Milton, of Wormleysburg, married Susan Brown; Benjamin, of Lemoyne, married
Clara Danner. The children of the second union are Charles, Walter, Paul,
Nestor, Verna, Robert and Lena.
From Biographical Annals of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania,
Chicago: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905, pages 544-545
Jacob married RUPLEY, Susan 1854, East Pennsboro, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. Susan was born 1837; died 12 Aug 1887. [Group Sheet]
Jacob married DANNER, Annie 1889. Annie (daughter of DANNER, Peter G. and BRADY, Anna) was born Aug 1863. [Group Sheet]
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