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 1824 - 1895 (70 years)
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| Name |
HERSBERGER, John William [1] |
| Born |
27 Dec 1824 |
Maryland  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Died |
24 Mar 1895 |
Madison County, Indiana |
| Buried |
East Grove Lawn Cemetery, Pendleton, Indiana [2, 3] |
| Person ID |
I708 |
Connecticut Spangs |
| Last Modified |
23 Jun 2015 |
| Father |
HERSBERGER, John Bernard, b. 23 Sep 1789, Maryland , d. 16 Oct 1829, Jefferson, Maryland (Age 40 years) |
| Relationship |
Natural |
| Mother |
WILES, Sarah Ann, b. Abt 1800, Maryland , d. 28 Feb 1829 (Age ~ 29 years) |
| Relationship |
Natural |
| Married |
20 Sep 1820 |
Lutheran Zion Church, Middletown, Frederick County, Maryland [4] |
| Family ID |
F351 |
Group Sheet |
| Family |
NORRIS, Sarah Ann, b. 07 Jan 1830, Maryland , d. 03 Nov 1911, Stony Creek, Madison County, Indiana (Age 81 years) |
| Married |
27 Apr 1846 |
Frederick County, Maryland [4] |
| Children |
| | 1. HERSBERGER, Amanda, b. 23 Jul 1847, Jefferson, Maryland , d. 19 Feb 1910 (Age 62 years) |
| | 2. HERSBERGER, Laura, b. 1849, d. 02 Aug 1932 (Age 83 years) |
| | 3. HERSBERGER, Milton, b. 22 Dec 1850, Maryland , d. 23 Apr 1911 (Age 60 years) |
| | 4. HERSBERGER, Susan Alice, b. 11 Oct 1852, Frederick County, Maryland , d. 13 Sep 1942, Lapel, Madison, Indiana, USA (Age 89 years) |
| | 5. HERSBERGER, Ida Mae, b. 12 Feb 1855, Pendleton, Madison, Indiana, USA , d. 07 Jul 1925, Robstown, Nueces County, Texas (Age 70 years) |
| | 6. HERSBERGER, Charles, b. Abt 1857, Indiana , d. Died in infancy |
| | 7. HERSBERGER, Leora Ella, b. Abt Feb 1860, Indiana , d. 06 Jun 1953, Lapel, Madison, Indiana, USA (Age ~ 93 years) |
| | 8. HERSBERGER, Jenette, b. Abt 1862, Indiana , d. Abt 1883 (Age ~ 21 years) |
| | 9. HERSBERGER, John E., b. 29 Oct 1863, Indiana , d. 01 Oct 1877, killed by a train (Age 13 years) |
| | 10. HERSBERGER, Thomas E., b. Oct 1863, Indiana , d. 31 Dec 1911, Stony Creek Township, Madison County, Indiana (Age ~ 48 years) |
| | 11. HERSBERGER, Mary Catherine, b. Nov 1865, Indiana |
| | 12. HERSBERGER, Howard A., b. Dec 1869, Indiana , d. 08 Jan 1957 (Age ~ 87 years) |
| | 13. HERSBERGER, Oliver Parker, b. 08 Feb 1873, Indiana , d. 10 Aug 1949, St. John's Hospital, Anderson, Indiana (Age 76 years) |
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| Photos |
 | Herrsberger, John
Census sheet showing John and family in Stoney Brook, Indiana |
 | Hersberger, John and Sarah Norris
Gravestone, Grove Lawn Cemetery, Pendleton, Indiana |
| Last Modified |
23 Jun 2015 |
| Family ID |
F349 |
Group Sheet |
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| Notes |
- "When last heard from in February,1922, they had 38 living grandchildren, 93 great grandchildren, and 11 great, great grandchildren." (Henry P. Hersperger)
They came from Maryland in about 1845 and settled on a farm between Lapel and Pendleton, Indiana.
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"John William Hersberger whose father was a slave owner was orphaned at a tender age by the death of his parents and two brothers. He was put into the home of a Cobbler by an uncle, but did not like it and ran away. He was found hiding in a wool wagon by a kindly farmer who took and raised him to young manhood. He married quite young to Sandra Ann Norris and raised 14 children. They moved from Maryland (abt. 1845) to Madison County, Indiana and cleared the land and built two cabins soon after their marriage, and that is where they raised their family. Aunt Ellas son Virgil Sears owns the farm and lives on it yet, in 1962.The first several years in Indiana while getting the land cleared he walked five miles and back to work in a mill at Pendelton, Indiana, and as the children became old enough they walked to work with him."
This was in the material from Walt Engle who credits his grandmother, Donna Mabel Wise-Engle, as written up by her son, Ralph and which Walt later obtained. It helps explain what happened to his two brothers and may also account for the move to Indiana.
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Record of Loan in Frederick Co. MD between John W. Hersbeger and Charles P. Norris, probably Sarah Ann's father
1853 May 14 Executed & delivered Mortgage
At the request of Charles P. Norris the following Mortgage was recorded February 22nd, 1853. Received 10 cts Stamp duty. Edward Shriver Clk.
This Indenture, made this twenty second day of February Eighteen hundred and fifty three -between John W. Harsperger of Frederick County in the State of Maryland of the one part and Charles P. Norris of the County and State aforesaid of the other part. Whereas the said John W. Harsperger owes & stands justly indebted to the said Charles P. Norris in the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars current money and to secure the payment thereof is willing to execute these presents. Now this Indenture Witnesseth, that the said John W. Harsperger for and in consideration of the premises, and of the sum of five dollars current money to him in hand paid by the said Charles P Norris at and before the sealing & delivery of these presents, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, hath granted bargained and sold, and by these presents doth grant, bargain and sell unto the said Charles P. Norris his executors administrators and assigns. All and singular the goods and chattels, furniture and household stuff mentioned and expressed, that is to say: One horse, saddle & bridle, two cows, two Heiffers, a one Horse Wagon with springs & harness for the same, one Sledge, one Cook stove & fixtures, one ten plate stove and pipe, one Bureau, one Safe, four beds, bed clothing for the same, four bedsteads, one Mantle Clock, one Watch, two Tables, with the residue of my property. To Have and to Hold all and singular the goods and chattels furniture and household stuff unto the said Charles P. Norris his executors administrators and assigns to his and their own use and behoof: Provided always and it is declared to be the true intent and meaning of these presents that if the said John W. Harsperger do and shall well and truly pay or cause to be paid unto said Charles P. Norris his executors administrators or assigns, the full sum of one hundred and fifty dollars current money, with legal interest for the same on or before the 22nd day of February 1854, there & in such case these presents & every matter and thing herein contained shall cease, determine and be utterly void to all intents and purposes, any thing herein contained to the contrary notwithstanding. In witness whereof the said John W. Harsperger has hereunto set his hand and seal on the day and year first above written.
Signed sealed & delivered in presence of M. Baltzell.
John W. Hersperger {seal}
Which was endorsed thus Neq: State of Maryland. Frederick County, to wit: Be it remembered and it is hereby certified that on this 22nd day of February 1853, before me the subscriber one of the Justices of the peace of the State of Maryland in and for Frederick County, personally appeared John W. Harsperger party to the written mortgage and acknowledged the said indenture or instrument of writing to be his act and deed. Acknowledged before M. Baltzell
State of Maryland, Frederick County to wit: This 22nd day of February 1853, before me the subscriber a Justice of the peace in and for said County, personally appeared John W. Harsperger and made oath on the Holy Evangely of Almighty God, that the consideration mentioned in the foregoing mortgage is true and bonafide as therein set forth.
Sworn before M. Baltzell.
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Mortgage recorded May 14, 1853 as translated by Ann Smart. Frederick Co.Court House, MD: General Ledger, Book ES 1 p. 626. [Note that Hersperger is spelled Harsperger except for his actual signature. The clerk had copied the document and signature]
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| Sources |
- [S97] Henry P. Hersperger, (Name: unpublished, written about 1936 in Nicholasville, Kentucky;).
- [S150] Madison County Cemetery Records, DAR, (Name: 1957-1959;), Vol. 1, page 12 or 201.
- [S29] Burials in East Grove Lawn Cemetery.
- [S161] Maryland Marriages 1667-1899, (Name: Ancestry.com;).
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