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Adam Fishburn, son of John, was born March 6, 1826. When the family moved to Cumberland county in 1832 they located on the farm now owned by Adam. He grew to manhood on this place, attended the dis- trict schools in the winter seasons, and al- ways assisted his father until the latter's death, when the farm came into his posses- sion. In 1883 he purchased property in Car- lisle. and. building a house, moved there, but his love for the home of his youth proved too strong, and in 1891 he returned to the farm. where he now resides with his son, Samuel K.
Mr. Fishburn has been twice married. On Jan. 26, 1854, he wedded Ellen J. Ken- von. of Dickinson township, a daughter of Samuel M. and Sarah Jane ( Kinkaid ) Ken- yon. She died Dec. 28, 1854, leaving a son. Samuel K. On Dec. 8, 1859, Mr. Fishburn married for his second wife Catherine E. Hefflebower, who was born in Newton town- ship. and reared in West Pennsboro town- ship. a daughter of George and Catherine (Au) Hefflebower. The two children born of this union died in infancy. Mr. Fishburn was an industrious farmer, and looked well after his business interests. He and his wife are both members of the Lutheran Church.
SAMUEL K. FISHBURN, only son of Adam, was born Dec. 19, 1854. He at- tended the public schools, and at the age of eighteen entered the Academy at Chambers- burg. Franklin Co., Pa. He is now living on the old homestead, engaged in farming. On April 15, 1879, he married Annie M. Lee. daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth
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( Myers ) Lee. of Dickinson township, and they have two children. Mary Lee. a teacher in Dickinson township. and Fred C .. who is assisting his father on the farm. Mrs. Fish- burn is a member of the Episcopal Church. while Mr. Fishburn clings to the faith ot his father. the Luthera :.
JAMES HAYS. now the owner of the old Hays homestead. where he is engaged in general farming and irait growing, is one of the public-spirited and progressive men of the county, who has made his own way to fortune by honorable dealings, and who to- day has the well meritel esteem of all who know him. He was born on his present farm in Southampton townssp June 25, 1839. a descendant of good Scotch and Irish an- cestry.
Patrick Hays, his grandfather. was born in the north of Ireland. and in 1796 he emi- grated to the United States, settling in what was then Dauphin county. Pa. Remaining there a few years, he acquired some property and then purchased the farm in Cumberland county, which is known to all as the "old Hays homestead." This tract orig- finally contained 640 acres, but from time to time parts of it have been sold. until there are now but 190 acres. Patrick Hays erected a substantial stone house and barn. and made that place his home for the remainder of his days. He was energetic and economical. and at his «leath left a comfortable fortune for his heirs. He married Mary Galbraith, who was born near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
James W. Hays. son of Patrick, was born on the Hays homestead, in 1801, and on reaching manhood engaged in farming, to which he had been thoroughly trained by his industrious father. He married Margaret McGinnes, who was born near Shippensburg
in 1802. daughter of George and Catherine ( Reynolds ) McGinnes, the former a native of Ireland. James W. Hays died in 1881. and his wife in 1884. Among their children were James, Margaret. Edward S., Ellen M., Annie E. and Elizabethi.
James Hays was reared a farmer's son. and acquired his education at the old Cherry Grove school house. He remained at home until his twenty-second year. and then en- gaged in farming in Southampton township. meeting with success from the first. He was thrifty and energetic, and when his father died he was able to buy out the interests of the other heirs in the old home, whither he moved, and where he now resides. He has given a great deal of attention to fruit cult- uire, and has 1000 peach trees and a fine ap- ple orchard. The farm has been carried on on a thoroughly up-to-date plan, and the wisdom of the owner is shown in the excel- lent results obtained. While his personal af- fairs have consumed a large part of his at- tention, Mr. Hays has nevertheless proved himself a good citizen by the interest he takes in public affairs, keeping well posted on ques- tions of the day, and active in doing his share of the local work. For a number of years he was an efficient member of the school board, and for two terms he served most ac- ceptably as assessor. He is a strong advo- cate of education, and believes it to be the duty of all good citizens to do everything to advance the facilities in the schools.
In October, 1863, Mr. Hays married Julia Main, daughter of Marshall and Mary Belle Main. Thirteen children have blessed. this union : Sarah M., Annie C., Louisa, Gertrude, Helen B., Elizabeth, Flora, Alice, George W. (a mine boss in Virginia ), Frank N. (a farmer ), James N., Junia and John E. (a farmer ). Mr. Hays and his family are all members of the Presbyterian Church, in
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which he has been an elder for more than twenty years. The family are prominent in the social life of the community, and are very popular.
ANTHONY FISHBURN, who entered into rest at Carlisle in 1889. belonged to one of the early settled families of Pennsylvania. The name, as spelled by the German mem- bers of the family before the emigration to the New World, was Fischiborn. It signi- fies a "fish pond."
Philip Fischborn was born in Plannich der Churfatz, Hessen-Darmstadt. Germany. and on coming to America, in 1749. he lo- cated in Derry township. Dauphin Co., Pa. He married Catherine E. Bretz, born Sept. 27, 1724, and nine children, five sons and four daughters, were born to them: Marga- retta, John Philip. Ludwig. Peter, Magda- lena, Anthony, Dietrich, Catherine and Anna Maria.
John Philip Fishburn ( as the American- born members of the family spell the name ), was born in Derry township, Dauphin coun- ty. Nov. 15, 1754. He was twice married. On Aug. 14. 1780. he wedded Barbara Greiner, who bore him six children : Cather- ine E., Magdalena, John, Anthony, Marga- ret and Anthony (2), of whom only John and Anthony (2) lived to mature years. The wife and mother died June 19, 1790. For his second wife, on Dec. 25, 1792. John Philip Fishburn married Anna M. Hack, born June 9. 1771. Ten of the twelve children born of this union lived to maturity, namely : Eve, · Barbara, Jacob, Michael, Elizabeth, Benja- min, Jonas, Sophia, Thomas and Joshua.
John Fishburn, son of John Philip and Barbara (Greiner) Fishburn, was born in Derry township, Dauphin county, Dec. 12. 1784. On Nov. 26, 1809, he married Cath- erine Carmana, who was born April 9. 1791.
and they became the parents of six sons and four daughters : Philip, John, Anthony, Bar- bara, Hannah C., Helena. Rudolph, Adam. Reuben and Maria. Jolin Fishburn died April 11, 1861, and his wife March 15. 1874.
Anthony Fishburn, son of John, was born July 1, 1815. in Dauphin county, and in 1832 accompanied his parents to Cumber- land county, settling in Dickinson township. He was occupied at farming with his father until his marriage, when he moved to his late country home. He became one of the rep- resentative men of the county, being a suc- cessful farmer and an honest, intelligent and progressive citizen. On March 19, 1885, he retired and moved into Carlisle, finding a comfortable home at the corner of Pomfret and West streets, where he suffered a stroke of apoplexy and died in 1889. In public at- fairs, while always interested, he preferred to remain in the back-ground, and he could never be induced to accept any office except that of supervisor.
On Feb. 15, 1842. Anthony Fishburn was married to Salome Ann LeFevre, who was born June 12, 1824, in West Pennsboro township, daughter of Lawrence and Salome (Line) LeFevre. Three children blessed this union: Philip H .. born Jan. 23. 1843. died Feb. 11. 1845 : Anna Maria, born Jan. 19. 1851. died March 3. 1855; Louisa Elbe. born Dec. 26, 1860, resides in Carlisle with her mother. Mrs. Fishburn continues in the home on Pomfret and West streets, and has many friends in Carlisle. She is a sincere member of the Lutheran Church, as was her husband.
LEFEVRE. The LeFevre family. to which Mrs. Salome Fishburn belongs. traces its American line to Isaac Le Fevre, a French Huguenot, who fled to America to escape religious persecution. In 1708 he landed at Boston, Mass., and in 1712 settled
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in Lancaster county. Pa. (then a part of Chester county). His home was near Stras- burg, where some of his descendants yet re- main. He was married in France to Cather- ine Fierre, daughter of Daniel and Maria ( Warrenbuer) Fierre.
Philip Le Fevre, second son of Isaac, was born March 16. 1710, in Boston. He be- came the father of eight children: Isaac. George. Adam, Jacob, Catherine. Esther, Eve and Elizabeth. His wife's name is not known.
George Le Fevre, son of Philip, married Anna Barbara Slaymaker, of German de- scent, who bore him twelve children : Eliza- beth. Lawrence, Isaac, Mary, Jacob, George, Adam. Peter, Anna Barbara, Samuel, John and Daniel.
Lawrence Le Fevre, son of George, was twice married. In May, 1792, he wedded Veronica Alter, who died Oct. 15, 1817, the mother of the following children : Margaret and George, who both died young; Jacob; Elizabeth; John; Isaac; Fannie; Esthier; David Alter and Joseph Ritner. On Oct. 29, 1822, Lawrence Le Fevre married Salome Line, and the one daughter of this union, Salome Ann, is now the respected widow of Anthony Fishburn, and is passing the even- ing of her well-spent life in her home in Car- lisle, tenderly cared for by her only surviv- ing child, Louisa Elbe Fishburn.
ABRAHAM C. RICH, one of the well known and highly esteemed citizens of Me- chanicsburg, Pa., was born Sept. 16, 1852, in Cumberland county, a son of John and Rachel (Vankirk) Rich, the former of whom was born in Lancaster county, Pa., near Mt. Joy, Feb. 15, 1818.
Christian Rich, the grandfather, was a son of John (in German Johannes) Rich, who was born in 1750 in Bavaria, Germany,
and came to Baltimore, Md., in 1773. By profession he was a teacher. and in that ca- pacity he came to York county, where he died in 1807. His son, Christian Rich, was born May 7, 1796, married Susan Greene- walt, and had the following children : John, born, as noted above, Feb. 15, 1818, is mentioned below ; Ann, born Oct. 18, 1820, married Lot Howe; Mary Ellen, born Oct. 19, 1822, married Eli J. Comp: Abraham G., born Aug. 20, 1824, married Ellen Devinny ; Susan, born Oct. 15, 1828. married William R. Slyder ; Esther, born Aug. 8. 1830, died young ; Christian S. was born Nov. 25, 1834.
John Rich, father of Abraham C., was a broom-maker by trade. He married Rachel Vankirk, and they had a large family of children. We have record of: William H., born Sept. 15, 1844. now of Philadel- phia ; John W., born Oct. 30. 1846; Alfred J., who lost his life during the Civil war, at Alexandria, Va., while serving as a member of the 195th P. V. I .; Joseph S., born in 1850; Abraham C., of this sketch ; Jacob V., born June 2, 1855; Mary, born Aug. 7, 1857; Rachel, born Feb. 19, 1861; and Sarah E., born in February, 1865. The father of this family was a well known and much respected citizen. He belonged to the New Mennonites in religious faith.
Abraham C. Rich was reared in and around Mechanicsburg, where he attended the public schools and followed farming for a time. Later he established himself in Me- chanicsburg, where he carried on a broom- making industry for four years, and then be- came the proprietor of the "Mansion Hotel." In 1890 he went into the manufacturing of weather stripping, taking out patents in his own name, and built up a good business in this line.
On Dec. 12, 1876, Mr. Rich was married to Mrs. Sarah B. ( Uhler) Musselman, who
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had one daughter by her first marriage, Margaret Musselman, now the widow of William Raby, of Waynesboro, Pa .; Mrs. Raby is at present located at Indiana, Pa., and is engaged as a trained nurse, having taken a course at Blockley Hospital, Phil- adelphia. Two children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Rich, namely: Emma May, who lives at home, is a refined, cultured and highly educated lady, and a teacher of music by profession, being a graduate in music, class of 1896, at Irving College, where she is now one of the Faculty. Gertrude Irene graduated from Irving College in the Class of 1899, and on Dec. 25. 1901, became the wife of William E. Rinehart, of Greensburg, Pa .; they have two children, Gertrude A. and William Edward.
In politics Mr. Rich is a Democrat. He is one of the leading members of Trinity Lutheran Church. Fraternally he belongs to the Junior O. U. A. M. and the Daughters of Liberty and the Shepherds of Bethlehem. He is a very highly esteemed citizen, and is at present a member of the city council of Mechanicsburg.
SAMUEL J. TRITT has, in his long service as county surveyor of Cumberland county, become well known all over that sec- tion of Pennsylvania. His family has been settled in the county since 1775, and its members have ever maintained a high stand- ard of citizenship.
Peter Tritt, his great-grandfather, was born March 5, 1755, and was, it is thought, from Spain. About 1775 he came from Lancaster county, Pa., to Cumberland county, and, settling in West Pennsboro township, carried on the business of wagon- making. He served for a time in the Revo- lutionary war. He married Elizabeth Le Fevre, who was born Dec. 8, 1751, and died
Feb. 7. 1835. Her grandparents, who were French. landed in Boston in 1710, went to Newburgh, N. Y., and thence to Lancaster county. Pa., coming to Cumberland county in 1775. Peter Tritt passed away Feb. 24, 1839. He and his wife were the parents of thirteen children, namely: Barbara, born May 10. 1778, died young ; Jacob, born Jan. 18. 1780. died Dec. 17, 1856: Peter, born Jan. 28. 1782, died Jan. 24, 1860; Elizabeth, born Jan. 18, 1784, died Oct. 17, 1831 ; Jos- eph. born Jan. 16, 1787, died May 30; 1873 : Barbara, born March 19, 1789. died young ; George, born Nov. 3. 1791, died Oct. 4, 1882: Catherine, born July 5, 1794, died Jan. 9. 1871 ; Christian, born July 25, 1796, died Jan. 10, 1871 ; Anna, born Nov. 21, 1798. died Jan. 1, 1837; John, born Jan. 18, ISO1. died in September, 1884; Samuel, born Sept. 14, 1803, died Feb. 22, 1873; William, born May 26, 1807, died Feb. 7, 1855.
Christian Tritt, son of Peter, and grand- father of Samuel J., was born July 25, 1796, in West Pennsboro township, and married Lydia Stough, who died June 9, 1849. A large family was born to this union, namely : Peter, Catherine, Elizabeth, Jacob Miller, Barbara Ann, David P., John Stough, Sam- uel A., Tabitha, Christian, Martha Jane and Sarah A. In 1853 the father married, for his second wife, Mrs. Frances Charlotte Mc- Cullough. and to this union was born one child, Lydia Bell. Christian Tritt died Jan. 10, 1871. and is buried at Centerville, as is also his first wife. He followed farming in Penn township.
Peter Tritt, father of Samuel J., was born Jan. 24, 1821, in Penn (then Dickin- son) township, and received a common- school education. On June 10, 1845, he married Nancy Nickey, a native of Perry county, Pa., daughter of Samuel Nickey, and
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to their union were born seven children, viz. : Christian, who died in infancy; John A .. born Sept. 23. 1847, who married Jane E. Tobias, of Carlisle, and is living at that place : Samuel J .: Lydia J., who married James M. Shaefer, and died in 1900: Eliz- abeth, who married Thomas Feree and is living at Harrisburg: Maggie, who died young ; and Peter Stough, deceased, who married Annie Ott. who is now living in Huntsdale. For nine years after his mar- riage Peter Tritt followed farming, and in 1855 bought the old Cumberland Furnace and farm at Huntsdale.the property compris- ing twenty-one acres. In March of that year he put up a sawmill on this place, on Yellow Breeches creek, below Milltown, and hie subsequently extended his operations in this line until he had a shingle-mill, planing- mill and sash, door and blind factory. He prospered in this business, which he contin- ued successfully until his death, March 11. 1887. He is buried at Huntsdale, and his wife, who passed away in 1893, is also in- terred at Huntsdale. They were members of the Lutheran Church, and in political senti- ment Mr. Tritt was a Democrat. He was a man held in the highest respect wherever known, both for personal integrity and busi- ne-s methods of a high standard, and was a credit to the honored name be bore.
Samuel J. Tritt was born Sept. 27, 1849, in Penn township, and attended school there until sixteen years old. He then took up work in the sawmill with his father, in the summer of 1865. and in- time became in- terested in surveying, which business he has followed to the present time, and which has practically been his life work. In 1881 he was elected county surveyor, which office he has filled continuously to the present, and he has also done considerable work in his line in York and Adams counties. He has sur-
veved about four thousand acres for the Philadelphia & Reading Railway Company. In the spring of 1882 he commenced farming in Penn township, in connection with his work as surveyor, remaining there for twenty years, and in 1900 he put up the fine home in Cummingstown to which he moved in 1902.
On Feb. 15, 1869, Mr. Tritt was united in marriage with Miss Mary C. Leicy, daughter of John and Sarah ( Coover) Leicy, of Dickinson township, and they lived at Huntsdale until they removed to the farm in Penn township before mentioned. Mrs. Tritt passed away in 1901. and is buried at Huntsdale. She was the mother of the fol- lowing named children : Carrie E., wife of Thomas B. Peffer, of Harrisburg, where he is a mail clerk : William P. ; Elverda A., mar- ried to George Eckert, and living at Mechan- icsburg, Pa .; Charles, who died when eight years old; Mary S., wife of Tobias Hertzler, and living at Cummingstown ; and John C .. who is at home. Mr. Tritt is a member of the Dunkard Church at Huntsdale. In pol- itics he is a Democrat, but he is not active in party affairs, and cares little for public life.
GEORGE HOOVER. For the past fifty years George Hoover has lived upon the farm he now occupies in Silver Spring township, Cumberland Co., Pa., and for as many years has taken an active part in the affairs of his community. He was born one and one-half miles southwest of Mechanics- burg. in Upper Allen township, June 29, 1827, a son of Christian Hoover, who was born at Middletown, Dauphin Co., Pa., in 1792.
Christian Hoover, the paternal grand- father, was born in Lancaster county, Pa., and thence moved to Middletown, Dauphin county, where he lived until he was thirty
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years old, moving at that time to Cumber- land county, which was his home from 1795 until his death. He married Susan Spidel. and they had six children: John. David, Christian, Elizabeth, Catherine and Sus- anna, all now deceased. George Hoover's maternal grandfather was Joshua Myers, who came of a family prominent in the Rev- olutionary war. Four of the brothers of Joshua participated in the stirring events of the time, but as he was the youngest, it fell to his share to remain at home and care for his mother, Mrs. Rebecca Myers. His twin brother, Jacob, went as a substitute for his brother-in-law, a Mr. Morx, and was killed at the battle of Brandywine. Capt. Mathias Saylor, of the company in which Jacob en- listed. was also a brother-in-law of Mr. Morx. This company suffered great losses, as it went into the conflict with the full quota of men and came out with but seven. Joshua Myers was married to Rosanna Mark, and six children were born to them : Jacob, John. Abraham, Catherine. Mary and George.
Christian Hoover, Jr., son of Christian, Sr., and father of George Hoover, married Mary Myers, who was born on the same farm as our subject, and they had two chil- dren : George and Rebecca, twins. Rebecca remained unmarried, and died April 15. 1900.
George Hoover was educated in the com- mon schools, which he attended in the sum- mer until he was nine years of age, and thereafter he went in the winter. Before he was twenty years of age he went to the Bloomfield Academy, but was unable to fin- ish his course on account of the delicate con- dition of his father's health. Besides receiv- ing instruction in the common school branches he studied philosophy, astronomy, higher mathematics and the rudiments of surveying. His schooling ended at this point,
but his natural inclinations led him to pursue a course of reading and to keep thoroughly posted in matters of popular interest and cur- rent events. Until he was almost twenty- seven years of age he worked for his father on the farm, and then began life for himself, locating on the place he now owns. For a number of years he was engaged in cattle and horse raising, but changed conditions having made. this unprofitable he now devotes his time to ordinary farming, and is very suc- cessful. Mr. Hoover has held every office of honor and trust in his township, having been school director, assessor and treasurer. For thirty-five years he served as justice of the peace, and was elected to his eighth term, but feeling he had devoted the best years of his life to the welfare of his township, and that he was now entitled to some rest, he re- fused to accept. He has always been public- spirited in aiding every enterprise he felt was calculated to prove beneficial to his com- munity. His political views have been such as to make him a stanch Democrat, and he has devoted his energies and talents to the welfare of his party with unfailing loyalty. In religious matters Mr. Hoover is a con- sistent member of the Lutheran Church, and is one of its most liberal supporters in every way.
On May 16, 1854. Mr. Hoover married, at Harrisburg, Pa., Mary Martin, daughter of David and Barbara Martin, of Hampden township, Cumberland Co., Pa. Seven chil- dren have been born to them : George: Sam- uel ; Benjamin Franklin; Tolbert, who mar- ried Anna C. Cornman, a charming young lady of Mechanicsburg, who has borne him one son, George C .; Elizabeth ; Rebecca ; and Ida, who married Emory W. Rupp, a re- tired educator, now engaged in a large mer- cantile business at Shiremanstown, Pa., and has two sons, George Hoover Rupp, name-
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sake of his grandfather, and Raphael E. Rupp.
Mr. Hoover has long been recognized as one of the representative men of his town- ship and county, and he has lived to see wonderful changes take place, many of which he has been instrumental in bringing about. He has been particularly interested in improvements in educational matters, and rejoices that his children and grandchildren possess advantages which never fell to his lot.
JEREMIAH GIVLER. Among the prosperous coal and grain merchants of Cumberland county. Jeremiah Givler, of Greason, holds a prominent place. He was born in 1834. in West Pennsboro township, son of Henry and Rebecca (Line) Givler.
Henry Givler was born in Lancaster county. Pa., but came to Cumberland county in his early manhood and here engaged in farming. He located near Newville, in West Pennsboro township. By his first wife, whose maiden name was Bricker, Mr. Giv- ler had eight children : Samson, who died in South Middleton township; Jacob, who died in the West; Henry, who died in Kansas; Benjamin, who made his home in New Kingstown, and died there; Mrs. Stroh, who died in Illinois; Mrs. Mary High, who died at Boiling Springs, this county; Mrs. Nancy Ryan, who died in Illinois; and Mrs. Cath- arine Leyman, who died in Carlisle. After the death of the mother of these children Henry Givler married, for his second wife, Rebecca Line, daughter of William Line, of Dickinson township, and this marriage was blessed with five children; William, who clied in Minnesota; David and Joshua, twins, the former living in Illinois, and the latter cleceased; Daniel, who died at Greason; and Jeremiah, the youngest son of his father.
The mother of these passed away in March, 1872.
Jeremiah Givler grew to manhood in West Pennsboro township, and attended the schools of the neighborhood until he was twenty years of age. He then engaged in farming until 1856, .when he moved to Greason, and there for one year was engaged in the grain business. He then spent four years in Carlisle in the same line. finding it most congenial to his tastes. In 1868 he en- gaged in farming in Dickinson township, and at the end of three years he moved to Plainfield, where he remained until 1880. His natural tastes led him back into the business world and he returned to Greason, where he became manager for Woodward & Bobb, in the coal and grain business, at the end of four years buying out his employers' interest, and has continued the business alone, meeting with good success and work- ing up a good trade. During his residence in Greason in 1857 he erected a fine home, and that has been and is still his home.
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