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Transcription contributed by Martie Callihan 27 March 2005 |
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The History of Warren County Ohio Part V. Biographical Sketches Wayne Township (Chicago, IL: W. H. Beers Co, 1882; reprint, Mt. Vernon, IN: Windmill Publications, 1992) |
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PETER EBERLY, blacksmith, Waynesville; born in Lancaster Co. Penn., April 5, 1826; is a son of Henry and Elizabeth (Sullenberger) Eberly, natives of Pennsylvania. The paternal grandparents were Michael and Ann (Morton) Eberly, natives of Pennsylvania, their ancestors being natives of Germany. Michael was a millwright by occupation, which, with the milling business, he followed most of his life. The maternal grandparents were Peter and Barbara (Bruner) Sullenberger, natives of Pennsylvania, who lived and died in their native State; he died in the spring of 1845, aged 77 years; his |
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wife in 1858, aged 91 years. Henry, the father of our subject, was a miller by trade, and followed that business principally through life. He died in Pennsylvania about 1851, aged 52 years. In 1865, his widow came to Ohio, and lived with our subject, where she died Nov. 1, 1865, aged 75 years. They had four children, two sons and two daughters—David, now a resident of Indiana; Ann Elizabeth; Barbara, now Widow Bowman, and Peter (the two daughters reside in Dayton). The subject of this sketch was raised and grew to manhood in Pennsylvania, and learned his trade in Lancaster County. Mr. Eberly has been twice married, first, to Susanna Keene, Feb. 4, 1847, a daughter of Daniel and Elizabeth Ann Keene, natives of Pennsylvania; by her he had four children—Elizabeth Ann, born May 21, 1848, died in Ohio June 18, 1878; Emma Frances, born Sept. 16, 1850, died Oct. 9, 1878; Mary Jane, born Feb. 8, 1853, and Sarah Adelaide, born Jan. 21, 1856. Mrs. Eberly died March 5, 1857, aged 28 years. On Dec. 1, 1859, he married, for his second wife, Susanna Kreider, who was born in Lancaster Co., Penn., Jan. 19, 1831. She is a daughter of Daniel and Elizabeth Kreider, natives of Pennsylvania; he died in his native State on March 1, 1868, aged 77 years; his wife came to Ohio and died at the home of her daughter May 19, 1877, aged 73 years; they had six children; three now survive-—Isaac, Martha and Susanna. Mr. Eberly by his last wife had two children—Susanna Catharine, born Oct 30, 1860, and Martha Effie, born April 24, 1864; died Dec. 22, 1879. Mr. Eberly worked at farming one year after he came to Ohio; then entered upon his trade of blacksmithing, which he has since followed; has carried on business in Waynesville where he is now located fourteen years; has done a large and prosperous business, and is one of the leading blacksmiths of Waynesville. |
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