Abraham S. Hershberger - 1879 bio

HERSHBERGER, ROCKSTRAW

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Date: 11/10/2010 at 22:26:18

A.S. HERSHBERGER, farmer, Sec. 16; P.O. Baldwin; owns 358 acres land, valued at $30 per acre; brother of Jno. S. Hershberger; born March 5, 1846, near Camden, Ill.; parents emigrated to this county the following summer. In 1870, came on to the premises where he now lives; his mother makes her home with him. One of his brothers, Isaac, served his country in Co. I, 24th I.V.I., under Capt. Loomis, of Wyoming, and was killed at Champion Hill, and another brother, Jacob, is in California. A.S. Hershberger married Miss Emeline Rockstraw Feb. 21, 1875; she was born Nov. 10, 1856, in Jones Co., Iowa. They have one son, Thomas E.; lost one daughter, Hattie. Republican. - 1879 History of Jackson County Iowa, Pg 652.