John Hershberger - 1879 bio

HERSHBERGER, SHIRK, LEVAN

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Date: 11/10/2010 at 22:28:44

JOHN HERSHBERGER, farmer, Sec. 16; P.O. Baldwin; owns 420 acres of land valued at $30 per acre; son of Jacob K. and Susannah (nee Shirk) Hershberger; born Aug. 3, 1840, in Lancaster Co., Penn. In the spring of 1844, parents emigrated to Camden, Ill., and from there to this county, in the spring of 1846, locating in this township; in the spring of 1859, went by overland route to California, and engaged in mining. In September, 1861, enlisted in Co. A, of 2d Cal. V.C.; was engaged in protecting the frontier from the Indians; was in several engagements with the Indians; discharged in the winter of 1865, and in the spring returned home, located on his present farm, then belonging to his father, who died Feb. 20, 1873. Married Miss Emma Levan Oct. 7, 1869, she was born in Norristown, Montgomery Co., Penn., Nov. 24, 1848; have three children - Samuel L., Wilbur and Charity. Republican.