"History of Cumberland County Pennsylvania"
by P.A. Durant and J. Fraise Richard with Bennett Bellman
published 1886 by Goodspeed Publishing, Chicago, Illinois
Page 539
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES: SILVER SPRING TOWNSHIP
JOHN E.A. HERMAN, farmer, P.O. Middlesex. Cumberland Valley has no name of more antiquity and honor than that of Herman, and among the sons are men of high rank and great ability. Martin Herman, a native of Germany, landed in Philadelphia, Penn., July 2 1752, and on the 15th of April, 1771, settled on a tract of land called "St. Martin's," in Silver Spring Township, this county, and this land, where he lived and died, has been in possession of his descendants one hundred and fifteen years. He had two sons: Christian and Martin. Of these, Christian was born on the old homestead, and in the course of time became a large land-holder and prominent farmer, owning 640 acres of land. He married Miss Elizabeth Bowers, and to them were born ten children: John, Jacob, Mary, Ann, Martin, Christian, David, Elizabeth, Benjamin and Joseph. He was a short, strong man physically, and died at the age of 69 years. John, the eldest son of Christian Herman, was born on the old farmstead in 1797, and passed his early life on the farm; was married, in 1818, to Miss Elizabeth, daughter of George and Rachel (Leidigh) Beltzhoover, who bore him ten children: Christian, Rachel A., Henrietta, Manasseh, George T.B., John E.A., Margaret, Elizabeth, Joseph L. and Benjamin F. In 1821 he, John Herman, bought his father's farm, in Silver Spring Township, this county.
He was a member of the Lutheran Church, serving as deacon and elder for many years. He died aged sixty-three. His son John E.A. Herman was born on the old homestead in March, 1836. In 1859 he married Miss Eliza J., daughter of Daniel Fought, and to this union were born two children: Mary E. and Bertha J. Mrs. Herman died in 1868, and March 13, 1873, our subject married Miss Lizzie A., daughter of Abraham and Elizabeth (Horner) Zeigler, of this county. In 1865 he purchased a farm in Monroe Township, this county, where he lived three years. In 1870 he purchased his present home in Silver Spring Township, a fine farm pleasantly situated. Mr. and Mrs. Herman are members of the Lutheran church. He is a man of excellent business habits, energetic and upright. In politics he is a democrat.
by P.A. Durant and J. Fraise Richard with Bennett Bellman
published 1886 by Goodspeed Publishing, Chicago, Illinois
Page 539
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES: SILVER SPRING TOWNSHIP
JOHN E.A. HERMAN, farmer, P.O. Middlesex. Cumberland Valley has no name of more antiquity and honor than that of Herman, and among the sons are men of high rank and great ability. Martin Herman, a native of Germany, landed in Philadelphia, Penn., July 2 1752, and on the 15th of April, 1771, settled on a tract of land called "St. Martin's," in Silver Spring Township, this county, and this land, where he lived and died, has been in possession of his descendants one hundred and fifteen years. He had two sons: Christian and Martin. Of these, Christian was born on the old homestead, and in the course of time became a large land-holder and prominent farmer, owning 640 acres of land. He married Miss Elizabeth Bowers, and to them were born ten children: John, Jacob, Mary, Ann, Martin, Christian, David, Elizabeth, Benjamin and Joseph. He was a short, strong man physically, and died at the age of 69 years. John, the eldest son of Christian Herman, was born on the old farmstead in 1797, and passed his early life on the farm; was married, in 1818, to Miss Elizabeth, daughter of George and Rachel (Leidigh) Beltzhoover, who bore him ten children: Christian, Rachel A., Henrietta, Manasseh, George T.B., John E.A., Margaret, Elizabeth, Joseph L. and Benjamin F. In 1821 he, John Herman, bought his father's farm, in Silver Spring Township, this county.
He was a member of the Lutheran Church, serving as deacon and elder for many years. He died aged sixty-three. His son John E.A. Herman was born on the old homestead in March, 1836. In 1859 he married Miss Eliza J., daughter of Daniel Fought, and to this union were born two children: Mary E. and Bertha J. Mrs. Herman died in 1868, and March 13, 1873, our subject married Miss Lizzie A., daughter of Abraham and Elizabeth (Horner) Zeigler, of this county. In 1865 he purchased a farm in Monroe Township, this county, where he lived three years. In 1870 he purchased his present home in Silver Spring Township, a fine farm pleasantly situated. Mr. and Mrs. Herman are members of the Lutheran church. He is a man of excellent business habits, energetic and upright. In politics he is a democrat.
"History of Cumberland County Pennsylvania"
by P.A. Durant and J. Fraise Richard with Bennett Bellman
published 1886 by Goodspeed Publishing, Chicago, Illinois
Page 539
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES: SILVER SPRING TOWNSHIP
JOHN E.A. HERMAN, farmer, P.O. Middlesex. Cumberland Valley has no name of more antiquity and honor than that of Herman, and among the sons are men of high rank and great ability. Martin Herman, a native of Germany, landed in Philadelphia, Penn., July 2 1752, and on the 15th of April, 1771, settled on a tract of land called "St. Martin's," in Silver Spring Township, this county, and this land, where he lived and died, has been in possession of his descendants one hundred and fifteen years. He had two sons: Christian and Martin. Of these, Christian was born on the old homestead, and in the course of time became a large land-holder and prominent farmer, owning 640 acres of land. He married Miss Elizabeth Bowers, and to them were born ten children: John, Jacob, Mary, Ann, Martin, Christian, David, Elizabeth, Benjamin and Joseph. He was a short, strong man physically, and died at the age of 69 years. John, the eldest son of Christian Herman, was born on the old farmstead in 1797, and passed his early life on the farm; was married, in 1818, to Miss Elizabeth, daughter of George and Rachel (Leidigh) Beltzhoover, who bore him ten children: Christian, Rachel A., Henrietta, Manasseh, George T.B., John E.A., Margaret, Elizabeth, Joseph L. and Benjamin F. In 1821 he, John Herman, bought his father's farm, in Silver Spring Township, this county.
He was a member of the Lutheran Church, serving as deacon and elder for many years. He died aged sixty-three. His son John E.A. Herman was born on the old homestead in March, 1836. In 1859 he married Miss Eliza J., daughter of Daniel Fought, and to this union were born two children: Mary E. and Bertha J. Mrs. Herman died in 1868, and March 13, 1873, our subject married Miss Lizzie A., daughter of Abraham and Elizabeth (Horner) Zeigler, of this county. In 1865 he purchased a farm in Monroe Township, this county, where he lived three years. In 1870 he purchased his present home in Silver Spring Township, a fine farm pleasantly situated. Mr. and Mrs. Herman are members of the Lutheran church. He is a man of excellent business habits, energetic and upright. In politics he is a democrat.
by P.A. Durant and J. Fraise Richard with Bennett Bellman
published 1886 by Goodspeed Publishing, Chicago, Illinois
Page 539
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES: SILVER SPRING TOWNSHIP
JOHN E.A. HERMAN, farmer, P.O. Middlesex. Cumberland Valley has no name of more antiquity and honor than that of Herman, and among the sons are men of high rank and great ability. Martin Herman, a native of Germany, landed in Philadelphia, Penn., July 2 1752, and on the 15th of April, 1771, settled on a tract of land called "St. Martin's," in Silver Spring Township, this county, and this land, where he lived and died, has been in possession of his descendants one hundred and fifteen years. He had two sons: Christian and Martin. Of these, Christian was born on the old homestead, and in the course of time became a large land-holder and prominent farmer, owning 640 acres of land. He married Miss Elizabeth Bowers, and to them were born ten children: John, Jacob, Mary, Ann, Martin, Christian, David, Elizabeth, Benjamin and Joseph. He was a short, strong man physically, and died at the age of 69 years. John, the eldest son of Christian Herman, was born on the old farmstead in 1797, and passed his early life on the farm; was married, in 1818, to Miss Elizabeth, daughter of George and Rachel (Leidigh) Beltzhoover, who bore him ten children: Christian, Rachel A., Henrietta, Manasseh, George T.B., John E.A., Margaret, Elizabeth, Joseph L. and Benjamin F. In 1821 he, John Herman, bought his father's farm, in Silver Spring Township, this county.
He was a member of the Lutheran Church, serving as deacon and elder for many years. He died aged sixty-three. His son John E.A. Herman was born on the old homestead in March, 1836. In 1859 he married Miss Eliza J., daughter of Daniel Fought, and to this union were born two children: Mary E. and Bertha J. Mrs. Herman died in 1868, and March 13, 1873, our subject married Miss Lizzie A., daughter of Abraham and Elizabeth (Horner) Zeigler, of this county. In 1865 he purchased a farm in Monroe Township, this county, where he lived three years. In 1870 he purchased his present home in Silver Spring Township, a fine farm pleasantly situated. Mr. and Mrs. Herman are members of the Lutheran church. He is a man of excellent business habits, energetic and upright. In politics he is a democrat.
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