Bedford County PA Archives Biographies.....Eshelman, Amos 
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AMOS ESHELMAN, an enterprising and progressive farmer of 
Monroe, Bedford County, is now serving as president of the 
township School Board, a position which he has held the past 
three years.  He is a native of Snake Spring township, Pa.  
His parents were John and Priscilla (Nycum) Eshelman.
  John Eshelman contracted typhoid fever while serving in 
the Civil War, and died soon after returning to his home in 
Snake Spring township, Pa.  He was twice married, his first 
wife having been Hannah Williams Eshelman, the mother of 
Albert B. Eshelman, of whom a brief sketch may be found on 
another page of this volume.  His second wife, whose maiden 
name was Priscilla Nycum, survived him but five years.
  Amos Eshelman was but five years old when his father died, 
and five years later he was bereft of a mother's care.  He 
was reared to man's estate in the home of his maternal 
uncle, J. Watson Nycum, of Monroe township, and was here 
educated.  Choosing the independent occupation with which he 
became familiar while young, he purchased his present farm 
of about one hundred and seventeen acres in 1882, and has 
since met with eminent success in its care and cultivation.  
As a man especially interested in all matters relating to 
the education of the young, he has represented the best 
element of the township on the local School Board, on which 
he is serving his second term, two years of the time having 
been its treasurer and three years its president.  He is a 
stanch Republican in his political affiliations and an 
active member of the Methodist Episcopal church, which he is 
officially serving as steward and trustee.
  Mr. Eshelman married Miss Judie Weimer, daughter of the 
later Barnerd Weimer, of Monroe township.  Six children have 
been born of their union; namely, Ethel E., Emma E., Minnie 
B., Ross B., Charley C., and Marshall E.


Source: Bedford Biographical Review, 1899, Bedford Co., Pa