Bedford County PA Archives Biographies.....Zembower, John M.   
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JOHN M. ZEMBOWER, a prominent farmer and stock-raiser of 
Cumberland Valley, Pa., was born in this township, May 16, 
1836, a son of Adam and Mahala (Barnes) Zembower, both 
lifelong residents of Bedford County.  He comes of thrifty 
German ancestry, and is the representative of a pioneer 
family of Cumberland Valley township, being a grandson of 
John Zembower, who was an early settler of this place.
  Adam Zembower was a man of prominence in his day, 
especially active in the Democratic party, and for a number 
of years serving as Justice of the Peace in Cumberland 
Valley.  He was enterprising and progressive; and, in 
addition to successfully carrying on his farm, he and his 
father established one among the earliest grist-mills put in 
operation in this vicinity.
  John M. Zembower received a common-school education, and 
grew to manhood on the parental homestead.  As a youth he 
worked some of the time in his father's mill, which was well 
known for miles around as Zembower's grist-mill, and on the 
farm obtained a thorough knowledge of the various branches 
of husbandry.  To this latter occupation he has devoted the 
major part of his time, and on the three hundred acres of 
land that are included in his home farm he has done much of 
the pioneer labor connected with its development and 
improvement.  By energetic perseverance, foresight, and the 
exercise of good judgment in business matters he has 
accumulated through his own efforts a competency that may 
well enable him to spend his remaining days in peace and 
plenty.  True to the political faith in which he was reared, 
Mr. Zembower is a stanch Democrat, always ready to support 
the principles of his party by voice and vote.  Although 
preferring the quietude of domestic life to the cares of 
public service, he has on especial occasions been induced to 
accept office.  For two years he was School Director of the 
township, and he has been Inspector of Elections.
  Mr. Zembower married on July 7, 1861, Miss Louise Hite, 
who was born in Cumberland Valley, Pa., a daughter of Elias 
Hite.  They have three children, namely: Cora, wife of 
Joshua Gillum, of Maryland; Rebecca, wife of Curtis Boor, of 
Cumberland Valley, Pa.; and Elmer T., who is married to 
Heriatta J. Dawson, and lives at home.


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