BIO: John E. Gibble, Cumberland County, PA

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History of Cumberland and Adams Counties, Pennsylvania.
Containing History of the Counties, Their Townships, Towns, Villages, 
Schools, Churches, Industries, Etc.; Portraits of Early Settlers and 
Prominent Men; Biographies; History of Pennsylvania; Statistical and 
Miscellaneous Matter, Etc., Etc.  Illustrated.  Chicago: Warner, Beers 
& Co., 1886.
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                                PART II.

             HISTORY OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA.

                              CHAPTER LVI.

                        SILVER SPRING TOWNSHIP.

538  BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES:

  JOHN E. GIBBLE, farmer, P. O. Hogestown.  This family originated in 
Germany and came to this county at an early date.  The grandfather of 
this gentleman was born in Lancaster County, Penn.; was a farmer and 
the father of five children:  Samuel, Christian, John, Fannie and Mary.  
He was a member of the German Baptist Church, commonly called Dunkards.  
He died in Lancaster County.  Samuel, his son, was born in 1809, in 
Lancaster County, Penn; he married Miss Nancy Eshleman, daughter of 
John Eshleman, of Lancaster County, Penn.  To this union were born five 
children:  Curtis, Catharine, Fannie, Salinda and John E.  In 1844 
Samuel Gibble moved, with his family, to this county and settled in 
Silver Spring Township.  He was a very religious man, a member of the 
German Baptist Church; in politics a Republican; he died aged fifty 
years greatly respected by all.  John E. Gibble, our subject, was born 
in July, 1852, and passed his early life on his grandfather's farm.  In 
1885 he was united in marriage with Miss Mary A., daughter of Daniel 
Trortle, of Cumberland County.  In political opinions he is a Democrat.  
He resides on a good farm, pleasantly situated near Hogestown, where he 
lives quietly with his wife and aged mother.  He is a reliable man and 
a good farmer.