BIO: Benjamin F. Heberlig, 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 XLVIII.

               HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP AND BOROUGH OF NEWBURG.

486  BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES:

  BENJAMIN F. HEBERLIG, farmer, P. O. Newburg, is the youngest son of 
John Heberlig; was born in 1844 on the ancestral farm.  He remained 
with his father until his marriage in 1868, with Miss Harriet L., 
daughter of Henry and Catherine Holby, at that time residents of 
Hopewell Township, this county.  The ashes of both now mingle with the 
silent dust, their demise occurring at the home of Mr. Heberlig.  The 
home life of the young couple was begun on the farm which is now their 
residence, and which was a part of the third tract purchased by his 
father.  Seven children have blessed their union, of whom Albert E., 
Anna J., Charles F., John W. and Bessie May, are living.  In 1880 Mr. 
and Mrs. Heberlig removed to Hedgesville, W. Va., remaining there four 
years, and while a resident there Mr. Heberlig was honored by being 
elected mayor, and since his return to Pennsylvania he has served as 
judge of election.  While in Virginia Mr. Heberlig was engaged in the 
lumber business, of which he made a success.  He owns and operates a 
saw-mill near his present residence and within a few rods of the old 
site of a mill built by his father in 1853.  In 1869 he purchased his 
present farm, and which will probably be his home for years.