BIO: Frederick B. Leberknight, 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.

488  BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES:

  FREDERICK B. LEBERKNIGHT, physician, Newburg.  The great-grandfather, 
Leberknight, came from Germany; his son, Frederick, resided in 
Lightersburg, Md., and was the father of seven children, of whom Daniel 
(the father of our subject) was by trade a weaver, an occupation he 
followed in the village of Green Castle for forty years.  He was sober 
and industrious, and was not married until the age of forty, when he 
won the affections of Mrs. Susan (Kuhn) Reymer, a widow, and at that 
time the mother of seven children.  To this union were born the 
following children:  Daniel C., Frederick B., John and Adam.  John died 
when twenty years of age.  The father concluded to rear his large 
family on a farm, and, after a few moves, settled on the Wilson farm, 
at Back Creek, on the Loudon road, Franklin County, Penn., and there 
all were taught to work and were given a practical education at the 
common schools.  The mother of these children died in 1854, and Mr. 
Leberknight married Mrs. Elizabeth Holland, who had at that time one 
son - Koser.  The fruit of this union was James G., Maggie, Martha, 
Sarah, and Susan.  In this large family, comprising four sets of 
children, the utmost harmony prevailed.  The last wife died in 1885, 
and the aged father is still living at Cheesetown, eighty-one years 
old.  Of the four sons by the first marriage, three were graduates of 
Jefferson Medical College, of Philadelphia, Penn.; Adam K., is 
practicing at Orrstown, Penn.; Daniel, at Lemaster's, Franklin County; 
and Frederick B., at Newburg.  Our subject, prior to his graduation, 
taught school, and afterward studied medicine with Drs. Richards & 
Montgomery, of Chambersburg.  He entered Jefferson College in 1871, and 
after taking two full courses, went to Lathrop, Mo., where he practiced 
one year.  Returning in 1873, he completed his course and graduated 
with honor.  He then located in Newburg, this township.  In 1874 he was 
married to Sarah, daughter of Andrew and Charlotte A. Elder, of 
Chambersburg, Penn.  After a four years' practice at Newburg he went to 
Bellevue Hospital Medical College, New York, and graduated there in 
1879.  Since that date his practice has been an uninterrupted one in 
this village.  The Doctor and his wife have had two children:  Bessie, 
born six years after their marriage, died six weeks after birth, and 
Vernon B., born in 1882.  The Doctor was the preceptor of all his 
brothers, and in connection with his fine literary attainments, is a 
graduate of two of the best Eastern medical colleges.  His popularity 
is only equaled by his success as a physician.