BIO: Charles Shreiner, 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.

543  SILVER SPRING TOWNSHIP.

  CHARLES SHREINER, cabinet-maker and farmer, P. O. Mechanicsburg.  His 
grandfather, ___ Shreiner, a farmer by occupation, was born in 
Lancaster County; married Miss Barbara Fahreintrin, by whom he had four 
sons:  Adam, Michael, Jacob and John.  Of these sons, John was born in 
Lancaster County, Penn., September 26, 1775; in early life he learned 
cabinet-making, and he married Miss Rosanna Grosh, of Lancaster County, 
who bore him eight children:  Samuel, Mary, Sarah, Elizabeth, Margaret, 
Catharine, Charles and Martin.  In 1828 John Shreiner moved, with his 
family, to this county, settling in Silver Spring Township.  He lived 
to the age of seventy years, and was respected by all for his sterling 
worth.  Charles Shreiner was born in Lancaster County, Penn., January 
19, 1815, and came to Cumberland County with his parents.  He too 
learned the cabinet-maker's trade, which he followed for several years.  
He then worked at house-carpentering twenty-two years, building a large 
number of barns, etc. in this part of the valley.  October 31, 1839, he 
was united in marriage with Miss Elizabeth, daughter of John and 
Elizabeth (Longsdorf) Bobb, of this county.  This union has been 
blessed with five children, all now married:  Margaret (wife of A. C. 
Miller, of Harrisburg, Penn.), John (married to Miss Elonora Morrett, 
of Hogestown, have five children:  Charles T., D. Morrett, Mary E., 
Clara M. and Clarence M.), Catharine (wife of John Beck, of 
Mechanicsburg), Samuel (married to Mary Porter, of Middlesex; have 
three children:  Bessie M., Edith P. and Roy P.) and Martin (married to 
Emma LeReu, of Plainville, N.J.).  Mr. and Mrs. Charles Shreiner are 
members of the Lutheran Church, as were all his ancestors before him.  
In politics Mr. Shreiner is a stanch Democrat.  In 1872 he purchased 
his present residence, which is pleasantly situated near Mechanicsburg.  
He is a man of strict principles and bears the reputation of being very 
reliable and honorable.