BIO: LUTHER B. HALBERT, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania
   
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  >From Biographical Annals of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania,
  Chicago: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905, pages 270-271
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    LUTHER B. HALBERT, proprietor of the cigar store and billiard and pool
  rooms at No. 29 Main street, Carlisle, has been established in that business
  since 1898. He is a native of Carlisle, born March 20, 1869, son of Charles
  and Catherine (Beetum) Halbert, and grandson of Joseph Halbert. Both his
  parents were natives of Cumberland county, the father having been born in
  Carlisle, and the mother near Centerville. The father died in 1872, a young
  man, as he was only born in 1845. During his business life he was a furniture
  dealer and was quite successful. He was a prominent member of the First
  Presbyterian Church and for years leader of the choir. His family consisted
  of three children, namely: Fannie E., wife of Calvin Neilson, of Washington,
  D. C.; Luther B.; and Charles, a grocer and butcher of West street. The
  mother, who is still living, is a daughter of John Beetum.
    
    Luther B. Halbert was reared in Carlisle and received his education in the
  public schools. He learned the printer's trade, which he later followed for
  fourteen years in Carlisle and elsewhere. However, in 1898 he embarked in his
  present business which he has continued very successfully ever since. In
  September, 1904, he built a bowling alley in the rear of his establishment,
  with double alleys. He is a member

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  of the A. F. & A. M., belonging to Cumberland Star Lodge of the Knights of
  Pythias, No. 56, and of the B. P. O. E., No. 578.
    
    In 1900 Mr. Halbert was married to Miss M. Elizabeth Jones, daughter of
  Richard and Martha Jones, and their pleasant home is located at No. 12 West
  Main street, where the friends of the family are warmly welcomed. They are
  all consistent members of the First Presbyterian Church.