BIO: HARRY McELHARE, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania
   
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  >From Biographical Annals of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania,
  Chicago: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905, page 447
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     HARRY McELHARE, one of the prosperous, ambitious farmers and dairymen of
  Shippensburg township, Cumberland county, was born in Green township,
  Franklin county, near Orrstown, April 11, 1865, son of Michael and Charlotte
  (Ryan) McElhare.
    
    The paternal grandfather was Archibald McElhare, who married a Miss
  Harbison, and both were natives of Ireland. The maternal grandfather was
  Jacob Ryan, and he married a Miss Etter.
    
    Michael McElhare was born in Cumberland county, in 1828, while his wife was
  born in Franklin county in 1849. Soon after their marriage they settled on a
  farm in Franklin county, near Orrstown, where they resided, the father
  farming and operating a dairy until his death in 1893. He was one of the most
  substantial farmers of his locality.
    
    Harry McElhare was educated in the district schools of Franklin county, and
  assisted his father upon the farm. Leaving school when seventeen he devoted
  his attention to farming until he attained his majority, when he began
  farming on his own account on the homestead. This continued until his
  marriage, in 1892, with Miss Emma R. Stumbach, of Franklin county, daughter
  of William and Lydia (Billinger) Stumbach. At that time Mr. McElhare settled
  on what is known as the Charles White farm in Cumberland county, near
  Shippensburg, and engaged in farming and dairying. In the spring of 1903 he
  rented and moved to the McAllister farm, adjoining Shippensburg, which
  contains seventy-six acres. On this farm is a spring which is never dry, and
  its waters have been used for dairy purposes for many years. Those who have
  tasted of them, pronounce them better than many bottled waters on the market.
  In connection with his farming, Mr. McElhare milks on an average twenty-five
  cows, retailing his milk in Shippensburg. His cows are of the Jersey and
  Holstein breeds, noted for their milk and butter qualities.
    
    Three children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. McElhare: Viola, Mary and
  Harry, Jr. Mr. McElhare is a member of Shippensburg Lodge No. 93, I. O. O.
  F., also of the Royal Arcanum and of the American Mechanics. He and his wife
  are members of the Presbyterian Church of Middle Spring, and are very popular
  wherever known.