BIO:  S. H. WEBER, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania
   
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  >From Biographical Annals of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania,
  Chicago: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905, pages 744-745
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    S. H. WEBER, one of the most highly respected citizens of Lower Allen
  township, Cumberland county, belongs to a very old and most honorable family
  of this section, and is a grandson of Henry Weber, who was born in Cumberland
  county and followed the trade of miller for many years.

    Christian Weber, father of S. H., was also born in Cumberland county. He
  was a prominent farmer for many years, and then began the manufacture of
  wagons, which business he taught his son Samuel, and continued to work at
  himself, as long as strength continued. He married Elizabeth Hess, daughter
  of Christian Hess, and they had these children: S. H., of this sketch; Annie,
  wife of Joseph Horst, of Lancaster county; Christian, married Lucinda Coler,
  has one child, Elmer, and is living at Mechanicsburg; Elizabeth and Mary,
  deceased; Levi, of Woodbury, Bedford county; and Barbara and Benjamin, both
  of whom died in infancy.

    Christian Weber was a Whig in early life, later a Republican, and in
  religious matters he was a consistent member of the Mennonite Church. His
  death occurred in 1861, at the age of fifty-one years.

    S. H. Weber was born Sept. 10, 1838, in Cumberland county, and he received
  a part of his education at the Merkel school, and a part in Fairview
  township. After learning the wagonmaking trade with his father, at Slate
  Hill, he set up in the trade for himself and has continued to work at the
  same until the present time. He is widely known as a first-class machinist,
  and his products are always in demand.

    In 1859, Mr. Weber married Ellen Finney, daughter of James Finney, of Lower
  Allen township, and they have two sons; Harry, a farmer living in Nebraska; and

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  George, living at Williams Grove, in Upper Allen township. Mrs. Weber died in
  1864.

    In 1868 Mr. Weber married Rebecca Ellen Bigler, daughter of John Bigler,
  and the children of this union are: Bertha, who married George Weigle, of
  Shiremanstown, and has children; William, a resident of Palmer, Neb.; Frank,
  who married Carrie Low, daughter of Henry Low, and they have two children,
  Arthur and Margaret; and John, living at Port Townsend, Washington.

    Mr. Weber has been very often honored by his fellow citizens by election to
  local office, and he has served with the greatest efficiency as judge and
  inspector of elections, as auditor and tax collector. He is one of the
  prominent members of the U. B. Church. He is a man whose high personal
  character commands the respect of all who know him.