BIOGRAPHY: William F. ECKBERT, Jr., Mifflin County, PA

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The Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of the Juniata Valley, Comprising 
the Counties of Huntingdon, Mifflin, Juniata, and Perry, Pennsylvania.
Chambersburg, Pa.: J. M. Runk & Co., 1897, Volume I, pages 495-496.

  WILLIAM F. ECKBERT, JR., Lewistown, Mifflin county, Pa., was born February 6, 
1863, at Selins Grove, Pa., son of William F. and Anna E. (Davis) Eckbert.  He 
is descended from Henry and Sarah (Fox) Eckbert, early inhabitants of 
Northumberland county.  His paternal grandparents had nine children.  His 
maternal grandparents were Capt. James K. and Margaret (Hummel) Davis;  the 
Captain served in the war of 1812.  They had thirteen children.  The family of 
William F. and Anna E. (Davis) Eckbert is as follows:  Margaret C.;  Annie M.;  
Henry J., married Ida F. Ryan, has five children;  Lulu E. (Mrs. C. F. 
Kissinger), has one child;  Olivia E. (Mrs. J. A. Frank);  Charlotte D. (Mrs. A. 
M. Lupfer);  William F., Jr.;  and Elizabeth A., wife of Frank G. Patton, son of 
Hon. John Patton, of Clearfield county, has two children.
  Having received his education in the common schools of Selins Grove, William 
G. Eckbert, Jr., assisted in his father's store at the same place for three 
years.  He was then employed by the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, at Lewistown 
Junction, until 1891, when he became assistant train master for the P. and W. W. 
R. R. Company, at Bellwood, Pa.  Two years later, he engaged in the coal 
business, associated with his brother-in-law, Mr. Patton, at Coalport, Pa., 
where he remained about eighteen months.  In December, 1892, he entered into 
partnership with Herman S. Elder at Lewistown, in the merchant milling and coal 
business, conducting the Logan flouring mill.  Of this he has made a successful 
business.  Mr. Eckbert is a member of Lewistown Lodge, No. 203, Lewistown 
Chaper, No. 286, and Lewistown Commandery, No. 27, F. and A. and M.;  he is a 
past eminent commander of the order.  He is also a member of the Harrisburg 
Consistory, and the Lulu Temple of the Mystic Shrine, Philadelphia.  He is a 
staunch Republican.
  William F. Eckbert, Jr., was married December 25, 1895, to Kathryn Keller, 
daughter of William H. and Elizabeth (Brisbin) Keller, of Lancaster county, Pa.  
The children of Mr. And Mrs. Keller are:  Daniel A.;  Leah;  Harry H.;  John B.;  
Kathryn K. (Mrs. Eckbert);  Margaret; and Anna.  Mr. And Mrs. Eckbert are 
members of the Lutheran church, in which both were reared.