Montour-Lancaster County PA Archives Biographies.....HUBER, James A. 1853 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/pafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher sdgenweb@yahoo.com August 6, 2005, 5:23 am Author: Biographical Publishing Co. REV. JAMES A. HUBER, pastor of St. Hubert's German Catholic Church of Danville, Pa., was born at Lancaster, Pa., February 15, 1853, and is a son of William and Catherine (Koperle) Huber. William Huber, now deceased, was a native of Baden, Germany, who, upon coming to this country, located at Lancaster, Pa., where he followed his trade as a builder and contractor. He was united in marriage with Catherine Koperle, and a family of eight children was born to them, who were named as follows: William, Titus, John, Mary, James, Barbara, Harry, and Catherine. Rev. James A. Huber was a graduate of St. Vincent's College, and was ordained to preach in 1880, and at once became assistant pastor of St. Mary's Church of Lancaster, from which place he was sent to New Freedom, Pa. Later he became pastor of the Carlisle Catholic Church, then was stationed at Elizabethtown, from which place he removed to Danville, and has occupied the pulpit of St. Hubert's German Catholic Church since March, 1895. The handsome church edifice was erected in 1862, is built of brick, and has a large basement, where the German Catholic School is conducted by sisters, Catherine and Huberta, who have some sixty pupils. The church is heated by hot air and lighted by gas; it has a membership of fifty families. A portrait of Rev. James A. Huber is presented on another page, in connection with the above life history. Additional Comments: Extracted from: Book of Biographies of the Seventeenth Congressional District Published by Biographical Publishing Company of Chicago, Ill. and Buffalo, NY (1899) This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/pafiles/ File size: 2.1 Kb