Sullivan-Philadelphia County PA Archives Biographies.....Hieber, Emanuel G. 1830 - ************************************************ 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 February 12, 2008, 12:00 am Author: Thomas J. Ingham (1899) EMANUEL G. HIEBER, a pioneer farmer of Cherry township, who has witnessed much of the development of Sullivan county and has borne an active part in converting the virgin soil into productive farms, has inherited from his sturdy German ancestors their habits of thrift and industry, which go so far in making a man successful in any calling in life. John and Margaret (Steiner) Hieber were natives of Wurtemberg, Germany, who came to America at an early day and were married in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1828. They made that city their home until 1832, when they removed to Sullivan county, settling in Cherry township, which was then almost a wilderness. They cleared up their land, bringing it under a good state of cultivation, subsequently selling their first property and purchasing another piece of wild land, which they improved and on which they made their home the remainder of their lives. For some ten years they lived in log cabins, the last of which was afterward replaced by a comfortable and commodious house. Mr. Hieber was a man of considerable prominence, serving three terms as supervisor and the same length of time as school director. He was a member of the Lutheran church and a Democrat in his political belief. His death took place in October, 1863, at the age of fifty-eight years, his wife surviving him until August 27, 1878, when she died at the good old age of eighty-four years. Their remains are interred in Thrasher's cemetery, Cherry township. The following children were born to this worthy couple: Emanuel G.; John, who died in infancy; John (second), who married Mary Rettberg and lives in Cherry township; Lena, who married Henry Ring and lives in Bradford county, Pennsylvania; H. Esther, who became the wife of D. Goodwin Persun, a blacksmith at Picture Rocks, Pennsylvania; Benjamin (deceased), who was struck by lightning June 13, 1895: he had married Rachel Thrasher, of Cherry township. The paternal grandparents of our subject were John and Mary (Magdalena) Hieber, of Wurtemberg, Germany, who had five children - John, Daniel, Christian and two daughters. The maternal grandparents were John and Margaret (Stoltz) Steiner, natives of Germany and Switzerland respectively, who came to America during the war of Napoleon, and first settled in Carbon county, Pennsylvania. In 1837 they removed to Sullivan county, where they spent the remainder of their lives. Their children were as follows: Emma, who died in Germany; John who married Miss Stewart; Catherine, who became the wife of Baldwin Millheim; Elizabeth, now Mrs. Von Buchwalts; Mollie, who became the wife of Philip Klunt; Margaret, who married John Hieber; Susanna, who married Mr. Chiller; Lena, who married John Bartch; Savilla, who became Mrs. Arth; Jacob, who married Kate Gerhart; and Barnett, who married Sarah Shaffer. Of these, Elizabeth is the only survivor. Emanuel G. Hieber was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, August 23, 1830, and lived at home until twenty-nine years of age, when he purchased a portion of his present farm, comprising seventy acres, from Joseph Stackhouse. This was at the time wild land, which he at once set to work to improve, and which became so profitable that he was able to add to it at various times until he now is the owner of one hundred and ninety-three acres of valuable land. He has worked hard, has accumulated a comfortable share of this world's goods, and in his present commodious home is enjoying the results of his labor. He has been roadmaster for a good part of the past twenty years, and was school director for two terms. He is a Democrat in politics, a member of the Lutheran church, and a man who is well thought of and highly respected in his community. Mr. Hieber has been twice married. His first wife was Elizabeth Nuper, a daughter of George and Elizabeth Nuper, to whom he was united December 23, 1859, and who died in the brief space of one year, aged twenty-three years. His second marriage was to Miss Maria Houser, and of this union the following children were born: John, who married Miss Kate Messersmith, and lives in Bradford county; George, who is unmarried and resides with his parents; Carrie, who is the wife of G. Robinson, and lives in Bradford county; William, who is unmarried and is a farmer; Frank D.; Emma, Lena, Milton, Jacob, Ida, Oscar, Lula, Ollie; Elizabeth, who married Jacob Schrenn, of Bradford county, Pennsylvania; and Mary, living with her sister in Towanda, Pennsylvania. Mrs. Hieber was born in Cherry township, January 5, 1842, and is the daughter of Henry and Elizabeth Houser, natives of Germany, who came to Sullivan county in that year. Her father was accidentally killed while working on a canal at Wyalusing, this state, in 1842, at the age of twenty-four years. His wife died in Cherry township, in 1891, at the age of seventy years; both are buried in Thrasher's cemetery. The children of this couple were: Catherine, who died when eighteen years of age; and Maria, wife of our subject. Mrs. Houser married the second time, her husband being John L. Heilman, who died in 1859, aged sixty-five years. The children of this second marriage were: Henry, who was a soldier in the Civil war and lives in Towanda; John, living in Dushore; Barbre A., who married Charles Biddle and lives in Dushore; Mollie and George, deceased. Additional Comments: Extracted from: History of Sullivan County Pennsylvania by Thomas J. Ingham Compendium of Biography The Lewis Publishing Company Chicago: 1899 This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/pafiles/ File size: 6.2 Kb