BIO:  Adam Ebaugh, York County, PA

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History of York County, Pennsylvania.  John Gibson, Historical Editor.
Chicago: F. A. Battey Publishing Co., 1886.
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Part II, Biographical Sketches, Hopewell Township, Pg 112

JUDGE ADAM EBAUGH, son of John and Sarah (Flowers) Ebaugh was born August 4, 
1866, on the homestead.  His grandparents, on mother’s side, were natives of 
England and Alsace, respectively, who settled near Philadelphia.  His 
grandparents on father’s side (John Jacob) came from Switzerland in 1740, and 
settled in what is now Carroll County, Md.  His parents had twelve children, of 
whom he is the seventh son, the father dying in 1833.  After being educated at 
the public schools he took charge of the farm and mill property, which his father 
had willed to him, and has since been principally engaged in farming and milling.  
In May, 1833, he married Willie E. Bosley, daughter of B. and Susan (Brooks) 
Bosley, who died in June, 1834.  In 1837 he married Elizabeth Anstine, daughter 
of Henry and Elizabeth Anstine, of Hopewell, and had ten children:  John, William 
C., Sarah A., Elizabeth R. (deceased), Mary E., Nancy E., Isabella A., Adam B., 
Martha J. F. (deceased) and Barbara L.  Mr. Ebaugh has always been an active 
politician.  He was drum-major for seven years of the Sixty-fourth Pennsylvania 
Militia; was afterward elected lieutenant of the Jackson Grays, of Shrewsbury, 
and elected captain of the Mechanicsburgh Rifles, which office he held for twelve 
years, during which time his command was called out to suppress the riots at 
Philadelphia, in 1843.  February 6, 1834, he was appointed justice of the peace 
by Gov. George Wolf.  In 1837 he was elected assessor of Hopewell Township; he 
served sixteen years as school director, and in 1840 was elected to the 
legislature for 1841-42.  In 1843 he was elected senator, and served in 1844-45-
46.  After that he was appointed State agent for the York & Cumberland Railroad 
by Gov. Bigler, and held that position for six years.  In 1856 he was elected 
associate judge for five years, and was re-elected in 1861 for five years more.  
He served in about twenty county and five State conventions.  Mr. Ebaugh has 
voted for fifty-seven years, and has always been a sterling Democrat.  He is a 
member of the Masonic order, York Lodge No. 266, and of Mt. Zion No. 74, of York 
I. O. O. F., and is a member of the Baptist Church at Hopewell.  At his advanced 
age he is in excellent health.