BIO:  Elias Ebert, 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, Spring Garden Township, Pg 188

ELIAS EBERT, a prominent citizen of Spring Garden Township, was born in York County, October 
25, 1829, and is the second son of Michael and Lydia (Diehl) Ebert, natives of York County.  
His great-grandfather came from Germany and settled in West Manchester, where his grandfather 
was born.  His father was a farmer in West Manchester, and a colonel in the war of 1812, which 
title he always retained.  He came to Spring Garden in 1829, and located on the farm now owned 
and occupied by Elias Ebert, and resided on it until his death in 1863.  The mother died in 
1858, leaving five children:  William (deceased), Sarah, George D., Annie M. and Elias, our 
subject.  Elias was born on the homestead, and has resided on it all his life, following 
farming and also keeping a dairy.  The farm contains 210 acres, and sixty-three acres are owned 
by his son.  In 1853 he was married to Susan Butt, daughter of Jacob Butt, of Jackson Township, 
an old settler of York County, who died in 1884, aged eighty-four years.  Mr. and Mrs. Ebert 
have three children:  Albert M., Annie F. and Ida V.  Mr. Ebert is president of the Spring 
Garden Mutual Fire Insurance Company, and has been connected with it for twenty years.  He is a 
prominent agriculturist, and was one of the managers of the York County Agricultural Society 
for five years.  Himself and wife are members of Mt. Zion Lutheran Church.  Mr. Ebert is one of 
the representative and progressive citizens of York County.  As a business man he has attained 
an honorable reputation, and as a citizen and neighbor he is highly respected and esteemed.