BIO:  Henry Erb, 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

HENRY ERB is a native of York County, born in 1831, and resides on the same farm upon which his 
grandfather, John Erb, settled in the early history of York County.  John Erb was a native of 
Lancaster County, Penn., and a prominent farmer of York County, from his first settlement here 
until his death upon the same farm, which descended to his son Jacob, the father of our 
subject.  Jacob Erb married Miss Elizabeth Wambaugh, and followed farming upon the homestead 
farm until his death.  His wife, a descendant of one of the old settlers of the county, still 
survives and resides upon the old place.  Three of their children are living:  Henry, Mrs. May 
Wise and Mrs. Leah Gable, of York Township.  Henry Erb has always been engaged in agricultural 
pursuits; he became the owner of the old homestead, which comprises over 170 acres of superior 
land, in 1879.  This farm is one of the most productive and finely improved tracts of land in 
the county, with as fine a residence and bank barns as any in the township.  Mr. Erb was 
married October 5, 1857, to Miss Mary Driver, a native of Spring Garden Township, and daughter 
of Jacob Driver.  They have four children:  Granville, Jacob, Clara A. and Mary A.