BIO:  Henry M. Everhart, 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, Manchester Township, Pg 134

HENRY M. EVERHART, undertaker and cabinet-maker, is a son of Daniel and Sallie 
(Mohr) Everhart, of York, Penn., who were parents of ten children:  William 
(deceased), Elizabeth, Mary, Henry M., Daniel, John, Leah, Sarah, William and 
Ellen.  After learning his trade he began business for himself in 1859, and 
continued until the war broke out, when he enlisted in Company A, Eighty-seventh 
Pennsylvania Volunteers, and took part with his regiment in the battles of 
Winchester, Monocacy, Petersburg and second Bull’s Run, besides a number of 
skirmishes.  Mr. Everhart’s first marriage was to Maria Duhling, daughter of M. 
L. and Eliza (Pentz) Duhling, of this township, and to this union were born three 
children:  Annie K., Henry M. (deceased) and Ellen.  Mrs. Everhart died and Mr. 
Everhart married Lizzie Stahle, daughter of Col. J. A. Stahle, of this township.  
This union has been blessed with one child – Flossie Mary.  Mr. Everhart is a 
first-class mechanic and does an extensive trade in his line.  He is a member of 
the United Brethren Church of Manchester.