BIO:  Felix C. Herbert, 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, Fawn Township, Pg 102

FELIX C. HERBERT, son of Gideon and Mary Herbert, of York County, Penn., was born 
in 1803, in Harford County, Md., and came to York County, Penn., when very young.  
He moved to his present farm of seventy acres, in 1825, and has lived there 
since.  He was married, in 1825, to Rachael Harrison, who died in 1855, leaving 
eight children:  William, Richard, Sarah, Mary J., Salome, Rebecca, Elf?? and 
Henry.  His second marriage was in 1857, to Anabel M. Boyd, daughter of Dr. 
Thomas Boyd, of Lancaster County, Penn.  Mr. Herbert has held the offices of 
commissioner and auditor of York County.  He is a member of the Methodist 
Episcopal Church of Fellowship.  Mr. Herbert has always taken a prominent 
interest in local politics, frequently representing his township in Democratic 
conventions.  He voted first for Andrew Jackson for president.