BIO:  William Herbst, 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, Shrewsbury Township, Pg 176

WILLIAM HERBST was born in Hopewell Township, August 15, 1817.  His parents, David and Mary 
(Miller) Herbst, were natives of Amsterdam, Holland, and York County, respectively.  They had 
three sons and two daughters.  William, who was the eldest, helped his father on the farm until 
twenty years of age, attending the county schools about six months.  He then spent four years 
at milling in Glen Rock Valley.  In 1842 he began business for himself at Glen Rock, engaged in 
merchandising, which he continued for nine years, and then engaged in farming for ten years.  
Returning to Glen Rock, he again engaged in the merchandise business.  In 1841 he was married 
to Mary Shafer, daughter of Philip Shafer, of Shrewsbury Township.  They have three children:  
Eliza, Jacob and William H.  Mrs. Herbst died in 1844, and in 1850, Mr. Herbst was married 
(again at Glen Rock) to Alice Heathcote (daughter of Mark Heathcote), a native of England, by 
whom he has three children:  Mary Alice, Emma Jane, and Millie.  Both parents are members of 
the Evangelical Church.  Mr. Herbst is a director and one of the organizers of the Glen Rock 
Manufacturing Company, was treasurer and president of the First National Bank of Glen Rock, and 
for twelve years a school director.