William Giebner and Helena Parrish

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Husband William Giebner ^{1 2}

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           Born: 4 Jul 1794 - Westmoreland Co, PA 1
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           Died: Bef 1888 - Mercer Co, PA
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         Father: Charles A. Giebner (      -Bef 1888) 3
         Mother: 

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       Marriage: 1817 1

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Wife Helena Parrish ¹

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           Born:  - Virginia
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Children

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1 M Charles William Giebner ^{1 2}

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           Born: 8 Jul 1832 - Mercer Co, PA 2
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           Died: 23 Apr 1865 1
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         Spouse: Amelia Vath (      -      ) 1 2
           Marr: 9 Oct 1857 2

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2 F Sarah Jane Giebner ¹

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         Spouse: Abraham Farrah (      -      ) 1

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General Notes: Husband - William Giebner

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At an early age, he removed, with his parents, to Sandy Lake township, Mercer County, PA, where he permanently located. At the time of the arrival of the Giebner's, that section of country was a primitive wilderness, and the red man constituted the most numerous portion of the inhabitants and in his old age, William remembered many a frolic he and his brothers had in the forest with the Indians. He grew to manhood on the land settled by his father, and became thoroughly inured to the hardships consequent to pioneer life. He became also quite an expert with the rifle, as, in fact, all who resided hereabouts in those days, of necessity learned the practical use of that weapon. Bears, wolves, wild cats, and other ferocious animals, infested the infant settlements, and it required both skill and courage to protect the habitations of the inhabitants from their ravages.
When about eighteen years of age, the second war with Great Britain broke out, and he was among those who enlisted to defend the hearths and homes of the citizens of the United States. He was mustered in General Meade's army, and fought in the engagement with the British at Erie, where the American forces were victorious, mainly through a neat stratagem of the commanding officer.
For most of his life he was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He was, for many years, a class-leader, and also held other official positions in the church. In politics, he was a Republican. Even when in his eighty-second year, he enjoyed excellent health, and, with the exception of a slight deafness, had the free use of all his faculties.

Beside the children listed, he and his wife had another daughter who died in infancy and one who died when eleven years of age.

1 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1877), Pg 136.

2 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 1056.

3 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 1056, 1075.