Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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John Highberger, Jr. and Eva Keefer




Husband John Highberger, Jr. 1 2

           Born:  - ? Westmoreland Co, PA
     Christened: 
           Died: 21 May 1860 - Sewickley Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA 1 3
         Buried:  - Pool Farm Cemetery, Westmoreland Co, PA


         Father: John Highberger, Sr. (      -      ) 1 2
         Mother: Barbara [Unk] (      -      )


       Marriage: 

   Other Spouse: Sarah Keefer (Abt 1789-      ) 1 2



Wife Eva Keefer 1 2

           Born: 25 Oct 1801 3
     Christened: 
           Died: 25 Jan 1884 3
         Buried: 


         Father: Jacob Keefer (      -Abt 1830) 4
         Mother: Anna Catharina [Unk] (      -Abt 1845) 4




Children

General Notes: Husband - John Highberger, Jr.


He inherited a part of his father's estate and followed farming. He was a member of the Dunkard church, a quiet and peaceable citizen and a man who always attended strictly to his own business. [BCWC, 593]

He was born on his father's farm, but after arriving at manhood he purchased a farm of his own in Sewickley Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, where he spent the remainder of his life.
He was a cooper by trade but followed farming. He was a member of the United Brethren church and was a democrat in politics until just before his death when he voted the republican ticket.
He and his wife Sarah had 12 children. After Sarah's death, he married her sister, Eva, and they had one child. [BCWC, 594]


General Notes: Wife - Eva Keefer


She came with her parents to Beaver Twp, Venango (later Clarion) County, PA. After her eldest sister, Sarah, died in Westmoreland County, Eva married Sarah's widower, John Highberger, Jr., and lived on the farm in Sewickley Twp, Westmoreland County. She died near Waltz's Mills at 82 years of age. She had one child to Mr. Highberger whose name is not now known.

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Sources


1 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 594.

2 Estella B. Keefer, The Keefer Family: Jacob & Catharina 1791 - 1976 (Franklin, PA: Privately Published, 1976), Pg 92.

3 Estella B. Keefer, The Keefer Family: Jacob & Catharina 1791 - 1976 (Franklin, PA: Privately Published, 1976), Pg 102.

4 Estella B. Keefer, The Keefer Family: Jacob & Catharina 1791 - 1976 (Franklin, PA: Privately Published, 1976), Pg 1.


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