Husband Charles M. Lesher 1
Born: 28 Aug 1836 2
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Died: Aft 1911
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Father: (John) George Lesher (1792-1866) 3 4
Mother: Hannah Catharine Robbins (cal 1794-1869) 1 2
Marriage: 16 Dec 1874 5
Wife Edith Florence Watson 5
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Father: Joseph Watson ( - ) 5
Mother: Susanna Stamm ( - ) 5
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1 F Margaret W. Lesher 5
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Spouse: Rev. George A. Riggs ( - ) 5
2 M Rev. C. Byron Lesher 5
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3 F Lena Ruth Lesher 5
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4 M Harold V. Lesher 5
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5 F Grace B. Lesher 5
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General Notes: Husband - Charles M. Lesher
He received his elementary education in the public schools of the home locality. Later he attended Dickinson Seminary, at Williamsport, Pennsylvania, and when twenty-one was licensed to teach, following that profession for five winters in his home township and for three terms in Chillisquaque township. He then taught the high school in Northumberland borough for three years and filled unexpired terms in the same borough two other years, making so good a reputation that he was made a candidate for the position of county superintendent of public schools. He was defeated by only one vote. For some time his health was not good, and he took to farming, buying the homestead place in partnership with his brother John, with whom he was associated for six years. At the end of that time he sold out to his brother, and after his marriage he went West, living several years in Pottawattamie County, Iowa, where he owned eighty acres of land and followed farming. He always felt that it was during his experience in the West he first learned to rely entirely upon his own judgment and take the initiative when necessary, and he brought so much of the Western spirit back to Pennsylvania with him that he was dubbed the "Western farmer."
In 1883, learning that the original homestead was to be disposed of at sheriff's sale for a judgment note of $300, he purchased the place and brought his family East shortly afterward, in 1885 settling upon the homestead, where they remained. Mr. Lesher not only carried on general farming, but also made a specialty of live-stock raising for a number of years, and he had one of the finest apple orchards in central Pennsylvania, having seventeen acres of bearing trees in fine condition; he raised and picked over four thousand bushels of apples in one season. In 1908 he erected a fine modern residence occupied by the family, situated on the old Strawbridge road leading from Northumberland to the Strawbridge settlement in Montour County. Mr. Lesher made great progress in his work by adopting the most approved modern methods, and many of his best results were obtained by the carrying out of his own ideas. He had good business insight and the courage of his convictions when satisfied that new systems and improved facilities would pay, and though conservative he was willing to experiment.
His family were all Baptists, but he himself was a Presbyterian in religious connection. He was a man of temperate habits, never using spirituous liquors of any kind. [GBANCP, 465]