Daniel O. Gehr and Harriet Berryhill

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Husband Daniel O. Gehr ¹

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           Born: 19 Aug 1812 - Indian Spring, MD 2
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           Died: 8 Sep 1884 2
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         Father: George Gehr (1786-1831) 2
         Mother: Sarah Fisher (1780-1831) 2

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       Marriage: 1834 3

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Wife Harriet Berryhill ⁴

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           Born: 5 Mar 1811 3
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           Died: 19 May 1878 3
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         Father: John Berryhill (      -      ) 3
         Mother: Eliza Hastings Hughes (      -      ) 3

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Children

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1 F Mary Louisa Gehr ^{5 6}

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         Spouse: George W. Brewer (1819-Bef 1905) 5 6

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2 F Eliza Gehr ^{7 8}

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           Born: 9 Aug 1835 8
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         Spouse: Tench McDowell (1836-      ) 7 8
           Marr: 22 Jun 1865 7 8

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3 M Hastings Gehr ³

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           Born: 10 May 1839 3
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         Spouse: Mary Fisher Smith (1841-      ) 3

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4 F Fannie Gehr ³

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         Spouse: Dr. Edgar N. Senseny (      -1884) 3

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5 M Charles Gehr ³

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           Born: 1849 3
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           Died: 7 Sep 3
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         Spouse: Amelia J. Elder (1851-1872) 9

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6 M Franklin Gehr ³

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General Notes: Husband - Daniel O. Gehr

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He went to Hagerstown, Maryland, as a young man, and afterward to Waynesboro, Franklin County, Pennsylvania, where he kept a store for a number of years. In 1837, he settled at Chambersburg, where the rest of his life was spent. When he came to Chambersburg the town was still the centre of a number of stage lines. Although the Cumberland Valley Railroad had recently been completed and was in operation, there were still stage lines to Pittsburgh, Baltimore and the south. He engaged in the running of stages with Messrs. Calder and Peters, Slaymaker and others, and was one of the most successful stage managers that ever engaged in the business. For many years the Pittsburgh line, in which he was interested, was an important feeder to the railroad, coaches, and railroad cars for Philadelphia and Baltimore, via Chambersburg, being a standing Pittsburgh advertisement in those days. Early in its history Mr. Gehr became a stockholder in the Cumberland Valley Railroad, and became a director of the company in 1852, serving continuously until his death. He was not only an energetic and enterprising business man, taking part in most of the enterprises of his time, but he was active in public affairs. In politics he was a Whig and a Republican. His first interest in politics was shown in his purchase of a share in the Repository and Whig, as a member of the firm of Denny, Gehr & Reynolds. Later he served both town and county in positions of trust. He was a member of the Chambersburg town council in 1849, and was a director of the poor, 1853-56. He was appointed postmaster of Chambersburg by President Hayes, and was holding that office at the time of his death. He was prominent in Republican politics in both county and state, and enjoyed the friendship and confidence of Gen. Simon Cameron, with whom he acted politically. He was for a long time one of the vice-presidents of the Agricultural Society of Pennsylvania.

1 —, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 105, 331.

2 —, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 331.

3 —, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 332.

4 —, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 105, 332.

5 —, History of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warner, Beers & Co., 1887), Pg 717.

6 —, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 316, 332.

7 —, Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of the Juniata Valley (Chambersburg, PA: J. M. Runk & Co., 1897), Pg 11.

8 —, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 105.

9 —, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 136, 332.