Rev. David Lefever and Matilda Cunningham

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Husband Rev. David Lefever ^{1 2}

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           Born: 5 Mar 1823 - West Pennsborough Twp, Cumberland Co, PA 1
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         Father: John Lefever (      -1864) 1
         Mother: Rebecca Rine (      -1875) 1

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       Marriage: 29 Dec 1847 1

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Wife Matilda Cunningham ^{1 2}

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         Father: Gustavus Cunningham (      -      ) 2
         Mother: Elizabeth Ritner (      -      ) 2

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1 M Henry Rine Lefever ¹

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2 M David Landis Lefever ¹

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3 M Joseph C. Lefever ¹

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4 F Margaret Lefever ¹

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         Spouse: [Unk] Smith (      -      ) 1

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5 F Matilda Lefever ¹

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6 F Clarinda Lefever ¹

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         Spouse: [Unk] Eyster (      -      ) 1

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7 F Fannie Lefever ¹

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General Notes: Husband - Rev. David Lefever

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After marriage, they settled in Penn Township, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, and began to develop a home. They continued in a successful course until they acquired three fine farms, comprising 375 acres of fertile and well improved valley land, besides a tract of 115 acres of timber land on South Mountain. Mr. Lefever bought a foundry, on the edge of Shippensburg, in 1870. He carried it on for several years, residing in Shippensburg from 1876 to 1878.
He united with the Christian Church at the age of nineteen years; was chosen elder in 1855; began preaching in 1864, and continued in the work of the gospel thereafter. He built, almost entirely unaided, a handsome stone church on his land, and deeded it to the congregation. He was a Republican most of his life. In 1885 he espoused the cause of the Prohibition party, and devoted himself actively during the campaign, delivering lectures on the subject of temperance.
He and his wife had nine children, seven of whom were living in 1886.

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General Notes: Wife - Matilda Cunningham

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She was a niece of Gov. Joseph Ritner of Pennsylvania.

1 —, History of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warners, Beers & Co., 1886), Pg 530.

2 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 465.