Adolphus Eberhart and Sophia Speelman

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Husband Adolphus Eberhart ^{1 2}

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           Born: 4 Jan 1760 3
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           Died: 1828 4
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         Father: John Adam Eberhart (      -      ) 1 2
         Mother: 

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       Marriage:  - Frederick, MD

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Wife Sophia Speelman ³

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           Born: 7 Feb 1770 3
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         Father: David Speelman (      -      ) 3
         Mother: Elizabeth Brandenburg (      -      ) 3

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Children

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1 M Martin Adolph Eberhart ⁴

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           Born: 
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           Died: in childhood
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         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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2 M Charles Eberhart ⁴

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           Born: 18 Feb 1789 4
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         Spouse: Minnie Kirkwood (      -      ) 4

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3 F Sophia Annette Eberhart ⁴

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           Born: 31 May 1791 4
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           Died: 15 Mar 1870 4
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         Spouse: Joseph Dunlap (1784-1867) 4
           Marr: 14 Feb 1811 4

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4 F Margaret Elizabeth Eberhart ⁵

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           Born: 6 Mar 1793 5
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         Spouse: James Vance (      -      ) 5

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5 F Christine Eberhart ⁵

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           Born: 11 Jan 1795 5
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         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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6 M George Frederick Eberhart ⁵

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           Born: 30 Mar 1797 5
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         Spouse: Betsy Weltner (      -      ) 5

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7 F Anna Eberhart ⁵

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           Born: 28 Apr 1800 5
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         Spouse: Robert Jones (      -      ) 5

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8 M Henry Eberhart ⁵

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           Born: 30 May 1803 5
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           Died: 25 Feb 1878 5
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         Spouse: Abagail Squiers (1807-1843) 5

         Spouse: Mary M. Butterfield (1818-      ) 6

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9 M John Lenhart Eberhart ⁶

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           Born: 9 Dec 1806 6
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         Spouse: Nancy Plunkett (      -      ) 6

         Spouse: Nancy Cassady (      -      ) 6

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10 M Lewis Adolphus Eberhart ⁶

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           Born: 14 Apr 1808 - New Geneva, Fayette Co, PA 6
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           Died: 13 Mar 1885 - Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co, PA 6
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         Spouse: Lucinda Banks (      -1890) 6
           Marr: 21 Jun 1828 6

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11 M Rev. Albert Gallatin Eberhart ⁷

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           Born: 8 Oct 1810 - New Geneva, Fayette Co, PA 7
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           Died: 22 May 1881 7
         Buried:  - Waterloo, Black Hawk Co, IA

         Spouse: Eliza Evans (1815-      ) 7
           Marr: 14 Jan 1833 7

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General Notes: Husband - Adolphus Eberhart

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He came to America from Carlsruhe, Baden, Germany, when a young man, about eighteen years of age. He immediately enlisted in the army, and served all through the Revolutionary war. He fought under Gen. Lafayette, and assisted in carrying him from the battle-field when he was severely wounded. He saw him again in January, 1825, when he met him at Albert Gallatin's home near New Geneva, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, and on recognition they embraced each other and wept for joy.
After the war he returned to his trade of glass-blowing, and after making some experiments in Baltimore, Maryland, with a man by the name of Johnson, he and his brother Martin and other friends went to Frederick City, Maryland, and for a time carried on the glass business. Later, he and his friends moved from Frederick City to a place called
New Geneva, in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, bought land of the Hon. Albert Gallatin, and established the first extensive glass works west of the Alleghany mountains.
He was a good German scholar, and although he had a German brogue when speaking English he was, nevertheless, an intelligent, active business man. He was a member of the Lutheran church.

He was the first man to make glass in America, and went into the business with Albert Gallatin in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, about 1786. His descendants continued in the business in the Monongahela Valley.

1 Editor, Book of Biographies, Biographical Sketches of Leading Citizens of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (Buffalo, NY: Biographical Publishing Company, 1899), Pg 381.

2 Rev. Uriah Eberhart, History of the Eberharts (Chicago Lawn, IL: Donohue & Henneberry, Printers and Binders, 1891), Pg 167.

3 Rev. Uriah Eberhart, History of the Eberharts (Chicago Lawn, IL: Donohue & Henneberry, Printers and Binders, 1891), Pg 176.

4 Rev. Uriah Eberhart, History of the Eberharts (Chicago Lawn, IL: Donohue & Henneberry, Printers and Binders, 1891), Pg 177.

5 Rev. Uriah Eberhart, History of the Eberharts (Chicago Lawn, IL: Donohue & Henneberry, Printers and Binders, 1891), Pg 179.

6 Rev. Uriah Eberhart, History of the Eberharts (Chicago Lawn, IL: Donohue & Henneberry, Printers and Binders, 1891), Pg 180.

7 Rev. Uriah Eberhart, History of the Eberharts (Chicago Lawn, IL: Donohue & Henneberry, Printers and Binders, 1891), Pg 183.