John H. Sheibley and Mary Eby

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Husband John H. Sheibley ¹

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           Born: 17 Nov 1827 - Landisburg, Perry Co, PA 1
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           Died: 1 Dec 1900 1
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         Father: Bernhart Sheibley (1794-      ) 2
         Mother: Mary Holman (1803-      ) 1

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       Marriage: 24 Jun 1858 1

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Wife Mary Eby ¹

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           Died: 17 Mar 1904 1
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         Father: Nimrod Eby (      -      ) 1
         Mother: Eliza Drexler (      -      ) 1

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Children

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1 M William Bernard Sheibley ³

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           Born: 25 Apr 1859 3
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         Spouse: Jessie Bartlett (      -      ) 4

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2 M Horace E. Sheibley ⁴

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           Born: 23 Jul 1861 - New Bloomfield, Perry Co, PA 4
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         Spouse: Bessie M. Peale (      -      ) 4

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3 M Charles N. Sheibley ⁴

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           Died: 1863 4
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         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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General Notes: Husband - John H. Sheibley

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He was reared in Landisburg, Perry County, Pennsylvania, and was educated in the common schools, but applied himself diligently, and at the age of sixteen, when he left school to enter a business life, he was far better educated than most boys of eighteen or twenty. At sixteen he became a printer's apprentice in the office of the Reformed Messenger, at Chambersburg, Pennsylvania. After serving five years he went to Madison Court House, Virginia, 1849-50, and there entered an academy of great repute in those days. In 1850 he went to Philadelphia and was employed in the old Johnson Type Foundry as printer until 1853. At that time he purchased the necessary material and went to New Bloomfield, Pennsylvania, and began to publish the People's Advocate and Press, and was its editor and proprietor until the time of his death. In his early years he was a Democrat, but became an ardent Republican on the organization of that party, upholding and advocating its principles. During President Lincoln's administration he was appointed an assessor of internal revenue, and in 1873 was elected to the legislature from Perry County, and served one term. He was school director and councilman at different times. He was an emergency man in 1863. As he was unable to enlist in a regular regiment he supported and looked after the families of his brothers while they were serving in the Civil War, and also looked after and educated his younger brothers.

1 John W. Jordan, LL.D., A History of the Juniata Valley and Its People (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1913), Pg 1365.

2 John W. Jordan, LL.D., A History of the Juniata Valley and Its People (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1913), Pg 1364.

3 John W. Jordan, LL.D., A History of the Juniata Valley and Its People (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1913), Pg 1366.

4 John W. Jordan, LL.D., A History of the Juniata Valley and Its People (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1913), Pg 1367.