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HENRY WEBER, a prominent farmer of Upper Allen township, Cumberland county, was born Oct. 6, 1831, in New Cumberland, Lower Allen township.

Henry Weber, his grandfather, was born in Lancaster county, but in the spring of 1813 removed to Cumberland county and engaged in farming and in the milling business in Lower Allen township. He died at the age of sixty years. By his marriage with Martha Sechrist he had the following children: John, Abram, Christian, Nancy, Elizabeth and Mattie.

Abram Weber was born in Lancaster county, moved to Cumberland at an early age and followed farming. He married Mary Zimmerman, daughter of Peter Zimmerman, who was originally from Lancaster county, and died in Lower Allen township at the age of eighty-four years. They had children as follows: Esther, wife of the late Isaac Berger, had children — Mary, Rebecca and Amos; Magdaline married David Groff, a farmer in Lancaster county; Annie (deceased) married John Castle and lived at Lancaster Junction; Henry is mentioned below; Elizabeth is at home; Mary died in infancy; Barbara (deceased) married Daniel Bear, a farmer in Cumberland county, and they had children — Benjamin, Martha, Mary, Annie and Lizzie; Abraham died in infancy; Susan died unmarried aged forty years; Catherine married Christian Hertzler, a farmer in Upper Allen township, and they have children — Catherine, Mary, Barbara, Abraham, Henry, Annie and Alice.

Henry Weber at an early age removed from Lower to Upper Allen township, above Shepherdstown, and received his education at the Beelman school and Center Square. His schooling ended, he worked with his father on the farm until he was twenty-seven years of age, and then worked on Col. Hyer’s farm for one year, when he assumed the management of his father’s place, which he continued to cultivate for twelve years. Subsequently he farmed the John Brandt place for seven years and the old David Nisley farm — near Churchtown — for two years, and then, for a period of eighteen years, worked the Albright farm near Oyster Point. In 1898 he bought and removed to his present farm in Upper Allen township, which he has continued to successfully carry on.

In 1857 Mr. Weber married Susanna Brenner, daughter of George Brenner. She died in 1888, aged fifty-two years. To Mr. and Mrs. Weber were born the following children: Anna Mary married Reuben Cockley, a farmer living near Churchtown, and their children are Noah, Henry, Susan, Annie, Sarah, Reuben and George. Lizzie Jane married Henry Mann, a farmer in Upper Allen township, and their children are Aaron and Elmer. Abraham, who is a farmer near Churchtown, married Lucy Couch, and they have children — Florence, Alma, Helen, Henry and Ray. George, a farmer near West Fairview, married Ida Sheely, and their children are Ollie, Paul, George, Vesta and Robert. Alice married John Roth, a farmer near Shiremanstown, and their children are Emmons, Carroll and Catherine. Harry, a farmer near Cedar Run, married Annie Sheely, and they have had these children — Clifford, Velma, Grace, Harry and Annie (deceased). Samuel married Minnie Dietz (deceased), is a farmer near New Cumberland, and has two children, Ruth and Fred.

In 1860 Mr. Weber was ordained a minister of the Mennonite Church, by Bishop Bornberger of Lancaster county. In politics, he votes the Republican ticket.