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TOBIAS EHST MOYER, a prominent farmer of Lower Pottsgrove township, was born May 10, 1863, in Washington township, Berks county. He is the son of Levi B. and Elizabeth (Ehst) Moyer.

Levi E. Moyer (father) was born in Bucks county, Pennsylvania, and at present resides in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. He is and always has been a carpenter, having been very successful in his business, and having constructed many handsome buildings. He is a Republican, and is a member of the Episcopal church. Levi B. Moyer was twice married. His first wife, Mrs. Elizabeth (Ehst) Moyer, died when Tobias Ehst Moyer, their only child, was two years and a half old. She is buried in Berks county. Mr. Levi Moyer married (second wife) Mary Mease, and they have two children, both residing in Bethlehem. They are: Edwin Moyer, married Emma and they have one child. He is engaged in the wholesale tobacco business. Ida, married Edwin Ludwig, who is by trade an iron worker and is employed by the government as inspector.

Peter Moyer (grandfather) lived in Bucks county, where he was engaged as a farmer all his life. He married Elizabeth Behler. The great-grandfather of Tobias E. Moyer emigrated from Germany, and settled in Bucks county.

Tobias E. Moyer acquired a good education, having attended school until he was eighteen years of age. He then started to learn the trade of a miller, and worked in a mill for eleven years.

He married Amanda Gabel, daughter of Jacob and Mary (Stauffer) Gabel, who lived with their daughter after her marriage. They owned and lived on the farm which Tobias E. Moyer afterwards bought. Mr. Gabel died July 19, 1891, and his wife died in December, 1895. They were both Mennonites, and are buried in Coventry township, Chester county. Mr. and Mrs. Tobias Moyer have three children, all residing with their parents. They are: Edwin Levi, Arthur Tobias and Mary Elizabeth.

After leaving the milling business in Boyertown and Lehigh county, Mr. Moyer bought the farm where he now lives and has lived for eleven years. He has improved the place, which was already favored by nature with good soil and a beautiful location. Among other buildings he has erected a new barn.

Mr. Moyer in 1904 leased his farm and bought a handsome residence in Pottstown, at No. 523 King street, where he now resides. Before he left Lehigh county his house was entirely burned, together with all the household goods.

Mr. Moyer is a Republican in politics, and has been a school director for many years, taking an active interest, as every progressive man does, in improving the educational facilities of his township. He is interested in the Ringing Rocks Mining Company, being a director in the company and also an extensive stockholder. Mr. Moyer and his family are members of the Mennonite church.