Blair County PA Archives Biographies.....Eberman, Edwin S. January 8, 1816 - ????
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Source: Biographical and Portrait Cyclopedia of Blair Co, PA: Philadelphia, 1892.
Author: Samuel T. Wiley

EDWIN S. EBERMAN,
a retired citizen of Hollidaysburg, and who was in the confectionary
manufacturing business in that place for thirty-two years, is the eldest son
of John M. and Catherine (Rupely) Eberman, and was born in the city of
Lancaster, Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, January 8, 1816. His paternal
grandfather, Philip Eberman, was a native of Germany, and in 1812 came to the
city of Lancaster, where he resided until his death, in 1850. He was a
democrat, and served one term as sheriff of Lancaster county. He was a member
of the Lutheran Church, and married and reared a family of five children: John
M., Susan, George, William, and Jacob. John M., the eldest son, and father of
the subject of this sketch, was born August 1, 1787 in Lancaster,
Pennsylvania, and there he followed his trade of tinning for several years.
He then went to Harrisburg, where he engaged in the confectionery business
until a short time before his death, which occurred June 5, 1865. He was a
democrat in politics, and served as a clerk for several years in the land
office at Harrisburg. He was a member of the Evangelical Lutheran church, and
married Catherine Rupely, who passed away in 1842, aged forty-seven years.
They were the parents of eleven children; Edwin S., Ellen, Frederick, John,
Margaret, F.A., Henrietta, Charlotte, Luther M., Agnes S., and Charles.
   Edwin S. Eberman was reared at Lancaster and Harrisburg, and received a
good common English education, and engaged in the manufacture of confectionery
with his father. In 1832 he came to Hollidaysburg, Blair county, where he
opened, on Montgomery street, a confectionery establishment, and manufactured
all kinds of candies and confections for thirty-two years. In 1882 he disposed
of his business, and since then has been living a retired life. He and his
amiable wife reside in a pleasantly appointed home on Walnut Street, where
they are ever glad to welcome their friends.
   In 1835 Mr. Eberman married Euphronia Snyder, who was born in Lancaster
county, November 12, 1817. She is a daughter of Jacob Snyder, who was born in
Germany, October 9, 1796, came to the United States about 1812, and resided
in South Carolina, Lancaster, and at Hollidaysburg, where he died May 8,
1847, aged eighty-one years. Jacob Snyder was a democrat and Lutheran, and
served in the War of 1812. He had married Barbara Parker, by whom he had four
children: Nancy, Mrs. Euphronia Eberman, Elizabeth, and Jacob, all of whom are
living.
   Edwin S. Eberman is an old-time democrat in politics, who believes in
the simplicity of republican governments and their honest administration by
public officials. He is a member and trustee of the Evangelical Lutheran
church of Hollidaysburg. When the late war commenced, Mr. Eberman, although
forty-five years of age, and safe from all probable drafts, yet responded to
President Lincoln's call for troops, and enlisted as a private in Co. A, 3d
Pennsylvania infantry. He was soon appointed as a hospital steward, and
served as such until the 13th day of July, 1861, when he was honorably
discharged from the Union service. Today Mr. Eberman is among the few
surviving Union soldiers who have passed their three-score and ten years.

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