[p. 774] general farmer in North Beaver Township, resides on his valuable estate of 102 acres, which is situated on the old Cleland mill road, four miles southwest of Mahoningtown. Mr. Gebhart was born October 12, 1878, in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, and is a son of Joseph and Matilda (Bark) Gebhart.
The parents of Mr. Gebhart were farming people in Allegheny County until 1897, when they came to North Beaver Township, where the mother died September 7, 1903, and the father November 7, 1904. They had eleven children, namely: Valentine, who died in infancy; Peter, who died young; Mary, who married Peter Lahr, of Allegheny; Matilda, who married J. P. Hyer, of Pittsburg; Peter (2), who resides with his brother, William J.; Carrie, who married Peter Baldorff, of New Castle; Margaret, who married Frank Riddle, of Pittsburg; Theresa, who married T. J. McFall; William J., Susan, who married E. H. Dinsmore, and Catherine, who married Lewis F. Preisel, of New Castle.
William J. Gebhart was useful on the home farm from childhood and when but 16 years of age was considered well enough trained in farm work, by his father, to take charge of the 102 acres, which the latter had purchased in North Beaver Township, Lawrence County. In 1895, two years before the parents came, William J., with two of his sisters, settled on this farm, which he has continued to manage with excellent results ever since. In partnership with John McCullough and T. J. McFall, Mr. Gebhart carried on a large threshing business and is making preparations to continue in this industry. He is well known through the township and is considered one of its substantial and reliable citizens.
20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens Hon. Aaron L. Hazen Richmond-Arnold Publishing Company, Chicago, Ill., 1908
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