. History of the counties of Dauphin and Lebanon : in the commonwealth of Pennsylvania ; biographical and genealogical . Shaefferstown,on the 3d of April, 1877. Dr. Zerbe took a warm in-terest in public affairs. During the war of the Re-bellion he was a zealous supporter of the government,and gave freely of his means to aid in raising andequipping troops. In his adopted home he was a pro-moter of all measures and enterprises that tended tothe public welfare. The cause of education had inhim an ardent advocate. He was one of the originalincorporators and a trustee of the Shaefferstown REPRESENT
. History of the counties of Dauphin and Lebanon : in the commonwealth of Pennsylvania ; biographical and genealogical . Shaefferstown,on the 3d of April, 1877. Dr. Zerbe took a warm in-terest in public affairs. During the war of the Re-bellion he was a zealous supporter of the government,and gave freely of his means to aid in raising andequipping troops. In his adopted home he was a pro-moter of all measures and enterprises that tended tothe public welfare. The cause of education had inhim an ardent advocate. He was one of the originalincorporators and a trustee of the Shaefferstown REPRESENTATIVE MEN. 301 Academy, which in its day was one of the best insti-tutions of learning in the State; and he also later inlife served as a director of the common schools ofHeidelberg township. In his profession, which hepracticed for almost forty years, he attained the repu- tation of being a safe and successful Zerbe married, in 1840, Martha A. Myer, and theyhad five children. Of the sons, Charles M. is a lawyer,and Thomas T. and B. Frank, physicians, practicingat Shaefferstown. REPRESENTATIVE
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