. History of Mount Union, Shirleysburg and Shirley Township. rney, of town; Carrie. I\Irs. .John-R. Lehmpi, of Warriorsmark: Wil-liam, K., and Bessie, (Mrs. • Kiel), all. of town: Dr. Thomas F.„and Miss Halli? nt home. chil-dren deCeassd are: Charles .,Joseph. MHry A., Annie, (wife of Longacre), Herbert G. and Robert B. C. WHARTON. Benjamin Carrel Wharton, one ofthe general merchants of ?iIountUnion, was born in Mifflin , .Jan. 22, 1841, a sou of .James--and Esther (Seicrist) Wharton, bothnatives of that county. His grand-father, Samuel Wharton, migr
. History of Mount Union, Shirleysburg and Shirley Township. rney, of town; Carrie. I\Irs. .John-R. Lehmpi, of Warriorsmark: Wil-liam, K., and Bessie, (Mrs. • Kiel), all. of town: Dr. Thomas F.„and Miss Halli? nt home. chil-dren deCeassd are: Charles .,Joseph. MHry A., Annie, (wife of Longacre), Herbert G. and Robert B. C. WHARTON. Benjamin Carrel Wharton, one ofthe general merchants of ?iIountUnion, was born in Mifflin , .Jan. 22, 1841, a sou of .James--and Esther (Seicrist) Wharton, bothnatives of that county. His grand-father, Samuel Wharton, migratedfrom Cumteiiand county to Mifhin atan early dsy, he having died Aug. 13;182.). His father, .James Wharton.,was .Justice cf the Peace 15 years, anactive member of the Presbyterianchurch. Beth his father and of German descent. Mr. Wharton attended the commonschools cf AFifRin county until he wss21. at which tim? he continued witl?his father on the farm, sharing itslabors and profits until 1883. Froin1883 to 1885 he vras in the mercan^ 435. B. C. Wharton tile business in Huntingdon. Relin-quishing the latter occupation, heV;;nt bacli to tilling the soil, havinf.:bought a farm near Mount Unionaiong the Juniata River, Avhich hecvdtivated for ieur years. It inISy.! that Mr. Wharton came to ..hn, renting his farm for four selling his farm in 1893, hebuilt the present commodious resi-dence and store com Dined, also thedwelling- which was his former res-idence, now ocupied by H. A. Wagaeand family. Mr. Wharton has filled va- +36 rious township and borough oflices, hehaving been an adherent to all his life. In January. was married to Marian, Samuel and Elizabeth (Stoneroad)l>eiiberg. Two children died in -- Those surviving are JamesBurron, of Wilkes-Barre; SamuelHayes, of Orbisonia; Grace E., G. Welch, of Huntingdon, and Hui-dah yi., at home. Mr. Wharton is amember of the Presbyterian ch
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