Portrait and biographical record of Lancaster County, PennsylvaniaContaining biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens ..together with biographies and portraits of all the presidents of the United States . nd well cultivated acres. He is a member of theReformed Church, and his political sympathies arewith the Republican party. December 20, 1866, Mr. Esbenshade marriedMiss Adeline, daughter of Jacob Weidler, a pros-perous farmer of this township. To them weregranted five children,namely: Ada,wife of AbramKreider, residing in East Lampeter Township;Minnie; Noah, decea>ed;
Portrait and biographical record of Lancaster County, PennsylvaniaContaining biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens ..together with biographies and portraits of all the presidents of the United States . nd well cultivated acres. He is a member of theReformed Church, and his political sympathies arewith the Republican party. December 20, 1866, Mr. Esbenshade marriedMiss Adeline, daughter of Jacob Weidler, a pros-perous farmer of this township. To them weregranted five children,namely: Ada,wife of AbramKreider, residing in East Lampeter Township;Minnie; Noah, decea>ed; Harvey and Henry. is at all times and in all ways inter-ested in worthy causes, and never fails to give hisinfluence for the good of the community of whichhe forms a leading member. A popular man, es-teemed for his integrity and nobleness of pur-pose, he ranks high among the citizens of thecounty. (^ HRISTIAN B. ESBENSHADE is a repre-sentative of an old family of this county,and is numbered among its wealthy farm-ers and stock-raisers. In Manheim Township, ofwhich he is one of the leading citizens, his name isheld in honor and respect. He is the son of Jacoband Maria (Binkley) Esbenshade, and was born on. PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPinCAL RECORD. 455 the old homestead in the above township, Februar}28, 1834. Peter Esbeiisiiado, the grandfather of our sub-ject, was boru iu IIesse-l)ainist;idt, Germany, Au-gust 17, 1763, and emigrating to the United States,settled in Lancaster County-, Pa., where he diedJuly 20, 1845. lie was a shoemaker b} trade,which occupation lie followed for some time aftercoining hitlier, but the later years of his life weredevoted to agricultural. In this vocation he wasvery successful, and at the time of his decease leftthree good farms, aggregating over two of well cultivated land. In political mattershe was a Whig. Soon after coming to AmcricJihemarried Mrs. Elizabeth (Howry) Lefever, a widowwith three sons, Daniel, George and .John
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