Union County star and Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1859-1864, 1859-11-25

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a plain, honest German larmer,which Will be
peruSed with interest. not only BY his numet-
! our descendants and acqua;niances who take
our paper, bal by readers generally.
Philip Gemberling, Sen.
In sketchlng the life and history of Mr..
Gemberling, we recognize home hero-a
! character. Not, indeed, one famous IN the
| departments of art and science, in politics
! and war, IN literature and philanthropy, but
! extraordinary in the sphere OF common lie.
/ Though he owed nothing 10 the schools, be-
J yond reading and writing Ia his mother tongue,
| and simple arithmetic, yet he was not an ev-
! ery-day man. He belongs 10 the community.
/ Every man. woman and child speaks of Phil
/ ip Gembering-ha spoken of him for sever
/ al generlrion>-and his name has become a
! household word. lie is one of the foundation
! pillars TO the GemberiIns host.
| He was the third child of family OF four
teen and born of Jacob and Caiharine (Wo!-
! iens berger) Gemberiing, \. ID. l113, on The
27th OF July-three years before the signing
Of the Declaration Of ludependence-in The
region known as Tuipehucken, then IN Lam
caster county. PENNSYLVANIA, but now IN Leb-
anon. His parents were among the earlier
settlers of that neiChborhood. During has
childhood, they moved 10 Schaeferlown. In
his ninth year. the family migrated Tor that
section Of our Stale, known under the name
Of Shamokin, lyins within The limits OF North
cumberland County. In l7S2, They took up
their abode on the present "GcnberllnS
Homestead They Journeyed with family
of SIX children, slowly, and with much toll
and sacrifice. Wnen they arrived al II irrls-
burg, but one house had been built-that ii
Ce;,ni ,,',,' 49, bo,n Nam.
- " IL y.'' ,nso;,', .hno had ar.o
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we t@crp' Hoi>e On o"I' hy'' P."'.' o"'
m apJ "a ,on , ernap resi5snc@ h rbcn owned by
the late Gov. SIMON SNYDER. In the neigh
horhoad, but few dwellings, were planted.
Al! was a forest of pine trees-a beautiful
forest, ia- and wide. In his own words and
tongue "Ei dGs uar Gin Lust Is Gn-rsckcI :"
Indians sui hunted aun. the banks. His
father took possession Of 300 acres Of govern
meni land, Al SIX >hlilIngS per acre, intending
il for hlnse,fand his posIerliy; and ltremain>.
after period of eigh,y vearS in the hands of
the descendants; PhlIIp bought $50 acres
from his father at sixteen dul!a per acre;
and the land has increased IN value from al
most nothing to one hundred dollars an acre.
Alter becomIn" the parents of fourteen child
ren, the father died IN his SSH year, and The
mother died far advanced IL seventies Z; they
sleep together in the ancient "G0aeS--icker"
of SelinSgrove.
At The age of g, Philip married Eve Gass.
They lived together - years, and were the
parents O. niue chldren-ive sons and four
daughters; after which death separated them,
taking Mrs. Gemberiin. 10 the grave in the
i2d wear Of her age. In his ilsl year, he
gave himself in marriage, for the svCund
lime, 10 judith Fetter-hlS present widow.
They lived together I3 years, and became the
parenls Of eleven chl9ren-si2 sons and hve
daughters. He saw "a, their gIayee t.?r Srrs '
al" 'o'' ,''p - VI i''I
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II 'i'> I''o' man 'o'o d' - ""u
IL isH'Ss o'olnTtH o' ''e ages - ''"' 49, al"
1's,I' III "1' 'i'" ie'l'
III ms -iS' year He was c"hi' .ieu oy 'hc
ise'' "e"'St "ei2'Wci,' ID iieN>,e' oa"'
men ah o'a ioS o"'Id'hs' ""nout h|"i'"S,
NJ ~ Iehd'hed hthloer oi ."e heioi 4ieu
I"''cn cn-t"e C"I''h Oh h'S Ia'"e' 70 w
"dy oi ms uFa'h' covering Petl1u oi "
S'"'S' anu Sd" a. 'i'> Eh'iu,e" III 'Ie
COL" "'i'oi'io" wan H''h>eIi' ne "e' i"'e " "a
g." anu an e'ue' u,'He' t'ie Pas'u' )" "a Nv
isaac "e'"di'' iie Sd" ai' 'ne me- i'lu
anu i'H''e!'L ''s' men ., ','e pace ooN,'ns
""u s 'pe" ,,i "i,i NJ ;, oM Il manu- "
fd'>e 'he ga u''on 'H"'ch' uhe hio'he,
chuicn OF an ine coui c''eS o. ,Ie "" a.. n.'
w Were ou''I curing h'S i'e-.iile; ms IA id"iHy
D'oIe mas iehdiheu III '''e Aou'enO'u io'
hln.ty-h'e years.
we may say Oh MIN that ne Sd" "e'iHs'
grove rom lis beginnings ana ho' o"! 80,
Dht 'he cothmuh'tY' con hui'h"ea'"'' "'"
Union grew from ihiahcy curing ms soJouin
On eaF'h' lie remembered 'ae heV"'u'"h"'3
war d. Idct III MS iile-''ii'e' "e hed'u dh"
Sd" many oi our soIuie'S' ou' was uo' VI scr
vice H4n>Cl. lie nedfU many speak Ol utU-