Excerpt  page 946
Biographical Annals of Lancaster County, PA

CONTAINING BIOGRAPHICAL AND GENEALOGICAL SKETCHES OF PROMINENT AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS AND MANY OF THE EARLY SETTLERS

PUBLISHERS: J. H. BEERS and CO. 1903
AUTHOR: begun BY JOHN F. MEGINNESS
(Date of printing 1903)

John T. Weber

      JOHN T. WEBER. Among the well-known educators of Lancaster county is John T. Weber, who belongs to one of the oldest and most honored families of this portion of the State of Pennsylvania. His grandfather, Jacob Weber, lived and died in Earl township, where he engaged in farming and also building, being a practical mechanic. Some of the first corn shellers used in Earl township were built by him. Jacob Weber was also a minister in the Old Mennonite Church. His marriage to Miss Esther Musser connected him to another of the old settled families of Lancaster county, and resulted in the birth of eight children, Henry, a farmer in Indiana; John M., a farmer in West Earl township, in this county; Jacob M., a minister of the Mennonite Church; Michael, the late father of John T.; Martha, the wife of Martin Buckwalter; Catherine, the wife of Daniel Buckwalter; Annie and Elizabeth, deceased.

      Michael Weber, the father of John T., was born in Earl township, in 1834, and in early life he was a farmer, but later engaged in the manufacture of a kind of condition powder for horses and cattle, a preparation which gained a wide sale. Michael Weber was a man of special intelligence, a great reader, and was particularly interested in the educational advancement of the community. His marriage was to Miss Mary Taylor, their only child being John T., the subject of this sketch.

      John T. Weber was born in West Earl township on Sept. 1, 1858. His boyhood was spent of the farm, his education being acquired in the public schools, which he attended during the winter sessions, making such progress in his studies that at the age of seventeen, he was able to begin teaching. For two years he was engaged at Speedwell, in Elizabeth township, and after that he spent one year in the produce business. For the five succeeding years he was engaged in the tobacco farming business, but at the close of this period he returned to Penn township, teaching one term of school in Elizabeth. Then began a period of teaching in the Fairview School, Penn township, which has extended over seventeen years, the ties between pupils, patrons, and instructor being close and mutually productive of good.

      Mr. Weber in politics is a Republican and takes an intelligent interest in all public matters. For seventeen years he has served in the office of justice of the peace and has been prominently identified with all of the educational movements in his township. Mr. Weber was the first registry assessor of the township, was a member of the Republican county committee, and is one of the zealous workers in the Lutheran Church in Penryn, and also the superindendent of the Sunday-school.

      The marriage of Mr. Weber was to Miss Olivia Biemsderfer, and nine children were born to this union two of whom passed away. The seven survivors are Harvey B., Elizabeth B., Benjamin H., Edgar B., Mamie B., Vera B, and Ruth B., all still under the home roof.

      Few men in this part of (the) county have done more for the advancement of education than Mr. Weber. His standard is high and his influence in the direction of progress is felt through the community. The family is highly esteemed and justly considered a representation one of Penn township.

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