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EDWARD M. EBERLY (deceased) Few men are better known in Mechanicsburg than was Edward M. Eberly, now deceased, who was for many years with the long-established firm of L. F. Eberly & Sons. He was born in Cumberland county, April 1, 1845, and died April 28, 1901.

His parents were Levi F. and Eliza (Shuey) Eberly, who originally came from Lancaster county. The father was in early life a farmer, but later became a member of the firm of L. F. Eberly & Sons, lumber dealers of Mechanicsburg. Levi Eberly was a son of David and Catherine (Frankenberger) Eberly, both of whom were natives of Lancaster county. The birth of the father of our subject, took place in Cumberland county, in 1818, and his death occurred in the same county, April 12, 1895. He and his wife had four children: Harrison W.; David H., who resides in the West; Edward M.; and Ira S.

Edward M. Eberly was reared upon the Cumberland county farm, receiving a fair district school education, and when yet a boy came with his parents to Mechanicsburg. In 16 1 he volunteered in the six months’ service in an infantry Company. On Feb. 27, 1864, he volunteered in Company L, Pennsylvania Cavalry, under Col. Jacob Higgins, serving until the close of the war. When he returned home in the summer of 1865, it was with a record of having participated in nineteen different battles with the Army of the Potomac.

In 1867 Mr. Eberly married Maggie Zacharias, of Mechanicsburg, by whom he had two children: Raymond E., a tinsmith, married Miss Myrtle Kilmore; W. B., a tailor, married Miss Margaret Orris. In politics, Mr. Eberly was a Republican, but did not seek office. He was a member of the G. A. R. Post of Mechanicsburg, and for thirty-five years was a member of the Washington Fire Company of that city. For over thirty years he was one of its leading business men, and not only was a representative of the best interests of the city, but a man widely known and highly esteemed.