When Joseph P. Hershberger was born on 26 October 1861, in Holmes, Ohio, United States, his father, Peter Hershberger, was 44 and his mother, Leah Hochstetler, was 40. He married Sarah Sophronia Gonser on 12 January 1882, in Holmes, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Township Number 5, Harper, Kansas, United States for about 5 years and Emma Township, Harvey, Kansas, United States in 1920. He died on 6 January 1938, in Hesston, Harvey, Kansas, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Eastlawn Cemetery, Zimmerdale, Harvey, Kansas, United States.
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Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Historical Boundaries: 1867: Harper, Kansas, United States
A federal law prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. The Act was the first law to prevent all members of a national group from immigrating to the United States.
Americanized form of German Herschberger 1, a surname of ultimate Swiss German origin (see Hersberger ).
Americanized form of German Herschberger 2, and a variant of the same Jewish surname.
History: This (see 1 above) is the most common American variant of the name of a Swiss Mennonite and Amish family, originally spelled Hersberger , but in Germany altered to Herschberger and Hirschberger . Other Americanized forms established among the Mennonites and Amish in the US are Harshberger and Harshbarger .
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