Individual Details
Josiah Eby Hershey Senior
(24 Oct 1839 - 8 May 1925)
Josiah Hershey, Sr., a Republican and a Mennonite, served as a supervisor and a school director. There is a potential problem with his birth date. It is before his parents' marriage. I cannot explain the apparent error.
Events
| Birth | 24 Oct 1839 | Salisbury Lancaster, PA |  |  | |
| Marriage | 2 Aug 1859 | Reading, Berks, PA - Mary Ann Hershey | | ||
| Marriage | 2 Aug 1859 | Reading, Berks, PA - Mary Ann Hershey | | ||
| Death | 8 May 1925 | |
Families
| Spouse | Mary Ann Hershey (1840 - 1921) |
| Child | Abigail "Abby" Hershey (1859 - 1892) |
| Child | Magdalena Hershey (1861 - ) |
| Child | Maggie C. Hershey (1863 - 1863) |
| Child | Mary Elizabeth Hershey (1864 - ) |
| Child | Joseph Ira Hershey (1866 - 1916) |
| Child | Margaret Ann Hershey (1867 - 1869) |
| Child | Peter Eby Hershey Senior (1869 - 1926) |
| Child | Josiah W. Hershey Junior (1871 - 1904) |
| Child | George B. Hershey Senior (1872 - ) |
| Child | Hershey (1874 - 1876) |
| Child | Naomi Hershey (1876 - 1876) |
| Child | Samuel Hershey (1881 - 1881) |
| Father | Jacob Rupp Hershey Reverend (1817 - 1910) |
| Mother | Margaret Eby (1819 - 1909) |
| Sibling | Magdalena Hershey (1841 - 1927) |
| Sibling | Ephraim Hershey Senior (1844 - 1931) |
| Sibling | Peter E. Hershey (1847 - ) |
| Sibling | Elizabeth Hershey (1849 - 1850) |
| Sibling | Margaret Ann Hershey (1851 - 1852) |
| Sibling | Mary Eby Hershey (1853 - 1945) |
| Sibling | Jacob Eby Hershey (1856 - 1938) |
| Sibling | Susanna Hershey (1859 - ) |
Notes
Birth
Josiah Hershey's listed birth date, 24 October 1839, is prior to his parents marriage.Endnotes
1. Grimes, Judith A. Email: wiseowl@big.net.au.
2. Biographical Annals of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania (Chicago: The Genealogical Publishing Company, 1903. Spartanburg, SC: The Reprint Company, 1985), page 649.
3. Grimes, Judith A. Email: wiseowl@big.net.au.
4. Hershey, Henry, Hershey Family History (Scottsdale, PA: Mennonite Publishing House, 1929. Reprinted Kokomo, IN: Selby Publishing, 1989.), page 270.