Individual Details
Henry Hershey Hershey
(4 Jan 1829 - 18 Feb 1904)
Henry Hershey engaged in numerous businesses. He worked in the oil fields of Pennsylvania, the gold fields of Colorado, and as a merchant in Chicago, New Orleans and New York. Henry designed vending machines, fruit canners and an almost perpetual motion machine based on the design by Wohlgast. His son, Milton Hershey, founded the Hershey Chocolate Company.
Events
| Birth | 4 Jan 1829 | , Dauphin, PA | |||
| Marriage | 15 Jan 1856 | Veronica Buckwalter "Fanny" Snavely |  |  | |
| Death | 18 Feb 1904 | Hershey, Dauphin, PA | |||
| Burial | Hershey Cemetery, Hershey, Dauphin, PA | |
Families
| Spouse | Veronica Buckwalter "Fanny" Snavely (1835 - 1920) |
| Child | Milton Snavely Hershey (1857 - 1945) |
| Child | Sarena Hershey (1862 - 1867) |
| Father | Jacob Frantz Hershey Senior (1802 - 1877) |
| Mother | Nancy Hershey (1808 - 1869) |
| Sibling | Joseph Hershey (1830 - 1855) |
| Sibling | Elizabeth Hershey (1832 - 1903) |
| Sibling | Christian Hershey (1836 - ) |
| Sibling | Jacob Hershey Junior (1838 - 1887) |
| Sibling | Elias H. Hershey (1841 - 1925) |
| Sibling | Isaac Hershey (1846 - 1848) |
Notes
Marriage
Henry Hershey and Veronica Sanvely were married at the parsonage of the Holy Lutheran Church in Lancaster, Pennslyvania. It was selected as a neutral site. Veronica was Mennonite, but Henry was not. Henry was not permitted to be married in the Mennonite meeting house because he was "a free thinker."Burial
Henry Hershey was buried first "in the Hershey Reformed Mennonite Cemetery, Bachmanville Road, east of the town of Hershey, but Milton had his father's body moved to the Hershey Cemetery in 1920." See James Kendig's article, July 2005, in the Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage. The move of the buried body may explain why both Derry and Hershey, Pennsylvania are given as the cemetery site.Endnotes
1. Muritz, Irvin F, Wolfgang Newcomer (ca1715-1771) Family Outline (Irvin R. Muritz. 518 Hemlock Lane, Lebannon, PA 17042. Telephone: 717-273-2994. Email: ztivri@nbn.net. Published 1 June 1993).