Individual Details
John Eby Hershey
(16 Jan 1830 - 8 May 1906)
John Hershey and his family were members of the Old Mennonite Church. I relied on Noah Hershey's genealogy book "The Descendants of John Eby Hershey and Anna Mellinger Hershey" for John's and Anna's descendants.
Events
| Birth | 16 Jan 1830 | Paradise, Lancaster, PA |  | ||
| Marriage | 3 Jan 1854 | Anna Mellinger |  | ||
| Death | 8 May 1906 | |
Families
| Spouse | Anna Mellinger (1833 - 1897) |
| Child | Jacob M. Hershey (1855 - 1923) |
| Child | Elizabeth H. Hershey (1858 - 1862) |
| Child | Isaac Eby Hershey (1860 - 1947) |
| Child | Anna Hershey (1863 - 1949) |
| Child | Benjamin Hershey Senior (1866 - 1950) |
| Child | John H. Hershey (1870 - 1946) |
| Child | Mary (Maize) Hershey (1873 - 1935) |
| Child | Susan Salome Hershey (1877 - 1889) |
| Father | Jacob Hershey Reverend (1803 - 1883) |
| Mother | Elizabeth EBY (1807 - 1897) |
| Sibling | Anna Hershey (1824 - 1842) |
| Sibling | Margaret Hershey (1827 - 1906) |
| Sibling | Elizabeth Hershey (1831 - 1916) |
| Sibling | Peter Hershey (1835 - 1836) |
| Sibling | Elias Hershey (1837 - 1911) |
| Sibling | Peter Hershey (1839 - 1922) |
| Sibling | Maria Hershey (1841 - 1842) |
| Sibling | Susan Hershey (1843 - 1927) |
| Sibling | David Hershey (1845 - 1846) |
| Sibling | Jacob Menno Hershey (1847 - 1923) |
| Sibling | Hershey (1851 - 1851) |
Notes
Birth
John Hershey served as a member of the board of education and as town auditor.
Endnotes
1. Biographical Annals of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania (Chicago: The Genealogical Publishing Company, 1903. Spartanburg, SC: The Reprint Company, 1985).
2. Hershey, Henry, Hershey Family History (Scottsdale, PA: Mennonite Publishing House, 1929. Reprinted Kokomo, IN: Selby Publishing, 1989.), page 27.