Individual Details
Peter Hershey
(2 Aug 1839 - 17 Dec 1922)
A detailed genealogy of Peter Hershey's and Barbara Buckwalter's descendants can be found in "The Descendants of Peter and Barbara Buckwalter Hershey" by John Willis Hershey, printed in 1989.
Peter Hershey and Barbara Buckwalter are featured characters in Sara Stambuagh's novel, "I Hear the Reaper's Song." The story recreates the family's struggles with the death of their daughter, Barbara.
Events
| Birth | 2 Aug 1839 | Paradise, Lancaster, PA | |||
| Death | 17 Dec 1922 | ||||
| Burial | Old Hershey Cemetery, , Lancaster, PA |
Families
| Spouse | Barbara Neff Buckwalter (1840 - 1911) |
| Child | Hershey (1862 - 1862) |
| Child | Sarah Lucinda Hershey (1863 - 1942) |
| Child | Isaiah B. Hershey (1865 - 1919) |
| Child | Enos Jacob Hershey (1866 - 1939) |
| Child | Elizabeth Hershey (1868 - 1934) |
| Child | Mary Hershey (1870 - 1878) |
| Child | Henry Peter Hershey (1872 - 1949) |
| Child | Martin Eby Hershey (1873 - 1953) |
| Child | Ellen Hershey (1875 - 1878) |
| Child | Martha A. Hershey (1876 - 1968) |
| Child | Barbara Hershey (1878 - 1896) |
| Child | Hershey (1879 - 1879) |
| Child | Silas N. Hershey (1881 - 1970) |
| Father | Jacob Hershey Reverend (1803 - 1883) |
| Mother | Elizabeth EBY (1807 - 1897) |
| Sibling | Anna Hershey (1824 - 1842) |
| Sibling | Margaret Hershey (1827 - 1906) |
| Sibling | John Eby Hershey (1830 - 1906) |
| Sibling | Elizabeth Hershey (1831 - 1916) |
| Sibling | Peter Hershey (1835 - 1836) |
| Sibling | Elias Hershey (1837 - 1911) |
| 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) |