Author: Ellwood Roberts

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2017-11-21

Total Pages: 804

ISBN-13: 9780331623444

Excerpt from Biographical Annals of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, Vol. 1: Containing Genealogical Records of Representative Families, Including Many of the Early Settlers and Biographical Sketches of Prominent Citizens Horace milton ebert, secretary of the march-brownback Stove Company, of Potts town, was born in Cressona, Schuylkill county, Pennsylvania, January 9, 1866. He is the son of Joseph R. And Margaret (wurts) Ebert. Joseph R. Ebert (father) was born in Mont gomery county. In young manhood he was a carpenter, and afterwards became an agent for the Philadelphia Reading Railway Company. He was station agent at various places. Joseph R. Ebert made his home in Norristown for many years, and about 1894 removed to Pottstown, where he died in 1897, aged fifty-eight years. His wife died in 1900, aged sixty-two years. In poli tics he was a Republican. The family were mem bers of the Lutheran denomination. Margaret Wurts Ebert was also born in Montgomery county. Mr. And Mrs. Ebert had four children: Walter Winfield, died in infancy; Ida May, died unmarried at the age of thirty-eight; Horace M.; Ella Blanche, a music teacher. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.