Lewis Pershing, p. 1075

LEWIS PERSHING, who in his lifetime was a progressive and prosperous agriculturist, received a good education in the common schools of the neighborhood of his place of birth, and afterward became well-read in history, Scripture and standard literature.

In October, 1851, he was united in marriage with Julia Ann Harris, daughter of Joseph and Martha Harris, and three children were born to them, of whom but one is now living Frances, who was born January 5, 1857. Mr. Pershing was a very successful business man. In politics he was a Democrat, but voted for men whose principles he considered were above reproach, rather than for party candidates, and he held several township offices; in religious faith he belonged to the Methodist Episcopal Church. He died April 22, 1888, and the following obituary appeared at the time in a Washington paper: "Lewis F. Pershing, an aged and highly-respected citizen of Amwell township, died in his seventy-third year. He had been engaged in farming for a great many years. He leaves a widow and one daughter. He was a cousin of Judge Cyrus L. Pershing, of Schuylkill county, Penn. The deceased was a kind husband and indulgent father."

Mrs. Pershing is a representative of a family eminent in Church and State. Her brother, John Harris, graduated from Washington and Jefferson College, and then removed to Georgia, where he has for many years represented that State in Congress. She is a cousin of Bishop Harris.

Text taken from page 1075 of:
Beers, J. H. and Co., Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893).

Transcribed March 1997 by Neil and Marilyn Morton of Oswego, IL as part of the Beers Project.
Published March 1997 on the Washington County, PA USGenWeb pages at http://www.chartiers.com/.

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