Montgomery County PA Archives Biographies.....Davidheiser, Ephraim R. August 16, 1839 - 
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Source: Biographical Annals of Montgomery County Pennsylvania, T. S. Benham & Company and the Lewis Publishing Company, 1904
Author: Ellwood Roberts, Editor

EPHRAIM R. DAVIDHEISER, a farmer of Upper Pottsgrove 
township, was born onthe farm which he at present owns. He 
is the son of Henry and Sarah (Reigner) Davidheiser.

Henry Davidheiser (grandfather) was among the first to 
settle in Upper Pottsgrove township, and always lived upon 
the homestead now occupied by Ephraim R. Davidheiser. By 
trade he was a shoemaker. He was a commissioned officer in 
the war of 1812, and won many honors. He married Mary Fagley 
and they had ten children, four sons and six daughters, all 
deceased, but who left many descendants.

Henry Davidheiser (father) spent his life on the homestead 
in Upper Pottsgrove township. In politics he was a Democrat. 
He married Sarah Reigner. Both he and his wife are deceased, 
he dying at the age of seventy years, and his wife surviving 
him a few years, and they are buried in Pottstown. They had 
ten children, eight sons and two daughters, of whom five are 
deceased. Those living are: Reuben, married (first wife) 
Sarah Kepner, they living in Upper Pottsgrove township and 
having twelve children and (second wife) Anna Schieck, they 
residing in Pottstown, where he is a carpenter, contractor, 
and holds the office of street commissioner; Milton, married 
Annie Lindeman, and resides in Pottstown, where he is also a 
contractor and carpenter, they having no children; Mary Ann; 
married Henry Wise, who is engaged in the agriculture 
business; he was crippled during the Rebellion, and, has a 
good military record; they have one child; and Ephraim R. 
Joseph Reigner (maternal grandfather) and his wife Susan 
Reigner lived in Upper Pottsgrove township, where they were 
farmers.

Ephraim R. Davidheiser has lived at his present home all his 
life except one year, when he was engaged in the lumber 
business in Pottstown. He attended school until he was 
seventeen years old, and then worked on the farm until he 
was twenty-one. After spending one year in Pottstown, he 
returned to the farm.

September 5, 1874, Ephraim R. Davidheiser married Catharine, 
daughter of Henry and Catharine (Eppler) Steiger. They were 
married at Pottstown. Mr. and Mrs. Steiger lived in Berks 
county, where he was a farmer. They had four children, of 
which four are living: Lucy, Ellen, Henry and Catharine 
(Mrs. Davidheiser). All except the last named live in Berks 
county. Mr. and Mrs. Davidheiser have no children. Mr. 
Davidheiser is a Democrat in politics, and a member of the 
Lutheran church. His wife belongs to the Reformed church of 
Pottstown. Mr. Davidheiser took charge of the farm the year 
after his father's death, the estate being settled. He built 
a new and beautiful home on the old place in 1866, and has 
improved the property in many ways. The farm is noted for 
the abundance of refreshing spring water that it yields.

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