Fayette County PA Archives Biographies.....Eicher, Henry K. February 10, 1835 - ????
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Source: Gresham and Wiley, 1889: Biographical & Portrait Cyclopedia, Fayette Co, PA, page 547
Author: John H. Gresham & Samuel T. Wiley

   Henry K Eicher was born February 10, 1835, in Springfield, Fayette
county, Pa.  He grandfather, Daniel Eicher, emigrated from Germany to
Lancaster county, Pa; thence to Fayette county in 1772.  Joseph Eicher,
the father of Henry K Eicher, was born in Lancaster in 1784, and was
married to Rosanna Kern of Fayette county.  To their union were born
twelve children: Samuel Eicher, William Eicher, Sarah Eicher, Daniel
Eicher, John Eicher, Margaret Eicher, Catherine Eicher, Elizabeth Eicher,
Joseph Eicher, Henry Eicher, Abraham Eicher, Isaac Eicher.
    Henry K Eicher was educated in the common schools of Fayette county,
his first teacher being David Barnes of Connellsville.  He was married at
Connellsville on December 21, 1862, to Emily Brunder, daughter of Samuel
S Brunder, of the same place.  They have eight children: Charles E Eicher,
Harry W Eicher, Kate V Eicher, George F Eicher, Lizzie E Eicher, Gertrude
G Eicher, Lulu B Eicher and Mary M Eicher.
    In the Civil War he served in the Sixth Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery,
Company K; volunteered August 22, 1864; and was honorably discharged June
13, 1865, at Fort Ethan Allen.  In 1883 he was appointed postmaster at
Stuarton by President Arthur and served four years.  Mr Eicher is a
carpenter by trade, at which he is presently engaged.

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