Peter Gerber
1820 - 1892 (71 years)-
Name Peter Gerber [1] Birth 24 Jul 1820 FR 
Gender Male Occupation Farmer Death 18 Mar 1892 Burial Elm Grove Twp., Tazewell Co., IL - Railroad Cemetery
Person ID I5573 Schrock-Birkey Connection Last Modified 27 Mar 2017
Father Christian Gerber, b. Abt 1780, FR Family ID F3911 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Barbara Bechler (Bacher), b. 28 Mar 1832, FR d. 4 May 1893 (Age 61 years) Marriage 1 Feb 1852 Butler Co., OH [1] - by Nicholas Augspurger
Children 1. Josphine Gerber, b. 1872 d. 19 Jul 1953 (Age 81 years) 2. Elizabeth (Lizzie) Gerber, b. 15 Jul 1856 d. 17 Jan 1950, Morton, Tazewell Co., IL (Age 93 years)Family ID F3912 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 3 Sep 2004
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Event Map 
Marriage - 1 Feb 1852 - Butler Co., OH 
Burial - - Elm Grove Twp., Tazewell Co., IL = Link to Google Earth
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Notes - Obit: The Peoria Herald, March 19, 1892:
“Peter Garber, an old and well-known farmer, who fell on the tumbling shaft of a horse-power and had his neck dislocated, died Thursday night from his injuries. He was an old resident of this county and was in his 71st year.”
This couple moved to Illinois in the spring of 1852 and were granted land on Oct. 9 of that year. They shared their farm in Elm Grove with brother Christian and his wife Anna. On their farm was built the Railroad School which many of the Amish community attended. And his farm neighbor was Christian Springer.
The couple had eleven children: Magdalena (Malinda); Christian; Elizabeth (Lizzie) married Daniel Ackerman; Frank (Valentine); Catherine (Katie) married John Meyer?; Mary; Veronika; Lydia; Emma; Josephine; Aaron. [2]
- Obit: The Peoria Herald, March 19, 1892:
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