Husband Solomon Perry Gorgas 1
Born: 31 Aug 1815 - Lower Allen Twp, Cumberland Co, PA 2
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Father: Hon. Solomon Gorgas (1764-1838) 2 3
Mother: Catharine Fahnestock (1774-1853) 2 3
Marriage: 8 May 1845 4
Wife Elizabeth Eberly 4
Born: 31 Mar 1822 - Hampden Twp, Cumberland Co, PA 4
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Father: Benjamin Eberly ( - ) 4
Mother: Barbara Kauffman ( - ) 4
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1 F Kate E. Gorgas 4
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Spouse: Dr. J. Nelson Clark ( - ) 4
2 M William F. Gorgas 4
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3 F Anna B. Gorgas 4
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Spouse: Jacob H. Kohler ( - ) 4
4 F Mary E. Gorgas 4
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Spouse: William C. Hicks ( - ) 4
General Notes: Husband - Solomon Perry Gorgas
He farmed in Fairview Township, York County, Pennsylvania, until 1850, when he came to Mechanicsburg, Cumberland County, and in 1855 purchased fifty-six acres of what later became part of the east side of the city. In 1859 Mr. Gorgas, in company with Levi Merkel, Jacob Mumma, Jacob, Levi F. and Samuel Eberly, William R. Gorgas, John Nisley and John Brandt, formed a banking company, under the firm name of Merkel, Mumma & Co., with John Brandt, president, and Levi Kauffman, cashier. In 1861 the bank became the Mechanicsburg Bank, chartered under the State law, Levi Merkel, president. In February, 1861, the bank was chartered as the First National Bank, with Solomon P. Gorgas, president, and re-chartered in February, 1883.