BIO:  WILLIAM E. DRAWBAUGH, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania
   
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  >From Biographical Annals of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania,
  Chicago: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905, pages 660-661
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    WILLIAM E. DRAWBAUGH, farmer and dairyman, of Newton township, Cumberland
  county, was born Nov. 3, 1855, in West Pennsboro township, a son of John and
  Nancy (Zeigler) Drawbaugh. The father was born in Cumberland county, a son of
  George and Katherine (Bloser) Drawbaugh.
  
    After marriage the parents of William E. Drawbaugh settled in West
  Pennsboro township, where he became a prosperous farmer. His death occurred
  Oct. 7, 1882. His widow, who was a daughter of William and Margaret (Adams)
  Zeigler, survived him until Oct. 9, 1893. They had nine children, eight of
  whom lived to maturity: Ezemiah married S. W. Lehn, and died Nov. 15, 1904;
  Anna M. died Oct. 9, 1882; Wilson is deceased; Margaret G., the widow of Rev.
  M. M. Foose, resides at Lancaster; William E. is mentioned below; George A.
  died Nov. 6, 1882; John F. died Oct. 4, 1882; Rev. David Porter is a
  prominent Lutheran minister.
  
    William E. Drawbaugh spent his boy-

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  hood on the farm and attended what is known as Smith's schoolhouse. At the
  age of eighteen years his school days ended and he assisted his father on the
  farm until he was twenty-two. Soon after he married Miss Isabel Sharpe, eldest
  daughter of Andrew and Eliza ( Jacobs) Sharpe. The Sharpe family is one of the
  pioneer families of Cumberland county, of Scotch-Irish extraction, and as
  proud of their honorable ancestry as of their attachment to the Presbyterian
  Church. Andrew Sharpe was an intelligent man and successful farmer and one of
  the most liberal supporters of the church in Newton township. He died on the
  old Sharpe homestead Nov. 13, 1865. His widow survived him until Jan. 20,
  1868. The grandfather of Mrs. Drawbaugh, John Sharpe, one of the first
  settlers in Newton township, married Martha Huston, and died at the advanced
  age of eighty-two years The great-grandfather was Robert Sharpe, who married
  Margaret Boyd. Both died in September, 1815. They were pioneers in the
  Cumberland Valley and settled in Newton township about 1740. They were active
  in all good works and much credit is due their religious zeal in the
  establishing of the Presbyterian Church in this locality.

    After marriage William E. Drawbaugh settled for one year in Frankford
  township and then removed to Newton township, where he lived a number of
  years. In 1894 he moved to his present farm which is known as the old Sharpe
  homestead, or a part of it, containing 100 acres. He also owns an adjoining
  farm of seventy-seven acres, upon which are good buildings, erected many
  years ago. Mr. Drawbaugh has met with unusual success in the raising of
  wheat, of which he has made something of a specialty. His farm is well
  stocked with first-class hogs, cattle and horses, and he has given attention
  to dairying.

    Mr. and Mrs. Drawbaugh have one son and one daughter, Edgar Sharpe and
  Nancy Zeigler; the latter was educated at the Cumberland Valley State Normal
  School at Shippensburg, and is now teaching. Mr. Drawbaugh and his wife are
  members of the United Presbyterian Church, in which he has been an elder
  since 1892. In politics he is a Democrat, but no office seeker. He ranks with
  the leading and most progressive citizens of Newton township.