BIO: SAMUEL L. EPPLEY, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania
   
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  >From Biographical Annals of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania,
  Chicago: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905, pages 275-276
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    SAMUEL L. EPPLEY, proprietor of the livery, feed and sales stables located
  at No. 21 West South street, Carlisle, was born in West Pennsboro township,
  Cumberland county, four miles west of Carlisle, Sept. 5, 1852, a son of
  Samuel and Amanda (Hoon) Eppley. His grandfather, Jacob Eppley, died in York
  county, and was a man prominent for his day. The father was a native of York
  county, and when a young man of about twenty years came to Cumberland county,
  becoming a farmer. He was a public-spirited man and became very prominent in
  the county, serving as a useful member of the school board, and filling the
  various minor township offices, as well as that of county commissioner. In
  politics he was a strong Republican, and influential in his party. He died
  May 8, 1901, aged eighty-two years. His wife was born in Mifflin township,
  this county, about 1826, and is still living, residing in North Middleton,
  Pa. The following children were born to these worthy people: George,
  deceased; William H., a retired merchant of Carlisle; Samuel L.; James W., of
  Plainfield, Pa.; Oscar W., of Middlesex township, a farmer; Charles C., of
  Carlisle; Alfred, a clerk of Carlisle; Lizzie, deceased and Ulysses G.,
  proprietor of the "United States Hotel," Mt. Holly.
    
    Samuel L. Eppley was reared upon the homestead farm and educated in the
  common schools of his neighborhood. In 1901 he moved into Carlisle, and
  since then has devoted his attention to his livery stables, which he
  established in 1900. His farming operations were largely carried on in West
  Pennsboro township, his property lying four and one-half miles west of
  Carlisle, where he owns 132 acres. In his livery business he keeps a well
  equipped stable and does a
    
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  large business in selling horses, as well as in his boarding department. In
  politics he is an active Republican, and he has been a member of the
  Republican county central committee and acted as delegate to various county
  and State conventions. He has ably filled the office of school director
  several terms, and has also been director of the poor.
    
    On June 11, 1874, Mr. Eppley was married to Anna M. Bear, daughter of
  Jonathan and Mariah (Bear) Bear, and three children have been born to this
  union Grace E., wife of Dr. D. W. Van Camp, of Plainfield, Pa.; Carrie B., of
  Dickinson College and a graduate of the Shippensburg Normal School, a teacher
  of three years' standing; and Mayme V., who taught school for two years in
  Monroe township, attended Millersville State Normal, at Millersville,
  Lancaster county, from which she was graduated, and then returning to Monroe
  township taught a year and also in Carlisle where she is now a popular
  teacher in the public schools. The family reside in a very pleasant home at
  No. 142 South Hanover street, Carlisle, where their many friends are
  cordially welcomed.