BIO: JOSEPH E. MUSSER, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania
   
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  >From Biographical Annals of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania,
  Chicago: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905, pages 288-289
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    JOSEPH E. MUSSER, a retired farmer of Silver Spring township, Cumberland
  county, was born on what is known as the Herman Myers farm, Sept. 30, 1843.
  His great-grandfather, the earliest ancestor of whom we have any definite
  data, was Benjamin Musser, who was born in Lancaster county, Pa., where he
  followed the occupation of a blacksmith. 
    
    (II) Jacob Musser, son of Benjamin, and grandfather of Joseph E., was born
  and reared in Lancaster county, where he was a farmer. He married Margaret
  Frye, also a native of Lancaster county, and they became the parents of five
  children: John, Joseph, Fanny, Mary and Margaret. Jacob Musser moved to York
  county about 1817, residing there until 1833, when he moved to Cumberland
  county, where he made his home until his death.
    
    (III) John Musser, son of Jacob, and father of Joseph E., was also born in
  Lancaster county in 1813, and removed with his parents to Cumberland county
  in 1833. He was married in the spring of that year to Elizabeth Eckerd,
  daughter of Jacob Eckerd, of York county, and four children were born of this
  union: Jacob, Henry, Catherine and Joseph E.
    
    (IV) Joseph E. Musser received his education in the public school at
  Hogestown, Pa., which he attended, as was the custom, during the summer
  months, until he was about fifteen years of age, thereafter going in the
  winter season. After leaving school, at the age of nineteen years, he worked
  on the old homestead for his father until he was twenty-six, at which time he
  married Eveline R. Lehman, daughter of Jacob and Catherine (Gibbler) Lehman,
  of Monroe township. Four children were born to them, three of whom are still
  living: John L., Catherine E., Gertrude Ellen and Jacob Fulmer. The last
  named died Aug. 2, 1897, at the age of seventeen years, at Poughkeepsie, N. Y. 
  John L. married Daisy Albright, daughter of Samuel Albright, of Lancaster,
  Pa., and they have one child: Marguerite Evaline Albright, born Aug. 17, 1902.
  Catherine E. married Harvey H. Mentzer, son of Francis Mentzer of Frankford
  township, and has one child, Evaline Mary, born July 26, 1903. Gertrude Ellen
  married Clarence H. Miller, son of Solomon Miller, of Mechanicsburg, and has
  two children, Joseph Musser and Lester Solomon. Mrs. Musser was born in
  Dickinson township, Cumberland county, Oct. 17, 1844, daughter of Jacob and
  Catherine (Gibbler) Lehman, residents of Monroe township, and she is a most
  charming lady, an excellent housekeeper and homemaker.
    
    After his marriage Joseph E. Musser devoted his time and attention to
  farming, and has been very successful, being now the owner of three farms in
  Silver Spring township and one in South Middleton township, his land
  aggregating 434 acres - all under an excellent state of cultivation, and in
  firstclass condition.
    
    Mr. Musser is a consistent member of
    
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  the Lutheran Church, as is his wife, and he is a deacon and one of the
  trustees of the Trindle Spring Church. His political views have allied him
  with the Democratic party, to which he has devoted his energies with
  unfailing loyalty, and he has served one term as school director. His success
  in life can be attributed to his industry, thrift and good management. He is
  public-spirited, giving his aid to every movement he believes will result in
  permanent good to the community at large. At present he is living in his
  beautiful home at Hogestown, which is one of the finest in the place, and
  enjoys the unlimited respect and esteem of a wide circle of warm personal
  friends.