Rash's Surname Index
Notes for Samuel Liberkuhn Sr. SHOBER
Samuel Lieberkuhn Shober, youngest son of Samuel L. and Susannah Budd (Jones) Shober, born in Philadelphia, September 6, 1789, was a prominent business man of Philadelphia. He was a sergeant of the Third Company of the Washington Guards at Camp Dupont in the War of 1812-14; was offered a commission as captain in the regular army but declined. He was a founder of the Apprentices' Library and was prominent in philanthropic and charitable institutions of Philadelphia. He was largely instrumental in inter esting the United States Congress in doing justice to the remnant of the Delaware Indians remaining in New Jersey. He died in Philadelphia, August 25, 1847. He married (first) December 7, 1813, Mary Ann, daughter of John and Mary Ann (Phelps) Bedford, who died November 2, 1828, at the age of thirty-three years. Mr. Shober married (second) October 27, 1830, Lucy Hall, born February 24, 1805, daughter of Josiah and Lucy (Hall) Bradley, and a descendant of Gov. Dudley, of Massachusetts.
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