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On Nov. 18, 1896, Mr. Sharbaugh married Miss Malvina Anastasia Eckenrode, the daughter of Andrew and Mary m. Eckenrode, nee Gauntner. Mrs. Sharbaugh's father was a very well known merchant of Carrolltown, and is now deceased. His widow and the following children survive: Etta, married Frank A. Donahue, Carrolltown; Stella, married Duncan Sandford, lives at Tulsa, Okla.; Ella May, married L. M. Buck, cashier of the Hastings Bank, Hastings, Pa.; Myrtle, married John Murphy, lives at Nemacolin, Pa.; Vera, married Edward Kelly, lives at Central City, Pa.; and Mrs. Sharbaugh. Mr. and Mrs. Sharbaugh are the parents of the following children: Frances Vernita, married Griffith G. Bloom; Leah Irene; Marian Rose; Alice Anastasia; Clare Elizabeth; Callista Barbara; Robert and Joseph, twins; and Frances Collette, all at home. Two sons, Howard Boyd and John Andrew, died in infancy.
Mr. Sharbaugh is a member of Council No. 522, K. of C., Johnstown Lodge, No. 175, B. P. O. E., the local Kiwanis Club, and is affiliated with a number of other benevolent and charitable institutions. He attends Holy Name Church, Ebensburg, whose present pastor is the Rev. Hugh H. O'Neil, with whom he attended college at St. Vincent's.
Lewis L. Edwards, deceased, was a highly esteemed citizen of Blacklick Township and the founder of the Edwards family in Cambria County. He was of Welsh birth and parentage, born in the County of Mereventh, North Wales, in March, 1816. He was a sheep-herder in his native land and was thus engaged until the time of his emigration to the United States in 1842. His brother, Robert Edwards, preceded him to this country and settled on a farm in Cambria Township, nine miles north of Ebensburg, where he became a prosperous and successful farmer. Mr. Edwards was employed as a day hand by his brother, Robert, and others in the neighborhood until after his marriage in 1843, when he engaged in farming and lumbering in Cambria Township. He carefully saved the profits from his business and in 1850 purchased a farm of 100 acres in Blacklick Township, upon which he spent the remainder of his life. He added to his land holdings until he was the owner of 800 acres of valuable land.
Mr. Edwards' only asset when he arrive in America was his ability and willingness to work, and by careful and economical habits, good sound judgment and industry, he acquired an ample competence, and the latter years of his life were spent in practical retirement, enjoying the comforts
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