Harrison was the son of Andrew Wible Sr., and Mary Smith. He married Rachel Wilson March 14, 1843 in Shaler Township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. Harrison and Rachel had 8 known children: Mary G., William Wilson, James A., Lucinda Jane, Rachel, Harrison Jr., Charlotte and Jane E.
Harrison Wible, son of Andrew and Mary (Smith) Weible, was born in 1818, in Shaler township, Allegheny county, and obtained his education in the public schools. He passed his life as a farmer in his native township, occupying a portion of the homestead. He was a Whig and later a Republican, as became one named in honor of William Henry Harrison.
It was for the hero of Tippecanoe that Mr. Wible cast his first vote, giving his last for Benjamin Harrison, the hero's grandson. Mr. Wible was a member of the Presbyterian church.
[Source: A Century and a Half of Pittsburg and Her People
By John Newton Boucher, Lewis Publishing Company, John Woolf Jordan. Published by Lewis Pub. Co., 1908
Original from the University of Virginia; Digitized Sep 7, 2007; Page 393-394].
Harrison Wible, son of Andrew and Mary (Smith) Weible, was born in 1818, in Shaler township, Allegheny county, and obtained his education in the public schools. He passed his life as a farmer in his native township, occupying a portion of the homestead. He was a Whig and later a Republican, as became one named in honor of William Henry Harrison.
It was for the hero of Tippecanoe that Mr. Wible cast his first vote, giving his last for Benjamin Harrison, the hero's grandson. Mr. Wible was a member of the Presbyterian church.
[Source: A Century and a Half of Pittsburg and Her People
By John Newton Boucher, Lewis Publishing Company, John Woolf Jordan. Published by Lewis Pub. Co., 1908
Original from the University of Virginia; Digitized Sep 7, 2007; Page 393-394].
Harrison was the son of Andrew Wible Sr., and Mary Smith. He married Rachel Wilson March 14, 1843 in Shaler Township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. Harrison and Rachel had 8 known children: Mary G., William Wilson, James A., Lucinda Jane, Rachel, Harrison Jr., Charlotte and Jane E.
Harrison Wible, son of Andrew and Mary (Smith) Weible, was born in 1818, in Shaler township, Allegheny county, and obtained his education in the public schools. He passed his life as a farmer in his native township, occupying a portion of the homestead. He was a Whig and later a Republican, as became one named in honor of William Henry Harrison.
It was for the hero of Tippecanoe that Mr. Wible cast his first vote, giving his last for Benjamin Harrison, the hero's grandson. Mr. Wible was a member of the Presbyterian church.
[Source: A Century and a Half of Pittsburg and Her People
By John Newton Boucher, Lewis Publishing Company, John Woolf Jordan. Published by Lewis Pub. Co., 1908
Original from the University of Virginia; Digitized Sep 7, 2007; Page 393-394].
Harrison Wible, son of Andrew and Mary (Smith) Weible, was born in 1818, in Shaler township, Allegheny county, and obtained his education in the public schools. He passed his life as a farmer in his native township, occupying a portion of the homestead. He was a Whig and later a Republican, as became one named in honor of William Henry Harrison.
It was for the hero of Tippecanoe that Mr. Wible cast his first vote, giving his last for Benjamin Harrison, the hero's grandson. Mr. Wible was a member of the Presbyterian church.
[Source: A Century and a Half of Pittsburg and Her People
By John Newton Boucher, Lewis Publishing Company, John Woolf Jordan. Published by Lewis Pub. Co., 1908
Original from the University of Virginia; Digitized Sep 7, 2007; Page 393-394].
Inscription
Harrison Wible
Born
Mar. 5, 1818
Died Dec. 16, 1893
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Rachel Wilson
wife of
Harrison Wible
Born Aug. 9, 1820
Died Dec. 26, 1881
Gravesite Details
Harrison and Rachel are incribed on one side of the large Wible Family Oblesk. Harrison has an additional footstone that has the initials H. W. on top.
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