E. X. GIEBNER, physician
and surgeon, Sandy Lake, was born July 5, 1830, in Mercer County.
His father, Valentine Giebner, was a native of the eastern part of
Pennsylvania, and came to this county at an early day. His mother, Anna
(Albin) Giebner, was born on the ocean, to John and Jane Albin, in
1804. Charles A. Giebner died in this county, and was buried about four
miles south of Sandy Lake. He was the father of the following children:
Jacob, John, was drowned at Galena; Augustus and William, both died in
Mercer County; Polly, married James McCloskey, and died in Sandy Lake;
Valentine and Samuel. Valentine died in 1874, and was the father of
four children: E. X., J. T., an attorney of Sharon; Mary A., married
Samuel Waldron; Sarah B., married James Grace. The parents were
consistent members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Our subject was
educated in the common schools and Allegheny College, Meadville, and
during intervals he taught in the country and two years at Franklin,
Venango County. He began reading medicine at that city in 1851, with
Dr. B. Gillett, and attended medical college at Harvard, where he
graduated in 1854, and at once began the practice of his chosen
profession in Franklin, Penn., in partnership with his preceptor, for
one year. He then went to Blair County, where he remained until 1856,
when he located at Sandy Lake, where be has taken high rank as one of
the best physicians and surgeons in this part of the state. He had Dr.
T. M. Cooley as a partner from 1876 to 1888. He was married, in 1856,
to Mary A. Dunn, a native of Sandy Lake, and daughter of Robert and
Anna (McKean) Dunn, and by this union has two children: Annette and Ida
E., married William Harvey, who is dead, and she is the mother of one
son, Earl. The Doctor has been burgess of Sandy Lake, and at various
times a member of the council of the same. He has also served as school
director. For many years he was identified with the Republican
party, but is now an adherent of the Greenback party. He is a member of
the F.&A.M., I.O.O.F., A.O.U.W. and K.of H. He and his family are
members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
Source: (History of Mercer County, 1888, pages 1053 and 1056 - 1057)
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