Biography

10/11/1774 - 05/24/1859

General Henry Hibshman (Anti-Mason7) Lancaster County 1832-1836 

Early Life:

General Henry Hibshman, born October 11, 1774; son of Wendell and Hannah G. Heffley Hibschman; commissioned officer, War of 1812; General, Pennsylvania State Militia; unsuccessful campaigns, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, 1809, 1810; elected, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, Lancaster County, 1811; unsuccessful campaigns, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, 1812, 1813, 1814; elected, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, 1815, unsuccessful reelection, 1816; elected, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, 1821; elected, Anti-Mason, Pennsylvania State Senate, 1832-1836; married, Catharine Millerin Hibshman, (d. 1817) married, Hannah Schweitzer Hibshman, daughter, Mary Ann Hibshman Keller; died, May 24, 1859 (aged 84), Hibschman Cemetery, Ephrata, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. 

Pennsylvania Politics: 

Unsuccessful campaigns, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, Lancaster County, 1809, 1810. 

Elected, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, Lancaster County, 1811.

Unsuccessful campaigns, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, Lancaster County, 1812, 1813, 1814.

Elected, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, Lancaster County, 1815, unsuccessful reelection, 1816. 

Elected, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, Lancaster County, 1821. 

Elected, Anti-Mason, Pennsylvania State Senate, 7th district, Lancaster County, 1832-1836.

Legacy: 

Father, Wendell H. Hibschman, Major, Revolutionary War.

Cited:

Cox, Harold. "Senate Members H". Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Wilkes University.

A New Nation Votes (tufts.edu)

Henry Hibschman (1774-1859) - Find a Grave Memorial