Transcription contributed by Martie Callihan 1 December 2004

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DAVID P. EGBERT, farmer; P. O. Lebanon; was born in Union Co., Penn., July 20, 1816; he is the son of John and Rachael (Bell) Egbert, both natives of Pennsylvania and of Dutch descent; his mother was a sister of Judge Bell, of Pennsylvania; her mother lived to reach the remarkable age of 103 years. Our subject received his early education in the country schools of Warren County, and was reared as a farmer; he has always taken an active part in politics, and has, at different times, held all the township offices in the gift of the people. In 1854, he was elected Sheriff of Warren County, and in that capacity continued four years with honor to himself and credit to his constituents; in 1850, he was the census enumerator of his county; he has been in many different occupations in life, and has generally been successful; for seven years, he kept hotel in Lebanon, and at one time was proprietor of three hotels, all of which he relinquished when he purchased the Lebanon House; he was also for four years engaged in mercantile pursuits in Lebanon, and, for several years, a contractor for building pike roads. From 1850 to 1860, he was extensively and successfully engaged in pork-packing in Lebanon, and then he removed to the farm of 175 acres, on which he is now living. He was married, in 1842, to Miss Elizabeth Van Note, daughter of William Van Note, of Warren County; they have had twelve children, nine boys and three girls, of whom nine are now living. Mr. Egbert is, strictly speaking, a self-made man in the full sense of the term; his mother was a widow with ten children to support, and, at the tender age of ten years, he was put out to work at $20 per year, being obliged to furnish his own clothing; he got $45 for his second year and $95 for the third, after which he rented land, and shortly afterward purchased 110 acres of the farm he now owns; he is now in easy circumstances and devotes much of his time to the raising of fine fruits, stock, fowls, etc.; he is a striking example of what may be accomplished by earnest industry strict economy and a determination to succeed.