EBY WAS EDUCATED AT MILLERSVILLE NORMAL SCHOOL AND TAUGHT SCHOOL NEAR WHAT WAS THEN MILLER MOUNTAIN ON OWL HILL ROAD. (EAST OF KISSEL HILL, IN WARWICK TOWNSHIP). HE LIVED AT THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF OWL HILL ROAD AND SOUTH HECK ROAD UNTIL HE MARRIED THE SECOND TIME WHEN HE MOVED TO RONKS, PA. EBY GAVE UP TEACHING WHEN HE MOVED TO RONKS BECAUSE A LAW WENT ON THE BOOKS THAT PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS COULD NOT WEAR RELIGIOUS GARB (PLAIN IN EBY’S CASE). EBY HELD TIGHT TO HIS RELIGIOUS CONVICTIONS AND GAVE UP PUBLIC SCHOOL. HE LIVED IN THE BIG HOUSE JUST SOUTH OF WHAT WOULD LATER BECOME ROY’S HOME, OWNED BY HIS IN-LAWS. HE THEN MOVED TO 117 BROAD STREET, THEN 155 BROAD STREET IN LANCASTER CITY WHERE HE WORKED AND LATER HELPED TEACH AT BOWMAN’S WATCH COMPANY AT 220 WEST CHESTNUT STREET, LANCASTER.

EBY IS BURIED AT LONGENECKER’S REFORMED MENNONITE CEMETARY IN EAST LAMPETER, LANCASTER COUNTY, PA.