Bishop Benjamin Eby
The following biography of Canadian Bishop Benjamin Eby (1785-1853) is an extract from History of the Eby Family.
Benjamin Eby, the sixth son and eleventh member of the family of Christian Eby and his wife Catharine Bricker, was born on the old homestead on Hammar Creek, in Warwick Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, on the 2nd day of May, 1785.
Benjamin spent his boyhood days on the farm, and in his father's cooper-shop making barrels for the mills. He received a fair common school education, and during the long winter evenings he continued his studies. He had free access to his father's books, as well as to his brother John's library. He was not very strong and it used to be the common saying among the neighbours: "Aus 'em Bennie gebts ka Bauer, er muss Schulmaster werre!"-"Bennie will never make a farmer, he must become a school-teacher."
