Leberman, D. D. Rev.

REV. D. D. LEBERMAN, pastor of St. Paul’s Reformed Church of Meadville, was born in Lebanon County, Penn., May 16, 1841, and is a son of Jacob L. and Henrietta (Fake) Leberman, the former a native of Germany, the latter of Pennsylvania and of German descent. His father has been for many years a merchant of Meadville. Our subject, the eldest of a family of eight children, received his education at the Swatara Institute and the Theological Seminary, Tiffin, Ohio, of the Reformed Church, at which he graduated in 1864. He was then licensed to preach, and his first appointment was at Titusville, Penn., for one year. He was then engaged in church work, not being able to preach on account of his health. Since 1860 he has made Meadville his home. Since 1867 he has been in charge of a church here, and has also had charge of Zion Hill, in Union Township, since 1872, and both churches have flourishing Sunday-schools. He was married in 1864, to Miss Julia E. Persons, a native of Ohio and of English descent. They have two children: Edward Oscar and Henry Harbaugh, the former a member of the Freshman class in Allegheny College, the latter a student of Meadville High School. Mr. Leberman takes a deep interest in education, having been thirteen years on the School Board, during the whole of which time he has been Secretary. In his political views Mr. Leberman is Democratic.

History of Crawford County, Pennsylvania: containing a history of the county, its townships, towns, villages, schools, churches, industries, etc., portraits of early settlers and prominent men, biographies, history of Pennsylvania, statistical and miscellaneous matter, Chicago: Warner, Beers & Co., 1885, page 747-748