BIO: Andrew KORMAN, Centre County, PA

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Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania: Including 
the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion: Containing 
Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative Citizens, Etc. 
Chicago: J. H. Beers, 1898.
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  ANDREW KORMAN, one of the most substantial, thorough and painstaking 
agriculturists of Gregg township, Centre county, is a native of 
Pennsylvania, born in Huntingdon county, in March, 1845. When a mere 
child he was brought to Centre county by his parents, George and 
Christina (Royer) Korman, where the father followed farming throughout 
the remainder of his life. He was called to his final rest at the age 
of seventy years, and was buried in the Union cemetery in Gregg 
township. He was a highly respected and valued member of the community, 
where he had hosts of warm friends. His widow now makes her home with a 
daughter in Gregg township. This worthy couple were the parents of 
eight children, in order of birth as follows: Aaron, deceased; 
Catharine, wife of B. Yearick, of Potter township, Centre county; 
Andrew; Mary, wife of Washington Garvick, of Centre county; Maggie, 
wife of Jesse Long, of Gregg township; Ellen, wife of Samuel Long, of 
the same township; Alfred, deceased; and Louisa, wife of John D. Honer, 
of Creston, Pennsylvania.
  The education of Andrew Korman was principally obtained in the 
schools of Spring Mills, but his opportunities were much poorer than 
those afforded the children of the present day, and, feeling the lack 
of a good education, he has become a firm friend of our common-school 
system. Upon the home farm he was reared, and under his father's able 
instruction acquired an excellent knowledge of that business, remaining 
with him until his marriage, when he was twenty-

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five years old, to Miss Julia A. Tibbens, who was born in Brush Valley, 
Gregg township, November 19, 1851. She is the oldest child of Michael 
and Anna M. (Ziegler) Tibbens, farming people, in whose family were 
nine children - two sons and seven daughters. Mrs. Korman was provided 
with a good education, to which she has added greatly by reading in 
later years. By her marriage she has become the mother of five 
children: Oliver T., of Gregg township; Agnes D., wife of R. B. 
Gentzel, of the same township; Anna M., at home; Irvin W., who died at 
the age of nine years; and Harry A., at home.
  After his marriage, Mr. Korman located upon his father-in-law's farm, 
in Gregg township, along the pike west of Spring Mills, where he 
remained until 1883, when he purchased the Rev. P. Fisher farm in the 
same township - a tract of 148 acres - and paid $6, 158 for it. He has 
greatly improved the farm and placed it under a high state of 
cultivation. In 1888 he built his present comfortable residence, which 
is one of the best in the township. Being a skillful and progressive 
farmer, the fields are made to yield abundant harvests and the entire 
appearance of the place indicates a thrifty and prosperous owner.
  Politically, Mr. Korman follows in the footsteps of his father, 
supporting the men and measures of the Democratic party as a general 
rule, but endeavors to vote for the man best qualified to fill the 
office, regardless of party affiliations. His excellent wife, who is a 
member of the Reformed Church, has been a most faithful helpmeet to 
him, and to her no little credit is due for the success that he has 
achieved in life. Their family all belongs to the Reformed Church, and 
is one upon which they can look with pride, all holding honorable 
positions in society, and the name of Korman certainly deserves an 
honored place in the records of Centre county.