John S. Bomberger, is known as one of the prominent and successful farmers of this section of the Lebanon valley, for he has engaged in that calling for a quarter of a century on his present farm. John K. Bomberger, his father, was born in Cornwall township, Lebanon county, on a farm adjoining that which was the birthplace of his father, Christian Bomberger. Born November 2,1840, he enlisted in the Union army during the Civil war and served several years in the struggle to preserve the Union. Returning to his native township upon the cessation of hostilities, he took up farming and there spent the remainder of his life, his death occurring May 25, 1912. He and his wife, Elizabeth (Smith) Bomberger, who was born in South Lebanon township, February 18, 1843, and died June 25, 1877, are buried in the Quentin cemetery. John S. Bomberger was the oldest child of the family, of whom the others were: Elizabeth, who married Samuel Bowman and has resided at Quentin since his death; Mary, who married William Reist and lives on the homestead farm in Cornwall township; Sarah, the wife of Joseph Brandt, who lives near Campbelltown, Lebanon county; Christian, who married Ella Stoffer and makes his home at Reading, Pa.; Peter, who married Maggie Hoke and resides at Palmyra, Lebanon county; and Adam. John S. Bomberger received his education in the schools of his native township and the Borough of Lebanon, after which he returned to his home to assist his father in farm work, continuing ten years in that employment. For twelve years thereafter, he operated his father-in-law's farm, located a mile and a half east of the place Mr. Bomberger now farms. In 1905, he purchased his present farm of fifty-seven acres and has continued to work it. His home and flower gardens are among the show places of this section of the county, for he takes a great deal of enjoyment in his planting and landscaping. He was married January 13, 1894, to Salina Wilhelm, whose father, Tobias, farmed in South Lebanon township for sixty years until the time of his death, May 3, 1905, he having been born at Lebanon, August 30, 1823, and whose mother, Renoica Light, was born in that township, July 15, 1827, and died February 15, 1902. Mr. and Mrs. Bomberger have one child, Renoica, who was born February 14, 1896, married Reuben Brightbill, a native of Franklin county, Pa., and resides on a farm in North Cornwall township.
A History of the Lebanon Valley In Pennsylvania, Volume II. By Dr. Hiram H. Shenk. 1930. Page 205.