Faber, Eberhard
manufacturer, was born Dec. 6, 1822, in Bavaria. In 1861 he built the first lead-pencil factory in the United States. He also introduced the manufacture of penholders, gold pens and rubber goods of all varieties, connected with the stationery trade. He died March 2, 1879, in New York city.
FAHNESTOCK, ALFRED HAMILTON, educator, clergyman, author, poet, was born Feb. 26, 1842, in Warren, Pa. During 1870-73 he was professor of Latin in the college of New Jersey. He studied theology for three years at Princeton college, from which institution he graduated in 1871. Since, 1875 he has been pastor of the First Ward Presbyterian church of Syracuse, N. Y., and has attained distinction as an eloquent clergyman. He is the author of The Autograph Thanksgiving Souvenir; The Bride's Gift to Her Friends; has translated Dies Brae; and his poems have appeared in various standard works.