The following was taken from the Biographical Annals of Lebanon County BIOGRAPHICAL ANNALS OF LEBANON COUNTY Page 328 & 329 ANDREW KREIDER, one of Annville's most prominent citizens, president of the Annville National Bank, and a man who has been identified with almost all of the leading public enterprises which have made that town and vicinity prosperous, was born on a farm in South Annville township, July 18, 1828, a son of David and Sarah (Henry) Kreider. The Kreiders are connected by marriage with many of the other old and prominent families of Lebanon and Lancaster counties. Jacob Kreider, the grandfather of Andrew, was born about two miles south of the city of Lebanon, and married Mary Stauffer, daughter of Abraham Stauffer, of a prominent family of Lancaster county. Nine children were born to them as follows: Elizabeth, David, Joseph, Michael, Nancy, Susan, Kate, Mary, and Lydia. Jacob Kreider was a son of Henry Kreider, who was born south of Lebanon, where the founder of the family settled on coming to America from Switzerland. Several brothers of the name came to Pennsylvania together, and one of these settled in Lancaster county, and the others in that part of Lancaster which is now included in Lebanon county. David Kreider, the father of Andrew, was born about two and one-half miles southwest of the city of Lebanon, October 16, 1803, and died December 14, 1871, while the mother was born January 20, 1808, at Palmyra, Lebanon county, and died November 6, 1852. Their children were as follows: Andrew; David, born in 1832; Henry H., born September 30, 1835; Mary, born in 1838, married Abraham M. Brightbill; and Joseph H., born January 23, 1841. David Kreider was twice married, his second wife being Magdalena Shenk, who was born in Dauphin county, and the children of this union were: Elizabeth, deceased; Daniel; Lydia, the wife of Henry Kettering; Annie; and Aaron S. Andrew Kreider was reared on the farm, and attended the country schools in his locality, and also the old Annville Academy. In September, 1862 during the Civil war, he became a member of a cavalry company of Pennsylvania Emergency troops, ready for the defense of the State. In 1867 Mr. Kreider erected his present comfortable home in Annville, and determined to make this pleasant village his place of residence, since which time he has been identified with its prosperity. For several years he engaged in the lumber and real estate business, doing much in this line to bring the town into touch with other parts of the county. In 1873 he was one of the organizers of Annville Savings Bank, which has grown into the Annville National Bank, of which he served as vice-president until the death of President Judge Kinports, when he became the head of this leading financial institution of Lebanon county. No citizen has been more deeply interested than he, in the growth of the Lebanon Valley College, an institution of learning whose graduates rank with those from much older colleges. On May 29, 1866, Andrew Kreider was united in marriage with Emma L. Miller, who was born in North Annville, June 12, 1846, a daughter of George A. Miller. The children born to this marriage are the following: Sallie, Raymond, Edwin, and Anna E., all of whom have been given fine educational advantages, and all are graduates of the Lebanon Valley College. The United Brethren Church, of which Mr. Kreider is a member, has profited much by his generosity, as have the various charities of the locality, his private benefactions, however, exceeded his public ones. Mr. Kreider has always been public-spirited, and was instrumental in getting Annville's present water supply, contributing both time and money to that much needed public improvement. In all other public movements he has always been found on the side of progress, and is very justly regarded as the town's leading and most useful citizen. Nancy Allwein Nebiker