Alternate Spellings of Surname: Leibensberger, Leibensperger
He was a “girl dad” nearly one hundred and fifty years before that turn of phrase became a beloved moniker for fathers of daughters across America. The father of five daughters, David Leibensperger was also a cigarmaker-turned-soldier who helped to bring the United States back from one of its darkest periods in history to a place of light and hope.
Formative Years
Born in Whitehall Township, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania on 18 January 1836, David Leibensperger was a son of Allentown native Jacob Leibensperger (1801-1861) and Lydia (Leibig) Leibensperger (1812-circa 1880; alternate spelling of maiden name: “Leiby”)…