Her father was a lumber and farming businessman .
Of Pennsylvania Dutch ( German ) ancestry , Sara Hershey was born in 1837 , near Indiantown , Pennsylvania in Lancaster County , Pennsylvania , the daughter of Benjamin ( died 1893 ) and Elizabeth Hershey .
Sara Hershey 's father was a lumber and farming businessman .
Of Pennsylvania Dutch ( German ) ancestry , Sara Hershey was born in 1837 , near Indiantown , Pennsylvania in Lancaster County , Pennsylvania , the daughter of Benjamin ( died 1893 ) and Elizabeth Hershey .