The United States had homegrown pencil-makers in John Thoreau (the father of Henry David), who developed the graphite-grading system, and Joseph Dixon, but Eberhard Faber, who opened a pencil ...

Eberhard Faber, the founder and head of the house of A.W. Faber, in this country, died at his residence, in this City, on Sunday, in the fiftyseventh year of his age. View Full Article in ...

Local businessman Eberhard “Eb” Faber IV of the Eberhard Faber Pencil Company passed away on Friday, Sept. 2, at 85 years of age, according to Times Leader newsgathering partners WBRE/WYOU.

Part of the Landmarks Preservation Commission’s Eberhard Faber Pencil Company Historic District, the address is actually composed of the facades of three buildings constructed in stages during ...