BIO:  George P. EYLER, Cumberland Township, Adams County, PA

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History of Cumberland and Adams Counties, Pennsylvania
Chicago:  Warner, Beers & Co., 1886
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Part III, History of Adams County, Page 401

GEORGE P. EYLER, P.O. Harney, Md., was born in Frederick County, Md., May 6, 
1852, son of Perry and Anna Mary Carolina (Warnfeltz) Eyler, natives of 
Maryland, the father of German and the mother of English and German extraction.  
Perry Eyler had been occupied as a farmer through life and is now living retired 
in Harney, Md.  He had born to him seven children, of whom George P. is the 
third.  Our subject was reared on his father’s farm and first attended the 
district schools, then passed two years in Carroll County Academy, with a view 
of obtaining a classical education, but owing to poor health and weak eyes he 
was compelled to abandon the idea.  Subsequently he took charge of his father’s 
farm, and has since been actively engaged in agricultural pursuits, and also to 
some extent has been engaged in stock-growing.  In 1882, he was married to Anna 
Caroline, daughter of Abraham Hesson, and a native of Pennsylvania, of German 
descent.  To Mr. and Mrs. Eyler have been born two children:  Lester Allen and 
George Edgar.  Mrs. Eyler is a member of the Lutheran Church, and Mr. Eyler of 
the United Brethren.  He takes an active interest in church matters, and has 
served as superintendent of the Sabbath-school of the church.