BIO:  Daniel S. FREY, Hamiltonban 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 441

DANIEL S. FREY, farmer, P.O. Fountain Dale, is a son of Christian Frey, who came 
from Germany about 1829 and settled in Hamiltonban Township, this county.  He 
was born in 1811, and, with his wife, is now living in Fairfield.  She was a 
Miss Mary A. Butt, born in 1806.  Christian Frey followed weaving in Hamiltonban 
Township for over twenty years; then moved to Liberty Township where he worked 
at his trade until 1852, at which time he bought the farm on which Daniel S. now 
resides and on which he continued to live until 1876, when he came to Fairfield.  
When he bought the farm of 239 acres, but a small part of it was subdued, and he 
and his sons cleared up quite a large tract, building a good stone house, barn, 
etc.  Always a hard-working, sober and careful man, he is now enjoying the 
fruits of his industry and thrift.  He is an ardent Republican in politics, but 
rarely would accept office.  Mr. and Mrs. Christian Frey’s family were 
Elizabeth, wife of Joseph Bigham (both deceased); John, who died in the army, 
being a member of Company C, Sixty-fifth Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry; Adam, 
married to Mary Hershey, living in Kansas; Christian, married to Eliza Bishop, 
living in Liberty Township, this county; and Daniel S., the youngest, born June 
19, 1850.  When old enough, our subject was put to work on the farm, which has 
always been his home, and which he bought on his father’s retirement.  December 
14, 1875, he was married to Miss Mary Etta Martin, daughter of Samuel Martin, of 
Liberty Township, this county, where she was born May 4, 1853.  Her father died 
in 1884; her mother is still living.  Mr. and Mrs. Frey have two children:  
Gertrude Irene, born December 28, 1876, and Charles Samuel, born August 6, 1883.  
Our subject and wife are members of the Reformed Church at Fountain Dale.  In 
politics he is a Republican.