BIO:  Isaac PFOUTZ, Highland 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, Pages 453-454

ISAAC PFOUTZ, farmer, P. O. Gettysburg, was born in Adams County, Penn., October 
16, 1827, a son of John and Rachel (Lahman) Pfoutz, natives of Pennsylvania.  
His father, who was a manufacturer, owned and operated the woolen-mill, which is 
situated on Little Marsh Creek.  David Pfoutz, the grandfather, owned this mill 
many years before he died, and was the first woolen manufacturer in Adams 
County.  Isaac was reared on a farm and worked a little in the factory.  He 
remained with his parents and cared for them until they both passed away; the 
father died in 1880 and the mother in 1878.  Mr. Pfoutz has been twice married; 
first in February, 1856, to Sophia Diehl, who bore him five children, two 
living, Margaret R. and Emma E.  His first wife dying March 29, 1867; he next 
married, May 3, 1881, Sarah J. Jacobs, a native of Frederick County, Md.  To 
this union two children were born, one now living, Mary E.  In 1869, Mr. Pfoutz 
moved to his present place, and now owns 241 acres of good land and forty-four 
acres of mountain land.  He has fine improvements and his surroundings show him 
to be an industrious and intelligent citizen.  He has served for two years as 
director of the poor.  Politically he is a Democrat.  He and his wife are 
members of the German Baptist Church.