BIO:  George STONESIFER, Germany 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 435

GEORGE STONESIFER, merchant, Littlestown, was born in what is now Union 
Township, this county, December 26, 1821, a son of Jacob and Susan (Vance) 
Stonesifer, both natives of this county.  He was reared until the age of twenty-
four years, on his father’s farm, attending the subscription schools near 
Westminster, Md., and acquiring an education.  Form 1846 to 1857, he was engaged 
in marketing business between Littlestown and Westminster.  In 1857, he, in 
company with S. M. Study, opened a general store at Littlestown.  In 1865 Mr. 
Stonesifer was elected assistant county assessor on the Democratic ticket, and 
sold his interest in the store.  He served in the above office three years and a 
half, and in 1869, in company with S. P. Young, again began merchandising at 
Littlestown.  Eleven months later he bought Young’s interest in the business, 
and since then has been alone and continuously in trade up to date.  He was one 
of the organizers of the Littlestown Savings Institution, a director for sixteen 
years, and is at present its president.  He was a prominent promoter in building 
the Littlestown Railroad, a director for twenty years, and is now, and has been 
for the past ten years, secretary and treasurer of the railroad.  He is a member 
of the Lutheran Church.  When St. Luke’s Church, St. Luke’s Parsonage and St. 
John’s Parsonage were built, he was a member of the building committee on each 
and acted as treasurer for all, and took a general and active part in their 
erection.  In 1846 he was married to Lucinda C. Swope, a daughter of Ephraim 
Swope of this county.  Mr. and Mrs. Stonesifer have had ten children, four now 
living:  Sarah C., Mary, Laura J. and Theodore H.  Mr. Stonesifer is a 
substantial and energetic merchant and one of Littlestown’s most honored 
citizens.