BIO:  Hiram W. TROSTEL, Franklin 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 414

HIRAM W. TROSTEL, merchant, Arendtsville, was born at York Springs this county, 
in 1846.  His grandfather, Abram Trostel, came from Germany while still single, 
and settled west of York Springs.  He purchased a farm and mill property, which 
is still standing and is yet known at the “Trostel Mills.”  He married Catherine 
Brough, whose family history dates back prior to the organization of Adams 
County.  The young couple commenced life as pioneers in that region, developed 
the farm, and reared a family of six children, as follows:  Andrew, Abram and 
Jacob (twins), Lizzie, Betsy and Isaac B.  Of this family only one, Abram, the 
father of Hiram W., is living.  He, Abram, learned the trade of a miller with 
his father, and afterward managed the Trostel Mills eighteen years.  He then 
purchased a farm near York Springs, upon which was a saw-mill, a grist-mill 
being added later.  This he managed for twelve years, and then purchased another 
farm, erected handsome buildings and in a few years purchased a residence in 
York Springs, where he still resides.  About 1835 he married Eliza, daughter of 
Jacob and Eliza Pensyl, and to this union were born Henry J., George H., Sallie, 
Hiram W., Lavona, Mary and Lizzie (twins).  Mrs. Trostel died in 1852, and Abram 
then wedded Caroline Ernst, who death occurred three years later.  His third 
wife was Mrs. Yount, of Gettysburg.  Hiram W. was educated at York Springs, and 
for four years clerked for Griest & Bowers, merchants of that place.  In 
October, 1875, he was married to Hannah E. Bream, who has borne him four 
children, three now living:  Allen B., Ira W. and Stella R.  In the spring of 
1876 Mr. Trostel came to Arendtsville, where his father had purchased a fine 
residence property and store-room, which has since been enlarged.  The same 
spring our subject purchased a large stock of merchandise, and at this date is 
one of the most enterprising merchants of Adams County, and carries perhaps, as 
large a stock of general merchandise as will be invoiced in the county.  He and 
his wife are members of the Lutheran Church.