BIO:  J. George WOLF, Gettysburg, 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 377

J. GEORGE WOLF, grain dealer, Gettysburg, was born in Adams County, Penn., April 
1, 1821, a son of Isaac and Elizabeth (Horn) Wolf, the latter a native of Adams 
County, and of German descent, her father, J. G. Horn, having been a native of 
Germany.  Isaac Wolf was born in Lancaster County, Penn., of German origin, and 
was a successful farmer.  John Wolf, the father of Isaac, and a farmer by 
occupation, died in 1814.  J. George Wolf is the eldest of seven children, and 
was reared on the farm of his father, an occupation he followed for twenty-five 
years.  In 1872 he came to Gettysburg, and in 1878 embarked in his present 
business.  He was married, in 1844, to E. C. Bittinger, of German origin.  
Nicholas Bittinger, her grandfather, was a captain in the Revolution, and was 
also of German origin.  To Mr. and Mrs. Wolf were born eight children:  C. M., a 
lawyer, of Hanover; Joseph B., a Lutheran minister of Glen Rock, York County; E. 
M., a farmer of Adams County; Lucilla Jane; Howard, a carpenter in York; Rev. L. 
B., now a missionary in India; S. A., a professor in Gaston College, North 
Carolina; and David M., who is with his father.  The family is identified with 
the Lutheran Church, in which Mr. Wolf has held most of the offices; has been 
superintendent of the Sabbath school.  In politics he is a Republican.  He has 
been a justice of the peace, and held several of the offices in the county where 
he resided before moving to Gettysburg.  He has served as a member of the town 
council of Gettysburg.  He is a conscientious business man and a highly esteemed 
citizen.  Mrs. Wolf’s death occurred in 1875, and subsequently Mr. Wolf was 
married to his present wife, whose maiden name was O. C. Miley, a native of 
Pennsylvania, and of French origin.  She is also identified with the Lutheran 
Church.