BIO: Samuel Given, Cumberland County, PA

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History of Cumberland and Adams Counties, Pennsylvania.
Containing History of the Counties, Their Townships, Towns, Villages, 
Schools, Churches, Industries, Etc.; Portraits of Early Settlers and 
Prominent Men; Biographies; History of Pennsylvania; Statistical and 
Miscellaneous Matter, Etc., Etc.  Illustrated.  Chicago: Warner, Beers 
& Co., 1886.
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                                PART II.

             HISTORY OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA.

                             CHAPTER LVIII.

    SOUTH MIDDLETON TOWNSHIP AND BOROUGH OF MOUNT HOLLY SPRINGS.

552  BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES:

  SAMUEL GIVIN, president of the Mount Holly Paper Company, Mount Holly 
Springs was born in Cumberland County, Penn., July 6, 1804, son of 
James and Agnes (Steel) Givin, the former a native of Ireland, the 
latter of Pennsylvania.  James Givin came to this county in 1790, and 
for many years was a merchant in Carlisle and a prominent man.  In 
early life he was a Democrat in politics, but in later years became a 
Republican.  He was a member of Carlisle Town Council.  Of the eleven 
children born to James and Agnes Givin seven attained maturity.  Samuel 
Givin, the seventh born, grew up in Carlisle and there received his 
education, and early in life embarked in mercantile business, in which 
he continued until 1828, when he built a mill at Mount Holly Springs, 
near the site of the brick mill now owned by the Mount Holly Paper 
Company, and there for several years manufactured carpets, whose beauty 
in design and texture are said to have equaled the celebrated carpets 
of Kidderminster, England.  In 1865 the paper company was incorporated, 
with a cash capital of $200,000, and Mr. Robert Givin was elected 
president, acting as such until his death in 1878, when Samuel Givin 
was elected president, which office he still holds.  He is a Republican 
in politics, and has served as president of town council.  He is a 
member of the Presbyterian Church.