BIO: John Sours, 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 XLIV.

                           DICKINSON TOWNSHIP.

464  BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES:

  JOHN SOURS, farmer, P. O. Barnitz, was born September 23, 1828, son 
of Samuel and Sarah Sours.  March 6, 1862, he married Agnes Caroline 
Donaldson, a native of Franklin County, Penn., born in 1828; she came 
to Dickinson Township, this county, in 1830, with her parents, Robert 
and Jane (Huston) Donaldson.  Her father died February 12, 1867, aged 
eighty-seven years, and her mother departed this life July 30, 1872, 
aged eighty-eight years.  Mr. and Mrs. John Sours have resided in this 
neighborhood ever since their marriage.  They now own the family 
homestead of 104 acres of well improved land.  They are members of the 
Methodist Episcopal Church.  Mr. Sours is a man widely known for his 
wonderful memory of local historical events; he retains in his memory, 
the exact day of most events which have taken place within his 
lifetime.  He is a worthy descendant of one of the oldest pioneers of 
this county.  In politics he is a Democrat.