BIO: Thomas Wolf, 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.

562  BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES:

  THOMAS WOLF, boss in the finishing department of the Mount Holly 
Paper Manufacturing Company, Mount Holly Springs, was born in Mount 
Holly January 3, 1848, son of George and Nancy (Wolf) Wolf.  George 
Wolf was born in Germany, and there married his first wife; his second 
wife (our subject's mothers) was born in Cumberland County, Penn., and 
was of English origin.  George Wolf was a millwright by trade, and, 
after coming to America, worked considerably at his trade in Cumberland 
County, and also for the Mount Holly Paper Company.  Our subject, the 
eldest of a family of three children, received his education in his 
native place, and in early life commenced work in the finishing 
department in the Mount Holly Paper Mills, and, with the exception of 
two years that he spent in Massachusetts, engaged in same kind of work, 
he has since been constantly employed there, and now has full charge of 
the finishing room.  Thomas Wolf was married, in 1869 to Annie M., 
daughter of Isaac and Susan (Sheffler) Fleming, and of English descent.  
The children born to this union are Grace A., Mary and George R.  Mrs. 
Wolf is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.  Politically Mr. 
Wolf is a Democrat.  He is a member of Mount Holly Lodge, No. 650, I. 
O. O. F., and a member of Holly Gap Lodge, No. 277, K. of P.