BIO: SAMUEL M. KISSINGER, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania
   
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  >From Biographical Annals of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania,
  Chicago: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905, pages 286-287
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    SAMUEL M. KISSINGER, a well-known farmer of Dickinson township, Cumberland
  county, was born at his present home, and is a son of George Kissinger, one
  of the most prominent men in this part of Cumberland county.
    
    George Kissinger is a native of the same township, and received his
  education in the public schools there. He was one of four
    
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  children born to his parents, the others being Jonathan, Philip and, Susan,
  all three deceased. George Kissinger is the possessor of seventy-six acres of
  valuable land, which is now kept in a highly productive state through the wise
  care of his son, Samuel M. He was one of the most useful men of the township
  in his day, being intelligent and practical, and possessed of good judgment
  and plenty of common sense. He served as supervisor and school director for
  about six years, and he surveyed the public road across the mountain in
  Dickinson and South Middleton townships. He and his wife, Maria (Myers) had
  the following children: John (deceased), Charlie, William (deceased), George
  (deceased) and Samuel M., the last named being the eldest of the family.
    
    Samuel M. Kissinger was reared to manhood in his native township, receiving
  his education in the public schools there. He was trained to agriculture on
  the home farm, and early manifested a liking for it. Upon reaching manhood he
  determined to make it his life work, and has continued to reside on his
  father's farm, managing same with great ability. The family is numbered among
  the substantial residents of the township.