BIO:  John Ahl, M.D., York County, PA

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History of York County, Pennsylvania.  John Gibson, historical editor.  
Chicago: F. A. Battey Publishing Co., 1886.
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Part II, Biographical Sketches, York Borough, Pg 3

JOHN AHL, M.D., is a native of York, born April 15, 1822, son of Peter and Mary 
(Stroman) Ahl, the mother a daughter of ex-Sheriff Stroman of York County, and 
of German descent.  The father was born in Virginia and is also of German 
descent.  Peter Ahl, subject's grandfather, was a native of Germany and came to 
America prior to the Revolutionary war, in which he was a surgeon.  The father 
of our subject came to York when a young man, was a butcher, and died in 1874.  
Subject's mother died in 1875.  Dr. Ahl was educated at the public schools and 
York County Academy.  He began the study of medicine in 1842 under Dr. William 
McIlvain, of York, also attended Washington University, of Maryland, and 
graduated in 1845.  He located immediately in York, but in 1840 moved to Dover, 
and after a number of years returned to York.  He was married November 6, 1853, 
to Mrs. Elizabeth A. Cone of Baltimore County, Md., daughter of Samuel Cone.  
Politically he is a Democrat and was elected first coroner of York County about 
1849, served two terms and was again elected in 1878, and again served two 
terms.  Dr. Ahl is the oldest resident physician now practicing in York.  He has 
been a Mason thirty years.