BIO:  William E. Ailes, 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, Peach Bottom Township, Pg 161

WILLIAM E. AILES, son of William and Elizabeth (Black) Ailes, was born in Lancaster County, 
Penn., December 8, 1840, and was married, December 11, 1867, to Martha Jane Carrick, daughter 
of Alexander Carrick, of Philadelphia, and has had born to him nine children:  Alexander C., 
William B., Robert E., George M., Elizabeth H., Joseph H., Charles M., Franklin A. and Edwin H.  
In the fall of 1869 Mr. Ailes came to York county and purchased the “Gordon property,” a farm 
of 172 acres, and since that time he has engaged in agricultural pursuits.  He served with the 
Twelfth Pennsylvania Regiment, “Emergency” men, and participated in the battle of Antietam, and 
was drafted afterward in the One Hundred and Sixty-sixth Pennsylvania, and served one year, 
mostly at Suffolk, Va.  He is a member of Corporal Baer Post 277, G. A. R., and also a Master 
Mason.