BIO:  George W. Atticks, 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, Fairview Township, Pg 96

GEORGE W. ATTICKS was born in Fairview Township, York Co., Penn., February 5, 
1842, son of Henry H. and Elizabeth (Peterman) Atticks, natives of York County, 
who had nine children.  The father was a carpenter and cabinet-maker by trade and 
followed farming, together with his trades, in Fairview Township, where he always 
resided.  He owned six farms at one time, amounting to 378 acres of land.  He was 
school director for many years, and died in 1873, aged seventy-two years.  George 
W. was reared on the farm, and traveled in the West four years.  In 1870, his 
father deeded him a farm, and he has since followed farming.  He owns two farms 
of ninety and sixty-seven acres respectively, which he inherited.  In 1869, he 
married Lucinda Fluke, daughter of David Fluke, native of Ashland County, Ohio.  
They have two children:  Lee and Kelsey.  Mr. Atticks is a Democrat.