BIO:  Simon J. Barnhart, 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, West Manheim Township, Pg 201

HON. SIMON J. BARNHART, present member of legislature from York County, is a native of 
Heidelberg Township, York County, Penn; was born April 19, 1848; is a son of Adam and Eliza A. 
(Jackson) Barnhart, and is of Dutch-English descent.  In a family of seven children, he is the 
second, and his parents are both natives of York County.  At nineteen years, Mr. Barnhart began 
teaching school and this occupation he continued for twelve years.  In 1879 he began farming in 
West Manheim Township, where he now resides.  Politically he is an earnest supporter of the 
Democratic party, and after holding various offices of minor trust he was, in 1884, elected to 
represent York County in the State General Assembly, his majority in the county being more than 
3,600.  He was married March 4, 1877, to Miss Anna M. Houck, daughter of Henry P. and Angeline 
Houck, of Carroll County, Md.  To this marriage have been born two children, viz.:  Cora E. and 
Ellen J.  Mr. and Mrs. B. are members of the Lutheran church.