BIO:  C. W. Bauer, 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, Jackson Township, Pg 118

C. W. BAUER, one of the leading merchants of Spring Grove, is a native of 
Germany.  He came to America in 1873, and located at York, where he entered the 
employ of J. L. Getz, with whom he remained ten years.  In 1881 he removed to 
Spring Grove, and embarked in the general mercantile business in partnership with 
Frank Raab, which partnership has since been dissolved.  He carries a large stock 
of goods and has succeeded in establishing a first-class trade.  Mr. Bauer is an 
agreeable gentleman, possessing fine business attributes, and ranks among the 
leading citizens of the borough.  He was appointed justice of the peace in 1884, 
and is now administering the duties of that office.  Mr. Bauer formed a 
matrimonial alliance, in 1880, with Miss Lydia Raab, of York, Penn.  They have 
one child – Lottie.  Mr. and Mrs. Bauer are members of St. John’s Lutheran Church 
of York.