BIO:  Solomon Bentz, 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, Warrington Township, Pg 195

SOLOMON BENTZ is a native of Warrington Township, York Co., Penn., and was born 
October 28, 1841.  He is a son of George and Nancy (Grove) Bentz, natives of York 
County, Penn.  His grandfather, Jacob Bentz, was born in 1781 and died in 1833.  The 
father of subject was born in 1807, was a farmer, and is still living.  He has had 
ten children:  Elizabeth, Susanna, Daniel, George, Solomon, Mary, Andrew, Catherine, 
Moses S. and Mary A.  Our subject was educated at the public schools, and during the 
winters of 1861, 1862 and 1863 taught school.  He is a farmer, and in 1868 settled 
where he now lives.  He also owns the Bentz homestead.  He was married in 1867 to 
Miss Henrietta Hershey, a native of Washington Township.  Six children have blessed 
this union:  William, John, Monroe, Elizabeth, Mary and Nancy J.  Mr. Bentz is a 
member of the Lutheran and his wife of the Reformed Church.