BIO:  Emanuel J. Blain, 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 162

EMANUEL J. BLAIN was born in Fawn Township, York County, July 16, 1840.  
His parents, Moses and Sarah (Bulett) Blain, were natives of the same 
place, and of Scotch-Irish extraction.  He is the second of fourteen 
children, being the eldest son.  His early life was passed on a farm and 
as a clerk in his father’s store.  Having received a good education at 
Bryansville High School and York County Academy, he devoted about four 
years to teaching a public school.  He married, November 21, 1861, Mary 
S. Webb, daughter of William Webb, a prominent citizen of Fawn Township.  
About 1863 Mr. Blain embarked in the mercantile business at Bryansville, 
and continued in the same at that place and at Delta until the opening 
of the York & Peach Bottom Railroad in 1876, when he entered the employ 
of that company as baggage master, which position he acceptably filled 
until February, 1884.  He then resigned and resumed his old business as 
a member of the firm of Lloyd & Blain at Delta.  While a merchant in 
1875, Mr. Blain invested a large part of his capital in slate-mining, 
which proved a failure and forced him to make an assignment for the 
benefit of his creditors.  On settlement of his affairs, however, every 
claim was fully paid, which is a conclusive proof of his business 
integrity.  He has held the office of councilman of the borough of Delta 
and is a Past Master of Esdraelon Lodge A. F. & A. M.  He and wife are 
members of the Slate Ridge Presbyterian Church.