BIO:  Henry Boll, 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, York Borough, Pg 8

HENRY BOLL, boot and shoe dealer, was born in York, February 13, 18-3, and is a 
son of Jacob and Gertrude (Werkman) Boll.  His parents were born in Germany and 
came to America in 1836 and settled in York.  At twelve years of age our subject 
began learning the shoemaker's trade under his father.  In 1867 he began as a 
dealer and has since continued.  He now has a full line of all kinds of boots 
and shoes and is prepared at all times to give his customers first-class goods 
at the most reasonable prices.  His marriage occurred August 27, 1865, to Mary 
A. Kahler, a native of York.  They have five children:  C. Bowan, Ella M., Ida 
Kate, William H. and Virginia Gertrude Mary.  Mr. Boll was a soldier in the late 
war; he enlisted in 1865 and served a short time.  He is an active and 
influential Democrat and has been assessor of the First Ward for nine 
consecutive years, and is secretary of the Mechanics' and Workingmen's Building 
and Loan Association, and Anchor Building and Loan Association of York, Penn.