BIO:  Abdiel Bortner, 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, Lower Windsor Township, Pg 127

ABDIEL BORTNER, justice of the peace, was born March 27, 1851, son of Jesse and 
Mary A. Bortner, and is of German descent.  He was reared on the farm, and 
received his education at the public schools, afterward attending the 
Millersville Normal School in 1870.  He then engaged in mercantile business in 
Manheim Township, near Hanover, Penn., for four years, and sold the “Domestic” 
Sewing Machine for one year.  In 1876 he moved to East Prospect, built a 
slaughter house and engaged in the butchering business.  He also owns a house and 
lot in East Prospect.  He was elected justice of the peace in 1882.  He served as 
constable two years, and has been school director since 1884.  Mr. Bortner was 
married, October 24, 1870, to Anna M., daughter of Isaac and Sarah Glatfelter, of 
Springfield Township.  By this union they have one son, Franklin M., born May 30, 
1873.  Mr. Bortner has been a member of the Lutheran Church since 1870, and is at 
present a member of the Canadochley congregation.