BIO:  Solomon Boyer, 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, Dover Township, Pg 95

SOLOMON BOYER was born in Manchester Township, October 28, 1819, and is a son of 
Peter and Sarah (Heidlebaugh) Boyer, both natives of York County.  The 
grandfather of our subject, Frederick Augustus Boyer, came from Germany before 
the American Revolution, in which he took part and afterward married a Miss Shull 
of York County, and died at the age of ninety-six.  Subject’s father was born in 
1789, was a millwright and farmer, remained in active business life until seventy 
years old and then retired, dying in 1881 at the age of ninety-two.  Solomon 
Boyer was reared on the farm, and also worked as a millwright with his father 
five years.  He has been a resident of Dover Township since seven years of age, 
and is now the owner of two good farms of 108 and 104 acres, respectively, and 
also a tract of thirty acres, on which he resides.  In 1843 he married Elvisa, 
daughter of Henry L. Lenhart, of Dover Township.  Three children have resulted 
from this union:  Edwin, deceased; Amanda L. Zinn, in Missouri, and Aaron, who 
resides on one of his father’s farms.  In 1880 Mr. Boyer was elected by the 
Democratic party director of the poor of York County, for three years.  He is a 
member of the Lutheran Church, while his wife belongs to the Reformed Church.