BIO:  Ambrose Brinton, 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, Newberry Township, Pg 150

AMBROSE BRINTON was born in November, 1851, in York County, Penn., and is the 
third of nine children born to John and Sarah (Sunday) Brinton, natives of York 
County, Penn., and of English descent.  The father followed farming until his 
death in 1876.  The mother is still residing at the old homestead.  Ambrose 
received a common school education, and remained with his parents until his 
twenty-second year, when he began business for himself.  He followed farming 
until the fall of 1883, when he came to Lewisberry, Penn., where he opened a 
first-class hotel.  His brother, John, has since torn down the old structure, and 
erected a fine frame building, which is an ornament to the borough.  The hotel 
has seventeen rooms, elegantly furnished, and Mr. Brinton is prepared to furnish 
first class accommodations to the traveling public.  He was married, July 26, 
1874, to Margaret Shank.  They have had four children:  Emma J., Herman 
(deceased), Samuel H. and Annie B.  In politics he is a Democrat.