BIO: Jere Carl, 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 12

JERE CARL, banker, was born in York County, Penn., in 1829, and is a son of 
Martin and Mary (Deardorff) Carl, and is of Swiss-German extraction.  The Carl 
family has for many years been identified with the interests of this county.  
The father of our subject died in 1855, and the mother ten years previous.  Jere 
Carl received a common school education and afterward learned the printer's 
trade.  He then engaged in the mercantile business, which he continued until 
1858, when he was appointed book-keeper of the old York Bank, which position he 
held for fourteen years.  He then engaged in the banking business, becoming a 
member of the firm of Weiser, Son & Carl, and in this business relation still 
continues.  He was married in 1861 to Adaline A. Weiser, daughter of Charles and 
Anna M. Weiser, of York, Penn.  Three children were born to this marriage:  
Charles W., born in 1864, died in 1882; and Balle.  Mr. Carl has always been a 
supporter of the Democratic party.  In 1875 he was elected chief burgess of 
York, and was re-elected in 1876 and 1878.  Mr. and Mrs. Carl are members of St. 
Paul's Lutheran Church.