BIO:  Henry Caslow, 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

HENRY CASLOW, son of John Peter and Barbara (Flinchbaugh) Caslow, of York 
Township, was born May 14, 1810, in York Township, and is of English and German 
descent.  He is the fourth child in a family of eight children, viz.:  John, 
deceased; Liddie, deceased; Infant, deceased; Henry, Peter; Daniel, deceased; 
Leah, deceased; and Amos.  Our subject was reared on a farm, and the death of 
his father, when our subject was a small boy, made it necessary for him to 
assist his mother in rearing the family.  He began to learn the trade of 
shoemaker when fourteen years old, and continued at that trade for twenty-four 
years.  His health required a change of occupation, and he bought the mill 
property on the Peach Bottom Railroad, near Ore Valley.  He ran this mill about 
eight years, and then removed to York, where in 1850, he bought the Seven Stars 
Hotel on South George Street.  After a stay of twenty years, he removed to his 
present location, corner of Queen and College Avenue, where he has since 
conducted a retail grocery store.  In March, 1832, he married Helena Houseman of 
Windsor Township.  Our subject's father-in-law, Christian Houseman, was a 
soldier in the Revolutionary war.  Elenora, wife of Jacob Sechrist, is the only 
child of our subject.  He is a member of the Lutheran Church.