BIO:  Stephen A. COPENHAFER, 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, Wrightsville Borough and Hellam Township, Pg 75

STEPHEN A. COPENHAFER was born November 15, 1856, is the son of John H., and 
Mary Copenhafer, of Manchester Township, and is of German and English descent.  
His boyhood was passed on the farm and in attending school.  One year he spent 
in learning milling with Jacob Musser, of Lancaster County, then two years with 
Benjamin Small of Mt. Wolf; then he worked a year for F. U. Gantz, in Lancaster 
County, and then he returned to Mt. Wolf and for four years ran a mill on his 
own account.  In 1883 he came to Hellam and rented a mill from Z. K. Loucks, in 
which he now carries on the business in its different branches.  March 13, 1869, 
he married Emma S., daughter of M. L. Duhling of Manchester Borough.  Mr. 
Copenhafer is a member of the Lutheran Church, and his wife of the United 
Brethren.