BIO:  A. H. Craley, 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, Lower Windsor Township, Pg 128

A. H. CRALEY, son of George and Julyann Craley, was born March 16, 1845, in York 
County, Lower Windsor Township.  He spent his youth on the farm and attended the 
public schools.  August 10, 1864, he was married to Eliza Daron; the same year he 
went to Union County, Ohio, where he spent a year farming on Darby Plains.  He 
returned to Craleyville in 1865, and commenced the manufacture of cigars, and 
manufactures about 600,000 a year.  He married, February 14, 1867, Susan, 
daughter of John and Magdalena Poff, of Lower Windsor Township.  Mr. Craley again 
married, October 22, 1870, another daughter of John and Magdalena Poff, named 
Rebecca.  Mr. Craley had only one child, a daughter, by his first wife.  She is 
named Alice.  The two first wives are dead, and Mr. Craley and his third wife, 
Rebecca, have been members of the Church of Christ since about 1874 or 1875.  Mr. 
Craley has been postmaster at Craleyville since the office was established at 
that place.  He is of German descent; his ancestors came over as Hessians during 
the Revolution, and remained.  Mr. Craley engaged one year in the mercantile 
business; he owns ten acres of land with fine buildings thereon.