BIO:  J. H. Deardorff, 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, Washington Township, Pg 197

J. H. DEARDORFF, second in the family of eight children of Joseph and Lucy (Hoover) Deardorff, 
was born in Adams County, June 20, 1831.  His grandfather, Samuel Deardorff, a farmer, died in 
1844, aged seventy years.  His grandfather, Hoover, was a native of Germany, and an early 
settler in York County.  Subject’s father was born in 1806; followed farming in Washington 
Township until 1849, and then retired to his present residence in Adams County.  Our subject 
was reared in Adams County until thirteen, when he removed with his father to Washington 
Township, this county, and here he remained on the farm until twenty-three years of age, when 
he began for himself.  He now owns 149 acres, under fine cultivation, and a grist and saw-mill.  
In 1854 he married Barbara A. Pressel, daughter of Joseph Pressel, of Washington Township.  
Eleven children have blessed this union, viz.:  Mary A. (deceased), Edward, Jacob, (deceased), 
Joseph, William, Henry, Elmira, Nancy, John, Milton and Rosa.  Mr. Deardorff is a member of the 
Lutheran Church, and Mrs. D. of the Reformed Church.