BIO:  Samuel D. Ehrhart, 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, Shrewsbury Township, Pg 173

SAMUEL D. EHRHART, son of Henry and Julia A. (Diehl) Ehrhart, of York County, was born March 
20, 1858, and is the fifth of seven children.  His ancestors came to America before the 
Revolution.  He was brought up in Shrewsbury Township, and educated at the district schools, 
and was two sessions at Glen Rock, teaching one year in Shrewsbury Township.  When seventeen 
years of age he began huckstering in York, and continued it two years, and then engaged in the 
butchering business in Shrewsbury, which he carried on for two years; he also engaged in the 
horse business (sale and exchange), in which latter business he is still engaged, selling about 
one car-load per week.  In February, 1879, he was married to Tillie Blosser, daughter of George 
Blosser, of Shrewsbury, and has three children:  Erastus, Lester and Hannon.  Mr. Ehrhart is a 
member of the I. O. O. F. Mount Vernon Lodge, No. 143, K. of P., and Friendly Circle No. 287 of 
Glen Rock.  The family are members of the Lutheran Church.