BIO:  Henry W. Eisenhart, 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 16

HENRY W. EISENHART, foreman of the wood department of A. B. Farquhar's, was born 
in Adams County, Penn., in 1839, is a son of George and Mary (Wolf) Eisenhart 
and is of German extraction.  His parents were born in York County, his father 
in 1805 and his mother in 1808.  His paternal grandfather was Conrad Eisenhart, 
a native of York County.  When Henry W. Was about four years of age he was by 
his parents removed from Adams County to Paradise Township, York County, where 
he obtained a common school education.  In 1858 he began learning the carpenter 
trade, and in 1861 went to Harrisburg and there continued his trade for about 
one year.  He then came to York, and for five years was in the employ of 
Shireman, Hoffeins & Co.  In 1873 he accepted his present position, and is the 
oldest foreman now in the employ of A. B. Farquhar & Co., has charge of sixty-
five men.  He was married in 1863 to Miss Kate Nickey, a native of Adams County, 
and a daughter of John Nickey.  They have one child, Albertus C.  Politically 
Mr. Eisenhart is a Democrat, and became an Odd Fellow in 1857.  Mr. and Mrs. 
Eisenhart are members of the Reformed Church.