BIO:  Charles M. Eyster, 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, Springfield Township, Pg 185

REV. CHARLES M. EYSTER, pastor in charge of the Lutheran Church, Seven Valleys, is the son of 
John and Susan (Eisenhart) Eyster, and was born December 21, 1857, in Jackson Township.  Rev. 
Eyster attended the normal school at East Berlin, Penn., also Eastman’s Business College at 
Poughkeepsie, N. Y., and took a full course at the Pennsylvania College and Theological 
Seminary, at Gettysburg, Penn.  Although quite a young man in the ministry, his first charge 
was a very important one.  The Eyster family were among the very earliest settlers of York 
County.  It is claimed by this family that their ancestors were the first white people that 
settled in West Manchester Township, in the vicinity of Wolf’s Church, about five miles from 
York.