BIO:  Elias 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, York Borough, Pg 17

ELIAS EYSTER, proprietor of the Eyster House, was born in Jackson Township, York 
Co., Penn., in 1840.  His parents, Peter and Sarah E. (Spangler) Eyster were 
both born in York County, the father in 1811 and the mother in 1814.  The 
Eysters are of Swiss origin, and our subject is the second in a family of five 
children.  His paternal grandfather was a soldier in the Revolutionary war.  The 
mother of Mr. Eyster died in 1859 and his father in 1871.  Mr. Eyster worked for 
his father on the farm until his nineteenth year, when he began farming for 
himself, and this he continued until 1870, when he removed to York and began the 
hotel business, in what was known as the American House, but in 1877 the name 
was changed to that of the Eyster House which it has since borne.  During the 
years of 1871 and 1872, Mr. Eyster was engaged in the iron ore business at 
Roth's Ore Bank.  In 1880 he was engaged in the manufacture of washing machines, 
in partnership with Messrs. Becker and Baer.  He was united in marriage in 1861 
to Miss Sarah A. Stover, a native of Jackson Township.  They have three 
children:  Emma J., Elmyra E. and Peter E.  Mr. Eyster is a Democrat and 
manifests much interest in general politics.  In 1872 he was made a member of 
the Masonic fraternity.