BIO:  John Flory, 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, Spring Garden Township, Pg 189

JOHN FLORY, one of the old settlers of Spring Garden Township, was born August 18, 1818, a son 
of Abraham and Magdalena (Strickler) Flory.  He has been one of the leading farmers of York 
County and has resided the principal portion of his life in Spring Garden Township, where he 
has followed milling and farming.  He owns a fine farm of 178 acres in Manchester Township, and 
thirty acres in Spring Garden Township, where he resides, and which is cultivated for market 
produce.  Mr. Flory served as assessor and supervisor several years, has acted as guardian for 
twenty-one children, and has settled up four estates, real and personal.  In 1841 he married 
Miss Leah Diehl, a daughter of Jacob Diehl, of Spring Garden.  They are the parents of six 
children:  Thaddeus E., married Mary Kauffman; Abraham, married Amanda Smyser; Sarah, married 
Frederick Dietz; Killam J., William A. and Amelia (married Henry Forry).  Mr. and Mrs. Flory 
are members of the Lutheran Church.