BIO:  David G. Foose, 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, Manchester Township, Pg 134

DAVID G. FOOSE, son of Isaiah and Margaret (Fagan) Foose, was born in Perry 
County, Penn., February 4, 1845, and after attending several terms at public 
school in his native township, began to learn the trade of blacksmith (with his 
father), and after working ten years, began on his own account, in 1873, at his 
present stand on Harrisburg Pike, near York.  Our subject was married, September 
16, 1869, to Margaret A. Harley, daughter of Rudolf and Rebecca (Cramer) Harley, 
of Chambersburg, Franklin County.  Two children were born to them – Mary Carrie 
and Martha Rebecca.  Our subject’s paternal ancestors came from Germany and his 
maternal ancestors from England.  Isaiah Foose, the father of our subject, was a 
gallant soldier in the late war; he enlisted in the Two Hundred and Eighth 
Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers, Gen. Hartranft’s Division, and after 
participating in all the battles in which his regiment was engaged, and being 
present at the surrender of Gen. Lee, April 9, 1865, he was honorably discharged 
from the service.  He married Margaret Fagan, and their marriage was blessed with 
seven children:  Rachael J. (deceased), David G., Sarah Ann, Enoch T., Martin M., 
James M. and John Wesley.  Isaiah Foose, our subject’s father, died January 6, 
1879, from heart disease, aged fifty-six years five months and one day.  Margaret 
(Fagan) Foose, his wife, died April 9, 1870, aged about fifty years.