BIO:  Daniel L. Gehly, 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, Windsor Township, Pg 202

DANIEL L. GEHLY, was born October 15, 1807.  His father, a farmer, was born May 20, 1773, in 
Warwick Township, Lancaster Co., Penn.  His mother, whose maiden name was Nancy Lehman, was 
born in the same township, February 28, 1779.  They were married October 20, 1801.  Their 
children were Lidia, born September 18, 1802; David, October 31, 1804; Daniel L. (as above) and 
Nancy, May 27, 1811; all deceased, except Daniel L.  The father died in 1846; and the mother in 
1858.  Daniel L. commenced wool manufacturing in 1825, which business he still continues.  In 
1835 he was elected lieutenant-colonel of the Sixty-fourth Regiment, Pennsylvania Militia; in 
1846 was elected member of the State House of Representatives and served one term.  October 28, 
1828, he married Margaret Ann Dosch.  Of the eight children born to this union four are living, 
viz.:  John C., D. W., T. H. and Mary M.  Mr. Gehly’s great-grandparents came from Germany; his 
grandfather, Frederick Lehman, was born in Lancaster County; his grandmother, Anna Habaker, was 
born in the same county, three miles north of Lititz.  Mr. Gehly is a member of the Evangelical 
Church.