BIO:  Samuel Glatfelter, 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 135

SAMUEL GLATFELTER was born near Hanover, York County, Penn., August 4, 1819.  His 
parents were John and Margaret E. (Keyser) Glatfelter, of York County.  They had 
three sons and one daughter.  Being the eldest of the children, Samuel remained 
on the farm, and like his father, has followed farming ever since.  In his youth 
he attended subscription schools, and at the age of nineteen years, went to 
Indiana, with his parents, but stayed there only a few months, and then returned 
to Pennsylvania, stopping in Indiana County about four years.  Coming back to his 
native county, he followed distilling for a few years.  July 25, 1844, he married 
Susan Heindel, daughter of Jacob Heindel, a farmer.  Mr. and Mrs. Glatfelter were 
of German descent.  Mrs. G. died January 28, 1879, leaving six children.  Two 
children were buried before her:  Catharine, in her twenty-second year, and 
Isabel, in her twenty-seventh year.  Since his mother’s death, Samuel L. died in 
his twenty-sixty year, and Amanda Jane April 13, 1883, aged thirty-four years, 
leaving the following:  Susan, Julian, Margaret E. and Emma L.  The family belong 
to the Lutheran Church.  Mr. Glatfelter has for some time been school director.  
In politics he is Democratic.  In the spring of 1859 he removed to the place he 
now owns and occupies, a fine thrifty farm of about 155 acres.