BIO:  William Hammel, 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, Hopewell Township, Pg 113

WILLIAM HAMMEL was born in Baltimore, Md., and is a son of Jacob and Margaret 
(Gruber) Hammel.  His mother was a native of Philadelphia, Penn.  His father was 
born in Germany, and immigrated to this county in 1821, settling in Baltimore, 
Md.  Our subject, at the age of nineteen years, began learning the trade of coach 
painter, and served three years apprenticeship.  In 1865 he came to Hopewell 
Township, and purchased a farm of 150 acres.  In 1867 he returned to Baltimore, 
and engaged in the wholesale liquor business.  He has one of the finest places in 
the township.