BIO:  George W. Heindel, 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, Shrewsbury Township, Pg 175

George W. HEINDEL, farmer and stock raiser, was born in York Township, York County, March 1, 
1834.  His parents, George and Leah (Winehold) Heindel, were natives of York County, and of 
German descent.  They had a family of ten children, of whom nine are living.  George W. was 
brought up on the farm, in which he retained an interest, attending the common schools.  At the 
age of twenty-two he began business as a stock dealer.  He removed to Ohio, and in Mahoning 
County he lived nineteen years, farming, stock dealing and coal mining.  In 1858 he was 
married, at Lima, Ohio, to Lucy Anna Warner, of Mahoning County, and had six children:  William 
A., Erasius E. (deceased), Cornelius M., Alice, Sidney (deceased) and Charles H.  Both he and 
wife are members of the German Reformed Church.  In 1875 he returned to Glen Rock, and for five 
years owned and ran the Cold Spring Hotel; he then turned his attention to farming and stock 
raising.  He owns a farm of ninety-five acres, adjoining the town.  Mr. Heindel was one of the 
organizers and is now a director of the Glen Rock Manufacturing Company, and was one term in 
the council.  His father still lives at the age of seventy-seven.