BIO:  John Hyde, 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, Monaghan Township, Pg 147

JOHN HYDE was born in this township, June 10, 1810, to John and Barbara (Wolf) 
Hyde.  His grandfather, Michael, came from Germany.  John Hyde (father of 
subject), was born in Cumberland County, was a shoe-maker and farmer, served in 
the war of 1812, and died in this township in 1850, aged eighty-three, the 
possessor of sixty acres of land, and the father of eight children, viz.:  
Michael, Barbara, Jennie, Elizabeth, Kate, Mary, Fannie and John (subject).  Our 
subject is the owner of forty-five acres of land in this township, where, with 
the exception of one year in Fairview Township, he has passed his whole life, and 
is its oldest living citizen.  His land he has gained through his own industry, 
and he still cultivates it.  In 1853 he married Susan, daughter of Henry K. 
Kohlar, a native of York County, and this union has been blessed with the birth 
of ten children, of whom nine are living, viz.:  Barbara, Elizabeth, Mary, 
Angeline, Sarah, Margaret, George, Andrew and William.  Mr. Hyde is a Democrat, 
has filled the office of commissioner, and has been for many years school 
director.