BIO:  Francis A. H. KOCH, 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, Hanover Borough and Penn Township, Pg 65

FRANCIS A. H. KOCH, a physician of Hanover, Penn., was born in York, Penn., 
August 31, 1830.  His parents, Dr. Francis and Nancy (Hiestand) Koch, were of 
the pioneer families of the county.  His great-grandfather, who came from 
Germany, settled in Dover before York Borough was laid out.  He has two brothers 
and three sisters, one of whom is younger than himself.  His early education he 
received at the York County Academy, and at the age of twenty he began reading 
medicine with his father.  In 1849 he entered the University of Maryland, in 
Baltimore, and graduated in 1852.  He first practiced in York, but removed to 
Hellam Township; returning, however, to York in two years, and after a few 
months’ stay removed to Liverpool, York County, where he practiced two years, 
then going to York again, and from there, in one and a half years, to North 
Codorus, where he remained sixteen years.  In 1871 he came to Hanover where he 
has since resided.  In 1857 he was married at York, Penn., to Annie M. DeHuff, 
daughter of Abraham DeHuff, of Dillsburg, and has had seven children:  Abram 
(deceased), Virginia, Annie E., Helen G., Francis Abram, Susan and Edward 
William.  He is a member of the Masonic Lodge of York, of the York County 
Medical Society, and was three times elected chief burgess of Hanover.