BIO:  Adam KOHLER, 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, York Township, Pg 205

ADAM KOHLER, son of Jacob and Mary (Sechrist) Kohler, was born in York Township 
January 2, 1841.  He was educated at the township schools and Cottage Hill 
College.  The early life of Mr. Kohler was spent in school and at 
schoolteaching.  He afterward began clerking in a store in Dallastown, where he 
remained one year, and then went to York and spent about the same length of time 
at the same vocation.  In 1872 he engaged in general merchandising.  In 1876 he 
established his present business, and in connection, in 1882 began the 
manufacture of cigars.  He is a successful merchant and now enjoys an extensive 
trade.  Mr. Kohler was married in 1870, to Sarah A. Geesey, daughter of Samuel 
Geesey, of York Township.  They have five children:  Lillie M., Alverta 
B.,Claudie E., Howard L. and Mabel G.  Mr. and Mrs. Kohler are members of the 
Lutheran Church.