BIO:  Henry Kunkel, 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, Fawn Township, Pg 103

HENRY KUNKEL, son of Michael and Elizabeth (Myers) Kunkel, natives of York 
County, Penn., was born September 2, 1814, on the homestead in York County.  His 
mother died when he was very young, and he was brought up in the family of his 
uncle, Jacob Markey, where he lived until nineteen years old, when he went to 
York, Penn., and learned the shoe-maker’s trade.  He was married, in 1838, to 
Ruth White, of Harford County, Md., who died in 1852, leaving six children.  His 
second marriage was in 1853, to Sarah V. Herbert, daughter of Phoenix Herbert, of 
Harford County, Md.  By this union they have had five children.  Mr. Kunkel has 
now eight children living:  Elizabeth H., Mary J., Salome E., Felix H., Michael 
J., Jacob M., John T. and Annie R.  Mr. Kunkel owns a farm of fifty acres, and 
also carries on general merchandising.