BIO:  George Menges, 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, Jackson Township, Pg 119

GEORGE MENGES, a successful and representative business man of York County, was 
born in Jackson Township in 1848.  He is descended from two old families of the 
county, his parents, Andrew and Caroline (Klinepeter) Menges, natives of the 
County.  His father is a farmer, and George, until the age of twenty-five, 
continued at home as an assistant.  He then farmed the homestead for seven years 
also extracting iron ore from the beds upon the land.  At the expiration of this 
period he removed to Spring Grove, and embarked upon a more extended field of 
business, establishing a general trade in coal, lumber, grain, phosphates, etc., 
in which field he has been eminently successful, and is now enjoying a large 
patronage.  He was the prime mover and worker in securing the incorporation of 
Spring Grove into a borough, and was the first burgess; he also takes an active 
interest in the schools and is now serving upon the school board.  Mr. Menges has 
done considerable in building up Spring Grove, and owns several tenement houses 
and considerable other property, and is recognized as one of the leading citizens 
and business men of the county.  In 1872 he married Miss Amanda Martin, of 
Jackson Township.  They have one child living – Lillie.  Mr. and Mrs. Menges are 
members of the Lutheran Church at Spring Grove.