BIO:  Philip Mitzel, 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, Windsor Township, Pg 202

PHILIP MITZEL was born January 24, 1826, and is the son of Philip and Lydia (Saylor) Mitzel.  
The former was born in Windsor Township, November 30, 1800, and the latter in Chanceford 
Township, where they were married; they were the parents of three sons and two daughters, and 
the father died March 13, 1832.  The mother is still living, aged eighty-one years.  Her 
daughter, Elizabeth Croley, died May 22, 1885, aged sixty-three years, three months and twenty-
two days.  Philip, our subject, is a merchant, and manufacturer of and dealer in cigars.  He 
has served as school director and township assessor, and is a member of the Evangelical 
Association.  March 9, 1848, he married Catherine Hengst.