BIO:  Mahlon H. NAILL, 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 67

MAHLON H. NAILL was born in Taneytown, Carroll Co., Md., February 13, 1843.  His 
parents, William W. and Harriet (Kehn), were natives of Maryland, and of German 
descent; they were married in Carroll County, Md., where the father carried on 
cabinet-making for a few years, but removed to Ohio in 1849, where he died in 
1851, leaving a widow and two sons, of whom Mahlon H. is the eldest.  After the 
death of the father the widow removed to Hanover, where she has since resided, 
and where she brought up her sons.  There she was married to Samuel Trone, of 
Hanover, and has one daughter – Catherine – now the wife of W. S. Gallatin.  
Mahlon H. began to learn the cigar-making trade when about eleven years of age, 
and followed it until 1877, working for his step-father, who was a cigar 
manufacturer.  His education he received at the public schools of Hanover.  June 
17, 1863, he enlisted in Company I, Twenty-sixth Pennsylvania Volunteer Militia, 
and served during the “emergency.”  Some three or four days before the battle of 
Gettysburg he took part in a skirmish near that place.  May 20, 1869, he was 
married at Hanover to Mary E. Long, daughter of Henry Long, of Hanover, and has 
six sons:  Harry C., George E., Irvin T., Maurice W., Elmer M. and Mahlon C.  
Mr. Naill and wife are members of the St. Mark’s Lutheran Church of Hanover.  
Mr. Naill is a member of the Friendly Circle No. 19, B. U. H. F., of 
Pennsylvania; is one of the original stockholders of the Hanover Agricultural 
Society; was twice elected assessor, and has held the office of postmaster since 
1877, having been first appointed by President Hayes.