BIO: John NEIMAN, 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 Borough, Pg 37

JOHN NEIMAN, the fifth of thirteen children of George and Mary (Rupert) Neiman, 
was born July 2, 1820, on the old Neiman homestead.  He was reared to farming, 
and on December 29, 1842, married Cassandra Heilman, daughter of George and Eve 
(Deisinger) Heilman, of Manchester Township.  Eleven children were born to them: 
Melvina, William, Louis, George, John (deceased), Eli, Henry, Cary (deceased), 
Maggie (deceased), Ellen and Amanda I.  Our subject’s brothers and sisters were 
Cassandria (widow of Jacob Hake), Sarah (widow of David Maish), Eliza (wife of 
Jacob Shettel), Elizabeth (widow of Samuel Shettel), George, Mary (wife of 
Solomon Shettel), Rebecca (wife of Peter Altland), Lavina (deceased), Samuel, 
Adam, Susanna (wife of Jacob Rudy) and Leah (wife of William Metzger.  Mr. 
Neiman is well and favorably known throughout York County as president and 
director of the Dover Fire Insurance Company.  He has resided in York since 
1874.