BIO: H. L. NEUMAN, 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 38-39

H. L. NEUMAN, engaged in the wholesale manufacture of ice cream, and the 
manufacture of agricultural implements, is a native of Conewago Township, and 
the son of Jacob and Elizabeth Neuman, natives of this county.  After leaving 
the home farm, H. L. Neuman engaged as a clerk in a dry goods store in York, 
where he remained until 1861, when he enlisted in the Eighty-seventh 
Pennsylvania Volunteers, served three years, and near Richmond was seriously 
wounded in the leg.  Returning to the county, he engaged in the confectionary 
business, under the firm name of Neuman & Wiest, for nine years, and then 
engaged in the wholesale manufacture of ice cream.  In 1874 he also engaged in 
the manufacture of agricultural implements, which he still continues.  He was 
married in 1867 to Miss Amanda Wambaugh, of York, and there have been born to 
him four children: Edward N., James W., Margie and Daisy M.  Mr. and Mrs. Neuman 
are members of the Reformed Church, and Mr. N. is a member of the G. A. R.