BIO:  David D. Poff, 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, Lower Windsor Township, Pg 130

DAVID D. POFF, son of John and Magdalene Poff, of Hellam Township, was born 
November 28, 1845, and is of German descent.  February 16, 1864, he enlisted in 
Company A, Twenty-first Pennsylvania Cavalry, and took part in all its 
engagements and marches until his muster out, July 18, 1865.  He was married, 
November 2, 1865, to Lydia, daughter of Jacob and Wilhelmina Howard, of Lower 
Windsor, and had born to him one child:  Flora Ida, June 17, 1866.  Mr. Poff is a 
member of the I. O. O. F. and G. A. R.; he has filled the offices of supervisor 
and school director three years; he is a stockholder and director in the 
Chanceford Turnpike Company; he has served as juryman of the supreme court at 
Philadelphia; has been three times sent to the county convention, and has been 
five times on the county committee.  In 1881 he bought his present farm of fifty 
acres on which he has erected fine buildings.