BIO:  Cornelius Prall, 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, Fawn Township, Pg 104

CORNELIUS PRALL, son of Isaac R. and Ann B. (Rhodes) Prall, natives of New Jersey 
and Baltimore, Md. respectively, was born November 30, 1833, in Fawn Township, 
York County, Penn.  His parents came to York County, Penn., in 1830, and settled 
in Hopewell Township.  The father died in 1880, and the mother in 1865.  Mr. 
Prall was married, in 1856, to Margaret Zigler, daughter of Peter Zigler, of York 
County, Penn.  They have four children:  Margaret M., Annie S., Delfinia H. and 
Chambers R.  Mr. Prall purchased his present farm of forty-eight acres in 1869.  
The family are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, of Prospect.