BIO: William G. REICHLEY, 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 40

WILLIAM G. REICHLEY, general merchant, was born in York, July 15, 1852, is the 
son of Jacob and Sophia (Bilber) Reichley, and is the second of seven children.  
The parents of our subject were born in Germany, came to America in 1847, and 
settled in York, where the mother died in 1880.  Mr. Reichley received a common 
school education at the schools of York.  Subsequently he clerked in a store for 
five years.  In 1870 he began the general merchandise business in York.  His 
marriage occurred in 1871, to Miss Kate Heindel, a native of York County, and a 
daughter of P. B. and Catherine Heindel.  Of four children born to them two are 
living:  Nettie M. and William J.  Mr. Reichley is a Democrat and takes great 
interest in politics.  He and wife are members of the Lutheran Church.