BIO:  John Roth, 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, Jackson Township, Pg 120

JOHN ROTH, son of John and Elizabeth (Spangler) Roth, was born October 3, 1828, 
and was brought up on his father’s farm.  February 10, 1856, he married Susan 
Schwartz, daughter of John and Catharine (Myers) Schwartz, of Jackson Township.  
Nine children were born to them:  Emma, Jacob (deceased), Ellen, Henry 
(deceased), Moses (deceased), Ida, Amanda, Susanna and John.  Mr. Roth’s 
ancestors were probably the first settlers in that neighborhood.  His great-
grandfather took up land where our subject now lives, and this land has been in 
the Roth family continuously down to present time.  (See history of Roth’s Church 
in this volume.)