BIO:  Henry M. SCHMUCK, 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, Hanover Borough and Penn Township, Pg 67

HENRY M. SCHMUCK, of the firm of Schmuck & Sons, lumber and coal dealers, and 
president of the First National Bank of Hanover, was born at Hanover, September 
26, 1824, is a son of Joseph and Christiana (Felty) Schmuck, and is of German 
descent.  His father was born in York County, and in 1812 established the first 
English newspaper in Hanover, which was known as the Hanover Guardian.  His 
death occurred in March, 1829.  The grand father of this subject was Michael 
Schmuck.  His maternal grandfather was Henry Felty, a cavalry officer in the war 
of the Revolution.  Our subject was educated at Hanover Academy, and from 1841 
to 1847 was employed in the dry goods store of Isaac Baugher, Emmittsburg, Md.  
In 1847 he went to Charleston, S. C., and until 1848 was in the employ of C. & 
E. L. Kerrison, wholesale dry goods dealers.  In 1852 Mr. Schmuck engaged in the 
lumber and coal business in Hanover, and in this has since continued.  In 1880 
he was elected president of the First National Bank of Hanover.  He was married 
in 1851 to Miss Amanda Reid, of Cincinnati, Ohio, and a native of Emmittsburg, 
Md., and daughter of Patrick Reid.  Eight children have been born to this union, 
viz.:  Joseph H., Blanch A., William A., Eugene R., Helen V., Emma E., Minnie C. 
and Percival.  Mr. S. is a member of the Emanuel Reformed Church.