BIO:  Jacob H. SCHRIVER, 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 68

JACOB H. SCHRIVER, is a native of what is now Penn Township, York County, was 
born November 14, 1842, is a son of Henry C. and Maria M. (Felty) Schriver, and 
is of German descent.  His father was born in Adams County, Penn., and his 
mother is a native of York County.  Mr. Schriver was educated at the public 
schools of Hanover.  At twenty-five years of age he began life for himself, and 
for a time clerked in a store, and later engaged in mercantile business.  In 
1874 he began his present occupation as liveryman, in which he has been 
successful.  He has the most extensive livery in Hanover, and in connection 
carried on an exchange and sale stable.  In 1866 he married Miss Ella C. Gitt, a 
native of Hanover.  Two children have been born to this union, viz.:  Harry G. 
and M. Grace.  Mr. Schriver is a Republican, and a member of the Reformed 
Church, of which his wife is also a member.