BIO:  Adam D. Seitz, 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, Shrewsbury Township, Pg 180

ADAM D. SEITZ, son of Levi and Magdalena (Dice) Seitz, natives of York County, and of German 
descent, was born May 7, 1837.  Of five children, he is the eldest.  He remained on a farm 
until sixteen years of age, receiving his education at the public schools.  He also attended 
Union Seminary at New Berlin, and the York Normal School.  At the age of seventeen, he began 
teaching, and followed it for sixteen years.  He was married at Loganville, November 3, 1859, 
to Anna Maria Hildebrand, daughter of Casper Hildebrand, of German descent.  They have four 
children:  Maggie, Susan E., Frederick C., and Martha Daisy.  Mr. Seitz is a member of the 
Reformed Church, and was an elder for several years.  In 1873, he was elected justice of the 
peace and served five years.  He was also a school director for a number of years.  In 1866 he 
removed from Loganville to Hametown, where he has since resided.  In addition to farming, he 
has run a huckster route for eight years.  In company with R. Seitz, he built the Hametown 
public schoolhouse.  He is agent for the Southern Mutual Fire Insurance Company of York County, 
and was president of the building committee of Shrewsbury Reformed Church.