BIO:  Lewis D. SELL, 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

LEWIS D. SELL, justice of the peace of Penn Township, York County, was born in 
Adams County, Penn., March 20, 1853.  His parents, Henry and Lucinda (Heagy) 
Sell, were natives of Adams County, of German descent and reared a family of six 
children – five sons and one daughter – the latter now deceased.  When Lewis D. 
was but two and a half years of age, his parents removed to York County and 
settled near Hanover, where they engaged in farming, which they followed until 
1877.  Lewis D. was brought up on the farm, and assisted his father until 
sixteen years of age.  His education he received at the common schools, and at 
the normal schools of York County.  After leaving his father’s farm, he began 
teaching school in Manheim Township, and taught about eleven years in York 
County, spending his vacations at farming.  He was married at Littlestown, 
Penn., Mary 24, 1874, to Henrietta A. Aulabuagh, of York County; they have four 
children:  Emma Lucinda, Harry Samuel J. Tilden, Lewis Absalom and Tempeth A. 
Jackson Snively.  The family are members of the Trinity Reformed Church of 
Hanover.  Mr. Sell is a member of the K. of P., and has been chancellor and 
commander.  In 1880 he was appointed justice of the peace by the governor of 
Pennsylvania, and in the following year, he was elected to that office and is 
the present incumbent.  In 1884 he was a candidate for clerk of the court.  In 
1883 he was a delegate to the State convention.  He is an active Democrat and 
has often represented his Township in the county conventions.  His is also a 
stockholder in the Hanover Agricultural Society.