BIO:  Edgar SLAGLE, 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

EDGAR SLAGLE, retired merchant, was born at Willow Grove Farm, Adams County, 
Penn., April 6, 1824, is a son of Michael and Eliza (Weaver) Slagle, and is of 
German descent.  His father, a farmer, was also born in what is now Adams 
County, and his mother in Lancaster County, Penn.  Mr. Slagle received a common 
school education and was reared on the farm.  In 1842 he was appointed to a 
clerkship at the Duncannon Iron Works in Perry County, Penn.  There he remained 
until 1850.  In 1852 he began the hardware business in Hanover in partnership 
with Samuel Shirk.  In 1879, Mr. Slagle retired from business, after many years 
of success.  He was married in 1856 to Miss Anna E., daughter of Henry and Lydia 
Schriver, and a native of Adams County.  They have had four children, viz.:  
Calvin S., Ida E., Mary L. and Edgar (deceased).  He is a Republican and 
manifests great interest in political affairs.  He is a member of the I. O. O. 
F.  Mr. and Mrs. Slagle are members of the Reformed Church.  His son, Calvin, 
now a minister in the Reformed Church, is located at Cessna, Bedford County, 
Penn.  He graduated from Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster, in 1879, and 
from the theological seminary at Lancaster in 1882.  His marriage was solemnized 
in 1882 to Miss Kate, daughter of Rev. Dr. Thomas Apple, president of Franklin 
and Marshall College.