BIO:  Henry Sleeger, 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, Spring Garden Township, Pg 193

HENRY SLEEGER was born in York, Penn., December 6, 1824.  In 1844 he was apprenticed to the 
cabinet-maker’s trade, with Samuel Fahs, and after serving three years, and becoming a skilled 
mechanic, engaged in business for himself, establishing a cabinet shop at Frystown, in 1848.  
This, together with, the undertaking business, Mr. Sleeger has continued up to the present 
time, having succeeded in establishing a successful business.  Mr. Sleeger has taken an active 
part in all township affairs, has served as school director of Spring Garden, for six years, 
and is a member of the Township Relief Association.  He is a member of the I. O. O. F., and of 
the Christ’s Lutheran Church.  Mr. Sleeger was married in December, 1852, to Miss Anna Myers, 
daughter of Jacob and Elizabeth Myers, of York.  They have had ten children, two of whom are 
dead, and four boys and four girls are living.