BIO:  Alexander D. SMYSER, 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, York Borough, Pg 47

ALEXANDER D. SMYSER, son of Daniel and Catherine (Weist) Smyser, fifth of six 
children, was born April 3, 1848, in Jackson Township.  He was reared to 
farming, and resided in Jackson Township until 1881, when he removed to York.  
He married Louisa Yost, daughter of Peter Yost, of York, Penn.  One child – 
Clayton – was born to them.  May 26, 1881, he married Amanda Metzler, daughter 
of George and Mary (Fishel) Metzler.  Two children were born to this marriage:  
Harry E. and Bertha.  (See history of Smyser family for our subject’s ancestral 
history.)