BIO:  N. B. Sprenkle, 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, West Manchester Township, Pg 200

N. B. SPRENKLE, son of Jacob and Barbara (Baer) Sprenkle, was born April 6, 1857, in West 
Manchester Township, where he was reared on his father’s farm.  He received his education in 
the schools of his native township, and two terms in the York County Academy.  He taught school 
one term at Sprenkle’s School house in 1867-68, in West Manchester Township; went into the 
grain and coal business in 1868 at Baer’s Station, West Manchester Township; after three years 
there he moved to his present location, East Berlin, Adams County, where he is at present 
engaged in the grain, coal and lumber business.  February 16, 1879, Mr. Sprenkle married Kate 
Masemer, daughter of Jesse and Catharine (Joseph) Masemer.  Our subject’s paternal ancestors, 
the Sprenkles, were among the pioneer settlers of West Manchester Township.  (See history of 
Manchester Township.)