BIO:  Thomas Love Springer, 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, Hopewell Township, Pg 116

REV. THOMAS LOVE SPRINGER, son of Stephen and Mary Elizabeth (Love) Springer, of Newcastle County, Del., was born August 25, 1849, is the eldest of five children; two of his brothers are practicing physicians in Delaware.  He received his education at the public schools and the Newark Academy.  In 1867 he entered Lafayette College, at Easton, Penn., and graduated in June, 1871; in September, 1871, he entered Princeton Theological Seminary, from which he graduated in April, 1874.  During the vacation of his junior year he preached in a Congregational Church in Maine.  During his next vacation he preached in a Presbyterian Church in Illinois.  In November, 1874, he was called to the pastorate of the Hopewell Presbyterian Church, and was ordained and installed by the Presbytery of Westminster, December 1, 1874, and is still pastor of said Church.  November 9, 1875, he was married to Mary Gould Bowker, daughter of Frederick and Rachael A. Bowker, of Chester.  They have three living children:  Courtland Bowker, born May 15, 1878; Mary Cronham, born April 12, 1881, and James Love, born October 22, 1883.