BIO:  J. D. Sterner, 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 Manheim Township, Pg 201

J. D. STERNER was born in Carroll County, Md., in 1832, is a son of Nathaniel and Anna Mary 
(Feeser) Sterner, is the youngest in a family of seven children, and is of German descent.  His 
parents, were also natives of Carroll County, Md.  He received a common school education, and 
at eighteen years of age began teaching school and taught seven winters.  In 1857 he began 
clerking the store of David Bachman at Bachman’s Mills, Carroll Co., Md.; in 1862 he came to 
York County, and settled in West Manheim Township, and began general merchandising, which he 
has since continued.  He was married, in 1859, to Miss Sevilla Warehime, a native of Carroll 
County.  They have five children living:  Charles M., Ella M., George W., Emma J. and Martha S.  
He is a Democrat; in 1862 was elected justice of the peace of West Manheim Township, and held 
the office three terms, or fifteen years.  Mr. and Mrs. S. are members of the German Reformed 
Church.  He has made his own way in life, and is one of the leading citizens of West Manheim 
Township.