BIO:  Robert N. Stonesifer, 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, Newberry Township, Pg 157

ROBERT N. STONESIFER, justice of the peace, was born in Carroll County, Md., in 
March, 1852, and is the eldest of a family of eleven boys and two girls born to 
Jacob H. and Eliza (King) Stonesifer, natives of Pennsylvania, and of German and 
English descent, respectively.  His father is a resident of Harrisburg and a 
dealer in produce.  Robert N. at the age of sixteen began learning the tinner’s 
trade, which he has followed ever since.  He learned his trade at York, Penn.; 
went from there to Mechanicsburgh, and soon after settled in Lewisberry, where he 
is at present doing a good business.  June 9, 1878, he married Alice M. Griest, 
daughter of Jonathan and Harriet (Prowell) Griest, of York County, and of English 
descent.  They have two children:  Vernie M. and Anna A.  Mrs. Stonesifer is a 
member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.  He is a Democrat, and was elected 
justice of the peace in 1883.  In 1871 he started business at Lewisberry, as a 
dealer in stoves and tin-ware, and established a good business.