BIO:  Eli Storms, 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, Shrewsbury Township, Pg 183

ELI STORMS, artist and teacher, is a native of Shrewsbury, where he was born June 16, 1855.  He 
is a son of George W. and Margaret (Orwig) Storms; the former born in Baltimore County, Md., 
February 28, 1824, the latter a native of Hopewell Township.  They were united in marriage 
September 8, 1850, and were parents of three children, two now living and one deceased.  The 
subject of this sketch was educated in the Shrewsbury English and Classical Academy, and early 
in years gave evidence of artistic ability, which was greatly developed through persistent 
effort and constant practice.  Previous to 1875 his sketches had been confined mostly to water 
colors and pencil etchings, but his later efforts have been in the field of portrait and 
landscape painting.  Mr. Storms is also an excellent draughtsman, and in 1881 was selected to 
furnish draughts for several government departments which were highly commended for accuracy, 
neatness and merit.  He is a successful teacher, and since 1877 has taught seven terms in the 
public schools of the county.  In the spring of 1880 he was appointed an instructor in drawing 
and penmanship at Cedar Hill Seminary, Mt. Joy, Penn.  Mr. Storms is an active politician and 
has held various political offices in the borough of Shrewsbury since 1877, and is the present 
secretary of various organizations.  He has been a member of the council several terms and 
clerk of that body for the past five years.  In 1879 he became a member of Mt. Vernon Lodge, I. 
O. O. F., Shrewsbury; Shrewsbury Lodge 423, F. & A. M., in 1880, and Mt. Vernon Encampment of 
York, in 1880.