BIO:  Adam F. Strayer, 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

ADAM F. STRAYER, son of David W. and Lydia (Strayer) Strayer, was born in 
Lancaster County, Penn., February 25, 1846, came to Hopewell Township in 1848.  
His father was born in Hopewell Township in 1829, and has always resided there, 
with the exception of a few years spent in Lancaster County.  Adam F. received 
his education at the public schools and at Pleasant Grove Academy.  He remained 
on the farm until 1863, when he enlisted in Company C, Twenty-first Pennsylvania 
Cavalry, for nine months; after which he enlisted in Company B, One Hundred and 
Eighty-eighth Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry.  In the battle of Chapin’s Farm he 
was wounded in the right arm, which was subsequently amputated.  After the close 
of the war he followed school teaching, and taught in this township eleven years.  
In 1881 he was elected justice of the peace for the borough of Winterstown, which 
office he still holds.  In 1867 he was married to Sarah E. Snyder, daughter of 
Jacob Snyder.  They have no children.  In 1868 he was appointed postmaster, which 
office he held until 1881.  He and wife are members of the U. B. Church at 
Winterstown.