BIO:  Aaron Strickler, 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, York Township, Pg 206

AARON STRICKLER, son of Henry and Cassandria (Bahn) Strickler, is the eldest of ten children, 
was born in 1837 in Spring Garden Township, reared to farming, and followed it all his life, 
except ten years that he ran a saw-mill.  May, 1864, he married Sarah Hartman, daughter of John 
and Henrietta (Crone) Hartman.  Six children have blessed their marriage:  William H., Annie, 
Ida J., Sarah E., John A. (deceased) and Ezra (deceased).  Mr. Strickler removed to York 
Township when seventeen years old.  Our subject’s ancestors were among the earliest settlers in 
York Valley.  His great-grandfather, Henry Strickler, was born in 1746, where Winfield Howser 
now lives, at Stony Brook.  Christian Strickler, the grandfather of our subject, died in 1840.  
Our subject’s great-grandmother’s maiden name was Landis.  His grandmother’s maiden name was 
Keller.