BIO:  Reuben P. Strominger, 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

REUBEN P. STROMINGER, Esq., was born in Newberry Township, York Co., Penn., 
October 8, 1838, son of Michael and Catharine (Eterman) Strominger, of York 
County, Penn., and of German descent, who had a family of four sons and four 
daughters, of whom Reuben P. was the youngest son.  April 21, 1861, he left the 
farm to enlist, at York, in Company F, Sixteenth Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer 
Infantry, and served three months.  August 12, 1863, he re-enlisted as a private 
in Company K, One Hundred and Forty-third Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers, and 
served till the close of the war, when he was mustered out at Hart’s Island.  His 
regiment was connected with the Army of the Potomac, and took part in the battles 
of Mine Run, Weldon Railroad, Hatcher’s Run and Wilderness, besides numerous 
skirmishes.  After his return home he worked for about four years at carpentering 
and bridge building, and in 1869 removed to Goldsboro, where he has lived since.  
He was married at Goldsboro, in 1866, to Elizabeth Millard.  They had two 
children, one of whom died in infancy, the other, Jennie, is married to Charles 
Breckinridge, of Goldsboro.  Mr. Strominger was elected constable in 1870, and 
has held that office six terms.  He was again elected in 1878, and held the 
office three terms.  In 1882 he was appointed justice of the peace, to serve the 
unexpired term of F. R. Prowell, and in the ensuing election was elected for five 
years.  He engaged in the fire insurance business in 1878, and is now the agent 
of the Farmers’, of Dover; Manheim, of Lancaster; Valley Mutual, of Lebanon, of 
which latter he is also a director; Farmers’, of York; Sun, of England; Pacific, 
of New York, and the Pennsylvania Mutual, of Columbian.  He is also a dealer in 
tobacco.