BIO:  John H. Troup, 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 158

JOHN H. TROUP was born in Lewisberry, Penn., in 1861, and is the second of eight 
children born to Abraham and Mary (Fox) Troup, the former a native of Adams 
County, Penn., the latter of Prussia.  The parents are residents of Lewisberry, 
where the father carries on the trade of blacksmithing.  John H. was brought up 
in the borough of Lewisberry, where he attended the public schools until he was 
twenty years old, when he went to Lockhaven, Penn., where he studied one term.  
He began the study of music at twelve years of age, and made such rapid progress 
that, at the age of seventeen, he began teaching music, and has since made it his 
profession.  He also sells pianos and organs.  He attended the Musical Normal 
School, held at Kittanning, Penn., with Dr. Maas and Eugene Thayer, as 
instructors, for one term.  He was married, May 14, 1882, to Lizzie Swiler.  They 
have one child – Vernie.  In politics he is a Republican.  At present he has a 
class of 100 scholars, and never has less than sixty.