BIO:  George S. Wolf, 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

GEORGE S. WOLF was born in York County, Penn., near the Maryland line, August 5, 
1831.  His parents were John and Elizabeth (Souders) Wolf, of York County, and of 
German descent, who had seven sons and five daughters – five children deceased.  
George S. was next to the eldest child.  He remained on the farm until he was 
nineteen years old. When he commenced to learn blacksmithing, which he carried on 
for himself at the age of twenty-five, and which he has since followed.  In his 
youth he attended the common schools at Goldsboro, walking in from the country a 
distance of nearly three miles.  He was married, November 16, 1856, on Hill 
Island, Dauphin Co., Penn., to Lydia Groom, daughter of William Groom, a mason by 
trade, and of English descent.  They had five children, all of whom are dead:  
Carrie, Cecilia, David, Laura and Maggie.  Mr. Wolf belongs to the Church of God, 
and is sexton of that church.  He is a member of the I. O. O. F. lodge, at 
Goldsboro, and of the American Mechanics.  He has held the office of borough 
councilman for two terms, that of treasurer for three years, and chief burgess 
since 1870.  He was one of the organizers of the Goldsboro Loan Associations, 
Nos. 1 and 2.