BIO:  Charles M. WOLFF, 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, Hanover Borough and Penn Township, Pg 72

CHARLES M. WOLFF was born near Hanover, Penn., in October, 1847, is a son of J. 
George and Eleanor (Bittinger) Wolff, and is of German-French extraction.  He 
was educated at the Pennsylvania College, at Gettysburg, and graduated from that 
institution in 1871.  Subsequently he went to Pottsville, Penn., and for five 
years conducted a newspaper, known as the Tremont News.  He began the study of 
the law in Pottsville, Penn., under ex-Atty. Gen. Francis W. Hughes.  In 1877 he 
returned to York County, and the same year was admitted to the bar in York and 
Adams Counties, and has since been in the active practice of his profession.  He 
is a member of the I. O. O. F., and is an energetic citizen.  The father of our 
subject was born in Adams County, and is now engaged in the grain business at 
Gettysburg.