My Genealogy Hound

A. GRANT RICHWINE, one of the representative and leading business men of Cumberland county, and a leader in the line of insurance and real estate at Mechanicsburg, was born July 30, 1872, at Boiling Springs, South Middleton township, son of Emanuel and Irene (Miller) Richwine.

Emanuel Richwine belonged to an old and honored German family of the name, and was long a resident of Boiling Springs. For many years he was engaged there in a blacksmith business. Mr. and Mrs. Richwine had six children, as follows: Nora E.; W. H., of Riverton, Pa.; Ellsworth, of Harrisburg; Charles, of Harrisburg; Jacob, of Boiling Springs; and A. Grant. In politics Emanuel Richwine was always a strong supporter of Republican principles. He was a member of the Lutheran Church, as is his wife, and was among the most highly regarded residents of that community.

A. Grant Richwine was born and reared at Boiling Springs and attended the local schools. When about eighteen years old he went to Carlisle, where he was engaged as bookkeeper for a real estate and insurance firm, and there became thoroughly acquainted with all the details of this business, being thus very well equipped when he embarked in a like business of his own, in 1896, at Mechanicsburg. In addition to handling the major part of the insurance risks in this vicinity and dealing in some of the most valuable real estate in the city and county, Mr. Richwine is interested in large business enterprises. He is secretary and treasurer of the Mechanicsburg Gas and Water Company, and is secretary and treasurer for, and a director in, the New Windsor Knitting Mills Company, of Mechanicsburg.

Mr. Richwine belongs to the various Masonic bodies, is a 32nd degree Mason and a Shriner; and he belongs also to the I. O. O. F., No. 215, of Mechanicsburg; the K. of P., and to the Junior order of the Mechanicsburg Hook and Ladder Company.

Mr. Richwine married Dora Kindig, a member of one of the old county families. He is a consistent member of the Presbyterian Church, and politically, is a Republican, and is serving as a member of the borough council. He is recognized as a useful man in public and business life, and is held in the highest esteem in social circles, where he is known to be a generous, warm-hearted Christian man.