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Below is a family biography included in the Biographical Annals of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania published in 1905 by The Genealogical Publishing Company. These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary. Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more. There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.
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JACOB FINK, the maternal grandfather of our subject [David J. Beitzel], was born in York Co., Pa., and on reaching manhood, chose farming as an occupation, following it all his life. On June 5, 1817, he married Elizabeth Brown, a native of Adams county, by whom he had the following children: Sarah, John, Jacob B., Harriet, Henry, Lydia A., Elizabeth, Mary A., Betsy and Louis. In religion the family were Lutherans. Mr. Fink was a stanch Democrat, and at the age of ninety he helped raise a Democratic flag pole at Dover, Pa. His death occurred when he had attained the great age of ninety-three.
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This family biography is one of numerous biographies included in the Biographical Annals of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania published in 1905 by The Genealogical Publishing Company.
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