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JEREMIAH GLATFELTER, one of the successful farmers and much respected citizens of Middlesex township, Cumberland county, was born Dec. 10, 1839, in Newberry township, York county, Pa., the only child of John and Annie E. (Shelley) Glatfelter, his mother dying when he was only sixteen days old.

Casper Glatfelter was born in 1709, in the Canton of Zurich, Switzerland, and he emigrated to America and became the founder of the family in York county, Pa. This was the great-great-grandfather of our subject. John Glatfelter, son of Casper, was the father of George Glatfelter, who was born in 1788, in Warrington township, York county, and died in 1821.

John Glatfelter, son of George and father of Jeremiah, was born Oct. 15, 1813, in York county, and married Annie E. Shelley, born there in 1817. He removed to Goldsboro, where his wife died, leaving our subject an infant. Mr. Glatfelter married (second) Miss Susan Kratzer, born Aug. 28, 1805, in Warwick township, Lancaster county, daughter of Christian and Elizabeth (Marks) Kratzer. In 1842 he came to Cumberland county, and after marriage, settled on the Kratzer lhome farm in Middlesex township. There he became a successful farmer, in 1871 retiring from active work, and dying July 23, 1896. His wife died Nov. 26, 1896. Mr. Glatfelter was a Whig in early life, and later was identified with the Republican party. He was a very reliable man and held a number of the minor township offices. Both he and wife were consistent members of the Evangelical Church.

Jeremiah Glatfelter was reared in Middlesex township, and when his father died was heir to the farm, being the only child of both marriages. Thus his whole life has been passed in this locality engaged in agricultural pursuits, in which he has been very successful.

On Nov. 26, 1863, Mr. Glatfelter married (first) Elizabeth Grubb, and (second) Nov. 18, 1879, Sarah Bricker, and (third) April 29, 1892, Mary E. Jones, daughter of Samuel and Hettie (Eshleman) Jones, the former of whom is deceased, the latter still surviving. They were prominent farming people of Lancaster county.

Mr. and Mrs. Glatfelter are members of the Evangelical Church, he having held official position in the same. In August, 1896, he donated to the Evangelical Church at Drytown, as a memorial of his parents, John Glatfelter and wife, the bell that graces the tower.