BIO: Daniel EPPLEY, Dauphin County, PA

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Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of Dauphin County, 
Containing Sketches of Representative Citizens, and Many of the 
Early Scotch-Irish and German Settlers.  Chambersburg, Pa.: 
J. M. Runk & Company, 1896, page 238.
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  EPPLEY, DANIEL, son of George and Susan (Brookhart) Eppley, was born 
July 26, 1817, in Fishing Creek Valley, Fairview township, York county, 
Pa.  He was educated in the common schools of the neighborhood and 
brought up on his father's farm.  On October 6, 1834, he came to 
Harrisburg and entered the dry goods store of George and Bernard 
Geiger, where he remained six years, when he made an engagement with 
Messrs. Elder & Piper, in the same business.  In April 1847, he 
established himself in the mercantile trade, which he successfully 
conducted until in 1870 he retired from all business pursuits.  On the 
organization of the Farmers' Bank, of Harrisburg, in May, 1872, Mr. 
Eppley was chosen a director of that institution.  He served in the 
various municipal offices of school director, city and county auditor, 
and also one of the trustees of the State Lunatic Hospital at 
Harrisburg.  Mr. Eppley married, June 2, 1845, Louisa, daughter of 
Bernard and Charlotte Geiger, of Harrisburg.  She died March 2, 1849, 
leaving a daughter, Mary Lavina, who married Walter B. Fahnestock, of 
Pittsburgh, both dead, leaving two children.  His second wife was Anna 
Maria, daughter of George J. and Anna Maria (Kurtz) Heisley, of 
Harrisburg, and their children were:  Edward Kurtz, Helen Elizabeth, 
who married William H. Lyter, and Annie Maria.