BIO:  George W. Kerlinger, 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, Hopewell Township, Pg 114

GEORGE W. KERLINGER, son of Henry and Catherine (Ehrhart) Kerlinger, was born in 
Loganville, Penn., July 6, 1855, and is the sixth of a family of seven children.  
The father came from Maryland and the mother was a native of Adams County, Penn.  
Henry Kerlinger, subject’s father, purchased the present farm in 1864.  He built 
a tannery and established an extensive tanning business, which he carried on 
until 1883, when he retired from active business and removed to Stewartstown, 
where he is now residing.  George W. attended school in Loganville and in 
Hopewell Township.  He was married, in 1880, to Mary V. Anstine, daughter of 
Henry Anstine, of Hopewell Township.  They have two children:  Harry A. and 
Nellie E.  In 1884 Mr. Kerlinger was elected township clerk for a term of one 
year and was re-elected for 1885.  He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal 
Church of Stewartstown.