BIO:  Daniel R. Klinefelter, 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, Shrewsbury Township, Pg 177

DANIEL R. KLINEFELTER, son of Abraham and Eliza (Ruhl) Klinefelter, of York County, and of 
German descent, was born in Shrewsbury Township, April 10, 1852, and was next to the youngest 
of ten children.  He was brought up on a farm and received a common school education.  At the 
age of nineteen years, he began the plastering trade, which he followed two years.  In 1873 he 
commenced the manufacture of ice-cream, as an apprentice, and in 1874 he went into partnership 
with his employer, at Shrewsbury Station, but at the end of one year the firm dissolved, and 
with another partner, J. H. Hendrix, he carried on the business for two years.  Later he bought 
out his partner, and has since been alone in the business.  In 1882 he tried steam power, but 
it proved a failure, and returned to hand power.  He manufactures about 5,000 gallons per year, 
and supplies the Baltimore and Washington markets.  In 1883 he, in connection with J. B. Davis, 
of Maryland, engaged also in the buggy and carriage business.  He was married, August 15, 1873, 
at Shrewsbury, to Lucretia Heathcote, daughter of John Heathcote, of York, and has had four 
children, one of whom died in infancy:  Olin R., Gilbert A. and Irma R.  He is a member of the 
Methodist Episcopal Church, while his wife belongs to the Evangelical Association.  He is also 
a prominent Odd Fellow, Mount Vernon Lodge, No. 143, a member of the Encampment, and was 
assessor of Newbury Borough in 1881 and 1882.