BIO:  A. K. Straley, 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, Washington Township, Pg 198

A. K. STRALEY was born in Dover Township, December 8, 1856, and is the younger of two children 
born to John and Mary A. (Kimmel) Straley.  His grandfather, Philip Straley, was born in Dover 
Township, in 1793, and died in this township, October 15, 1878; he married Rebecca Bassen, who 
was born in York County in 1797, and who died November 25, 1863.  Grandfather David Kimmel, was 
a native of Washington Township, and married Elizabeth Gentzler, a native of Codorus Township.  
Our subject’s father was born in 1823, and was a farmer, a teacher, a hotel keeper and a 
merchant, and died in 1882, being at that time postmaster, a position he had held since 1870.  
Our subject, Andrew J. Straley, remained on the home farm until twelve years old, from which 
time until 1880 he assisted his father in the store, then became his partner, and is now his 
successor in business, and is doing a prosperous trade.  In 1882 he was appointed postmaster at 
Hall.