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Free Genealogy Biography of Henry L. Neuman
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Henry L. Neuman

Henry L. Neuman engaged in the wholesale manufacture of ice cream, and the manufacture of agricultural implements, is a native of Conewago Township, and the son of Jacob and Elizabeth Neuman, natives of this county.

After leaving the home farm. Henry L. Neuman engaged as a clerk in a dry goods store in York, where he remained until 1861, when he enlisted in the Eighty-seventh Pennsylvania Volunteers, 87th Regiment, served three years, and near Richmond was seriously wounded in the leg.

Returning to the county, he engaged in the confectionery business, under the firm name of Neuman & Wiest, for nine years, and then engaged in the wholesale manufacture of ice cream. In 1874 he also engaged in the manufacture of agricultural implements, which he still continues. He was married in 1867 to Miss Amanda Wambaugh, of York, and there have been born to him four children: Edward N., James W., Margie and Daisy M. Mr. and Mrs. Neuman are members of the Reformed Church, and Mr. N. is a member of the G. A. R.




Source: York County, Pennsylvania Biographical History, John Gibson, Chicago: F.A. Battey Publishing Co., 1886.







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