Henry Kaufman    

HENRY KAUFMAN, livery, is a son of Jacob and Catherine (Speigelmyer) Kaufman. Our subject was born in Delaware Township, December 12, 1856. He received his education at the public schools of his township. He was engaged in farming on the homestead until 1880, when he located at Mercer and engaged in the butcher business. In 1881 he located at Sharpsville and engaged in his present business. Our subject was married in October, 1883, to Miss Ella, daughter of John Shell, of New Hamburg. Mrs. Kaufman died in 1884, leaving one son, Harley A., who died in 1884. Our subject married for his second wife in 1887, Miss Maggie, daughter of Joshua Reichard, of New Hamburg, Mercer Co., Penn., and by this marriage they have one daughter. Bertha L. Politically Mr. Kaufman is a Democrat.

History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania : its past and present : including its aboriginal history, its early settlement and development, a description of its historic and interesting localities, sketches of its boroughs, townships and villages, neighborhood and family histories, portraits and biographies of pioneers and representative citizens, statistics, etc. : also, a condensed history of Pennsylvania. Chicago, Ill.: Brown, Runk & Co., 1888, page 842.  Read this book on line - Free Trial  Search Hundreds of 1880s-1890s Pennsylvania County History Books for biographies and historical information on your ancestors.  View the book page images on line and print them out for your genealogy file!  Free Access to the old history books - plus birth & death records, census images and ALL other records at ancestry.com.