Andrew J. Trace    

ANDREW J. TRACE, farmer, P.O. Saegerstown, was born in Vernon Township, this county, August 2, 1840, son of John and Anna (Brown) Trace, natives of this county. The former was a son of Frank Trace, one of the first settlers of Vernon Township, and of German descent. The latter was a daughter of Ferdinand Brown, an early settler of Summit Township, this county. Our subject was reared on a farm, and has always followed agricultural pursuits. He was married, January 3, 1867, to Susan, daughter of John and Sarah (Saxton) Van Marter, of Vernon Township, this county, formerly of Groton, N.Y. By this union there were born two children: Emmet and Sarah (deceased). Mr. Trace came to Woodcock Township, this county, in the spring of 1873, locating on the farm where he now resides. He is a member of the K. of H. In politics he is a stanch Republican.

History of Crawford County, Pennsylvania: containing a history of the county, its townships, towns, villages, schools, churches, industries, etc., portraits of early settlers and prominent men, biographies, history of Pennsylvania, statistical and miscellaneous matter, Chicago: Warner, Beers & Co., 1885. View image of this page of the book on line at ancestry.com.  Free access  More Crawford County History Books  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

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