In 1863, at Harrisburg, Pa., John E. Kready married Miss Magdalena Stoner, of that city. The following children have been born to this union: Elmira, wife of Jacob Herman, an East Hempfield township farmer; Minnie, unmarried and at home; Wilson, a farmer of Rapho township. who first married Miss Fanny Brubaker and then Louisa .Iartin; and Francis, at home, unmarried.
Mr. Kready remained at home with his parents until the time of his marriage, gaining an education in the meantime in the public schools of the district. After his marriage he worked his father's farm on shares for two years and then bought his present home and moved into it. In 1880 he began engaging in the nursery business, and it has grown to such extent that he now ships shrubs, plants, trees, etc., to all parts of the United States. He is the person who cultivated and introduced the Keystone and Early Daisy varieties of grapes to general use.
Mr. Kready is a Republican in politics and for three years held the oflice of township auditor under the auspices of that party. The gentleman is progressive in his ideas and always alive to everything of benefit and interest to his neighborhood and of the Sporting Hill and Manheim Turnpike Co,Rapho Township, where he resided until the time of I aiding in every manner projects for the betterment of social and industrial institutions.
In 1863, at Harrisburg, Pa., John E. Kready married Miss Magdalena Stoner, of that city. The following children have been born to this union: Elmira, wife of Jacob Herman, an East Hempfield township farmer; Minnie, unmarried and at home; Wilson, a farmer of Rapho township. who first married Miss Fanny Brubaker and then Louisa .Iartin; and Francis, at home, unmarried.
Mr. Kready remained at home with his parents until the time of his marriage, gaining an education in the meantime in the public schools of the district. After his marriage he worked his father's farm on shares for two years and then bought his present home and moved into it. In 1880 he began engaging in the nursery business, and it has grown to such extent that he now ships shrubs, plants, trees, etc., to all parts of the United States. He is the person who cultivated and introduced the Keystone and Early Daisy varieties of grapes to general use.
Mr. Kready is a Republican in politics and for three years held the oflice of township auditor under the auspices of that party. The gentleman is progressive in his ideas and always alive to everything of benefit and interest to his neighborhood and of the Sporting Hill and Manheim Turnpike Co,Rapho Township, where he resided until the time of I aiding in every manner projects for the betterment of social and industrial institutions.
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