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PHILIP HAFNER, farmer, P. O. Kasson, was born in Germany, March 17, 1839, is a son of Christopher and Elizabeth
(May) Hafner. He received his education in his native land, and came to McKean county, Penn., with his parents
in 1853. When seventeen years of age he went to work as a laborer in the lumber woods. In November, 1867, he married
Miss Ellen, a daughter of Lyman and M. E. (Starks) Bell, of Coudersport, Penn., and they are the parents of three
children: Nellie M., Harry H. and Leo R. After his marriage Mr. Hafner was employed upon the farm of Wernwag &
Co., until 1875, when he opened a meat market at Clermont, which he conducted one year, then came to Hamlin township,
and purchased the farm on Marvin creek, where he now resides. He is a prominent citizen, and has held various township
offices.
From:
History of the Counties of
McKean, Elk and Forest,
Pennsylvania
With Biographical Selections.
J. H. Beers & Co., Publishers
Chicago, 1890.
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