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JOHN REICH, conductor A. V. R. R., post office Verona, was born in York, Pa., March 8, 1827, a son of John and Katharine (Klizer) Reich, natives of Germany. His father died in 1845, aged fifty-two years, and his mother in 1877, aged sixty-seven years. His father came to York in 1824, where he carried on the butcher business till 1848, when he moved to Westmoreland county, and together with John was in the business until his death. Our subject’s grandfather was also named John, and his wife Elizabeth, both dying in 1846,aged eighty-nine and eighty-seven years, respectively. Mr. Reich received a common-school education at York, and, on going to Pittsburgh, engaged as brakeman on the P. R. R., then as conductor, and four years as yardmaster. In 1865 he was conductor on the A. V. R. R., and the next year train dispatcher, continuing four years. He moved to Verona in 1876, and for the past nine years has been conductor on the Plum Creek branch. He was married April 3, 1855, to Elizabeth Dilks, a native of Pittsburgh, a daughter of Josiah and Elizabeth Dilks. Mr. and Mrs. Reich have six children living: Orlando Madison, Cornelia Dilla, Edgar Hamilton, William Dilks, Cora L., and Carrie May. Those deceased are Harry B., John Lincoln (aged five years) and Ida Rosette, (about three years). Mr. Reich is a republican, and he and his wife and daughter are members of the M. E. Church.