History of Franklin County, Pennsylvania, 1887
Daniel Colestock Biography
DANIEL COLESTOCK, contractor and builder, was born in Littlestown, Adams Co., Penn., September 30, 1834, a son of John and Harriet (Little) Colestock. He received an ordinary common school education in his native town and was in attendance one term at Littlestown Academy.
He early learned the trade of his father, that of carpenter and cabinet-maker, and for a period of two years worked as journeyman in various places, among which was Washington, D.C., where he, for some months in 1862, was engaged in the treasury department. In 1867 or 1868 he commenced as a contractor, and soon after went to Pittsburgh, where he erected some important buildings; then returned to Littlestown, where he resumed his business as a builder and contractor, being associated, for a time with his brother, John H., and afterward with Daniel Smith until 1874, when, just after the fire which occurred at Colestockburg, he worked as a journeyman for three years at that place, whither he located in the spring of 1876 as a contractor and builder, and where he has since remained.
He has here carried on an extensive business, erecting many fine structures -among them the insane asylum.
In 1883 Mr. Colestock was married to a daughter of Barnett Bickly, a former resident of Colestockburg, and to this union have been born two daughters and two sons. The parents are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. In politics Mr. Colestock is Republican.
Source: Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania : containing genealogical records of representative families, including many of the early settlers, and biographical sketches of prominent citizens; Chicago. Genealogical Pub. Co. 1905. Notes: Prepared in part by George O. Seilhamer.
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