Bucks County PA Archives Biographies.....Buehrle, William
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Source: History of Bucks County, Pennsylvania; edited by 
J.H. Battle; A. Warner & Co.; 1887
Bedminster Township

WILLIAM BUEHRLE farmer and huckster, P.O. Keller's Church, 
is a son of Joseph Buehrle, a native of Baden, Germany, who 
was a martyr to his republican principles.  He was revenue 
and tax collector for the duchy of Baden, a high and 
honorable office which he held for many years, but on 
account of his connection with the republican movement which 
culminated in the rebellion begun at Baden in 1848, he was 
deprived of his office and of most of his property, and in 
1846 came to the land of freedom, bringing his family with 
him.  He settled in Tinicum township, and bravely adapting 
himself to his changed circumstances, began again, a trait 
which has characterized his children.  He followed the canal 
for many years.  His children were:  Robert, who is now 
superintendent of schools in Lancaster county; Emeline, wife 
of Jacob Steeley, of Nockamixon township; Emma, wife of 
Titus Applebach, of Bethlehem; and William, who was born in 
Baden in 1834.  He began life bravely when quite a young 
boy, crossing the mountains with a pack on his back.  For 
twenty-one years he boated and turned his hand to anything 
that promised remuneration.  Subsequently he bought the farm 
of Dietrich Knoppel in this township, on which he lived for 
five years, farming and dealing in cattle.  He then resold 
it to Mr. Koppel and bought his present home, where he 
carries on the same business.  September 15, 1856, he was 
married to Mary Ann, daughter of Samuel Freiling, of 
Warrington township.  She was born in 1842.  To their union 
seventeen children have been born, of whom three are 
deceased.  Those living are:  Hannah, wife of Nathan Beer, 
of Plumstead township; Lottie, wife of Abraham O. Myers, of 
this township; Rosa, wife of J. Edwin Scheetz, a merchant at 
Keller's Church; Frederick, living with his brother-in-law 
Myers; William, with Edwin Fluck; Joseph, with Dietrich 
Knoppel; Samuel, with Gideon S. Rosenberger; Annie, with her 
uncle at Lancaster; Lawrence, with Reuben High; Robert, 
Charles, Jacob, Henry, and Lillie Elda at home.  While in 
Tinicum Mr. Buehrle was on the school board, and is now on 
the school board in this township.  He is emphatically a 
self-made man, and deserves great credit for the manner in 
which he has worked his way up to his present position, as 
well as for the manner in which he has brought up his 
numerous family, to all of whom he has given advantages 
which he himself never had.