Bucks County PA Archives Biographies.....Riegel, John L.
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Source: History of Bucks County, Pennsylvania; edited by 
J.H. Battle; A. Warner & Co.; 1887
Durham Township


JOHN L. RIEGEL manufacturer, P.O. Riegelsville, was born in 
New Jersey, May 1, 1819, and is a son of Benjamin and 
Elizabeth Riegel, of Lower Saucon township, Northampton 
county.  His father is a son of Mathias and Catherine (Kram) 
Riegel, and his mother's parents are John and Elizabeth 
(Lerch) Leidy.  Our subject received his education in the 
common schools of New Jersey, and lived there until 1874, 
when he removed to Pennsylvania.  He was married September 
12, 1839, to Miss Elizabeth Shimer, who died in 1858.  They 
were the parents of five children:  Mary E., Eliza C., and 
Anna Martha, deceased; Benjamin and Sarah Jane, living.  
April 30, 1859, Mr. Riegel was married to Catherine Stover, 
who died in 1864.  Three children were the issue of this 
union:  one, a son, died unnamed, another son, William, died 
when two months old; a daughter, Ella E., became wife of 
Silas W. DeWitt, and died at the age of 20 years and 11 
months, leaving a son, John Riegel DeWitt, now nearly six 
years old.  March 28, 1865, he married Miss Lydia Stover, 
who died in 1873, and was the mother of the following:  
Clara M., Ida J., John and Laura May.  On June 19, 1876, Mr. 
Riegel was married to Mary Easton, and has one child by this 
marriage, George E.  Mr. Riegel has been a member of the 
Reformed church all his life, and in politics is a 
republican.  He has been in active business as a 
manufacturer for forty years.