BIO: Jacob R. SIMLER, Centre County, PA

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Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania: Including 
the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion: Containing 
Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative Citizens, Etc. 
Chicago: J. H. Beers, 1898.
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  JACOB R. SIMLER, of Philipsburg, Centre county, is a native of that 
city, born May 4, 1871, and a son of George B. and Amanda (Carpenter) 
Simler, who have for many years been prominently identified with its 
interest. He acquired a common-school education, and remained under the 
parental roof until his marriage at the age of twenty-two years.
  On November 22, 1893, Mr. Simler was married to Miss Sallie B. 
Beamer, and they have an interesting little daughter, Evelyn, born 
April 16, 1896. The mother was born in Clearfield, Clearfield Co., 
Penn., October 13, 1874, a daughter of Owen A. and Lucetta (Elder) 
Beamer, natives of Centre county, the former born February 6, 1853, and 
the latter on July 5, 1853. They now reside in Latrobe, Westmoreland 
Co., Penn., where the father is serving as clerk in a hotel. Their 
family consisted of eight children: William H., who died in childhood; 
Sallie B., wife of our subject; Clara A., at home; Orlando, who died in 
childhood; Eva, who is residing with Mr. Simler and attending school; 
and Charles, Laura and Oscar, all three at home. The paternal 
grandparents of Mrs. Simler, Jacob A. and Rebecca (Fister) Beamer, were 
of German extraction, and the grandfather was a forgeman by occupation. 
Jacob A. beamer served in Company C, 208th Regiment P. V. I., Army of 
the Potomac.
  At the age of seventeen years, Mr. Simler began working for his 
brother, George B., in the express business, and was thus employed for 
eight years. He belongs to the Order of Red Men, of Philipsburg, is a 
stalwart Republican in politics, and is a member of the Episcopal 
Church. He is a prominent and energetic young man, of an upright moral 
character, and possesses the true spirit of progress and enterprise 
which characterizes the American people. In April, 1897, he commenced 
the business of selling oil to the consumers of Philipsburg, and is 
working up a nice trade, having already on his list some two hundred 
customers.
  For several years, Mr. Simler has displayed 

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a remarkable talent for hunting. In connection with his brother William 
N., he has carried on the business of taxidermist for his own use, and 
they have elegant collections of mounted birds and animals. Since 1889 
they have made a business of taxidermy in every branch of the art. The 
collections referred to contain the following specimens: Blue-wing teal 
duck, barred owl, Virginia rail bird, sandpiper, snipe, plover, 
woodcock, meadow lark, Virginia warbler, Kentucky warbler, blue 
swallow, brown thrush, flocker screech owl, duck hawk, chimney swallow, 
nuvvin, brown creeper, snow owl, pheasant (two days old, and an old 
one), falks sparrow, flying squirrel, humming bird, hoot owl, brown 
screech owl, pigeon hawk, loon, butter duck, bullfinch, Baltimore 
oriole, cedar bird, golden bird, night hawk, sparrow hawk, teal duck, 
red bird, black head warbler, chicken hawk, Indian hen, red-headed 
woodpecker, black-headed woodpecker, great squaw duck, Indigo bird, 
red-eye verrio, red-headed bee bird, winter rew, green her, partridge, 
great bittern, chippie, snowbird, sap sucker, pine finch, chickadee, 
great squaw duck, kingfisher, bluebird, martin, red-winged blackbird, 
bluejay, squirrel hawk, jack snipe, white-headed sparrow, skylark, 
pallerope, water thrush, killdeer, yellow breasted woodpecker, small 
bee bird, robin, least bittern, chewink, goslin, Bonaparte, seagull, 
butcher bird, shore lark, cuckoo, sparrow hawk, crown kinglet, 
blackburn warbler, chestnut warbler, Virginia warbler, horned grieb, 
black cot, Jersey red bird, Kennedy rail bird, snow bunting, American 
cot, blue heron, Tom Lee, Church Will widow, whippoorwill, black-headed 
tern, red-tail hawk, white sparrow, and herring gull. These lovely 
specimens the brothers have in glass cases in their parlors, where they 
may be admired by the many friends of the family.
  William N. Simler, a skilled and expert taxidermist, also makes a 
business mounting animals and birds, and tanning furs for rugs, etc. He 
was married December 30, 1884, to Miss Elizabeth G. Osslare, a native 
of Brookfield, Penn., and a daughter of Bernard and Malinda (Verbeck) 
Osslare, in whose family were ten children.