BIO: Wilbur F. Sadler, Cumberland County, PA

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History of Cumberland and Adams Counties, Pennsylvania.
Containing History of the Counties, Their Townships, Towns, Villages, 
Schools, Churches, Industries, Etc.; Portraits of Early Settlers and 
Prominent Men; Biographies; History of Pennsylvania; Statistical and 
Miscellaneous Matter, Etc., Etc.  Illustrated.  Chicago: Warner, Beers 
& Co., 1886.
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                                PART II.

             HISTORY OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY. PENNSYLVANIA.

                            CHAPTER XXXVIII.

                          BOROUGH OF CARLISLE.

393  BOROUGH OF CARLISLE.

  HON. WILBUR F. SADLER, Carlisle, was born in Adams County, Penn., 
October 14, 1840, his paternal ancestor being among the first settlers 
of Adams County.  Richard Sadler emigrated from England about the 
middle of the last century and settled in that part of Pennsylvania now 
forming Adams County.  In 1750 he took out a warrant for land which is 
still in the possession of some of his descendants.  He was buried in 
1764, at Christ Church, Huntington Township, of which he was one of the 
early members.  His son, Isaac, married Mary Hammersly, and their 
eldest child was named Richard.  He married Rebecca Lewis, and their 
second son, Joshua, became the father of Wilbur F.  The subject of this 
sketch was brought by his parents of Cumberland County the year 
following his birth.  After the completion of his education, in 1863, 
he enlisted in a cavalry company, which was mustered into the United 
States service for the "emergency" at the time of Lee's invasion of 
Pennsylvania.  He was admitted to the Carlisle bar in 1864, and besides 
acquiring a large practice was actively connected with the educational 
and business interests of the place, serving as a director of the 
common schools, trustee of Dickinson College, director of several 
corporations, and president of the Farmers' bank.  In 1869 he was 
nominated by the Republican party for the State Senate, in the district 
composed of York and Cumberland; was elected district attorney two 
years afterward, and president judge of the Ninth Judicial District of 
Pennsylvania in 1884, having been defeated for the same office ten 
years previous.