BIO: JOSEPH D. GIVLER, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania
   
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  >From Biographical Annals of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania,
  Chicago: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905, pages 472-473
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    JOSEPH D. GIVLER, coachmaker and prominent citizen of Boiling Springs, was
  born in Newville, Cumberland county, Sept.22, 1865, a son of William S. and
  Angeline C. (Diller) Givler. The father died July 27, 1874, at Boiling
  Springs, aged thirty-three years. He was born, reared and spent his life in
  this county and was a blacksmith by trade and a thorough mechanic, having few
  equals in his profession. He was a man of powerful physique. During the Civil
  war he entered Company D, 6th Regiment, P. V. I., and served three years,
  participating in all the engagements with his company and regiment, and was a
  brave and gallant soldier. His father bore the name of Samuel Givler, and his
  mother was a Miss Smith prior to her marriage. The mother of our subject is
  still living, and makes her home at Boiling Springs. Four children were born
  to William S. Givler and wife: (I) Jospeh D. is mentioned below; (2) James K.
  P., a blacksmith and coachmaker, in business with his brother Joseph, married
  Miss Mary Ann Starry, and has five children, Naomi, Joseph, Clarence, Paul
  and Ray. (3) Smith is deceased. (4) William H. died in childhood.
    
    Joseph D. Givler was reared principally at Boiling Springs, and received a
  common school education. When about eighteen years of age he commenced
  learning the trade of blacksmithing with Peter Spath, at Dillsburg, York Co.,
  Pa., and he also learned coach-making. Remaining with him for five years, the
  young man then came to Boiling Springs, and took the shop which was erected
  and conducted by his father before his death. When he took charge of this
  shop it was simply a blacksmith shop, 24 x 30 feet, a story and a half in
  height. This he has enlarged three different times, until it is. now two
  stories in height, with one two-story addition 15 x 24 feet, and another
  two-story addition 20 x 30 feet, in which he conducts a complete carriage
  manufacturing business. He has mastered each and every
    
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  branch of the business, and can construct a carriage throughout. Being an
  excellent mechanic he takes delight in the work, and so satisfactory are his
  vehicles that he is kept busy the year round filling his orders. Like his
  father, he is a man of powerful build, and can turn out an amazing amount of
  work. He can hold at arm's length his own weight. By industry and honorable
  methods he has built up a business of large proportions, and is highly
  respected in the commercial world. Politically, Mr. Givler is a member of the
  Prohibition party.
    
    On Nov. 23, 1886 Mr. Givler was married to Miss Lizzie Spath, daughter of
  Peter Spath, of Dillsburg. She died June 4, 1896, at the age of twenty-five
  years, eleven months, and three days. On Aug. 25, 1898, Mr. Givler was again
  married, this time to Naomi S. Kauffman, daughter of Susan J. Kauffman, of
  South Middleton township, this county. Two children have been born of this
  marriage, Reba A. K. and Esther. The family unite with the U. B. Church, Mr.
  Givler being one of the trustees of the parsonage, a Sunday-school teacher
  and treasurer. Mr. Givler purchased a home in Boiling Springs and erected a
  new residence upon a vacant portion of the property. The family rank among
  the most respected people of Cumberland county, and they all have many
  friends.