BIO: PETER D. GOTTSHALL, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania
   
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  >From Biographical Annals of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania,
  Chicago: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905, pages 496-497
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      PETER D. GOTTSHALL, who is at present engaged at the pumping station of
  the Philadelphia & Reading Railway Company at Boiling Springs, Cumberland
  county, is a native of that county, and was born in 1852, at Springville, in
  South Middleton township.
      
      Peter Gottshall, father of our subject, was born in South Middleton
  township in 1814, and the family has long been associated with the
  development of this section of the county. Until he was eighteen years of age
  Peter Gottshall alternated attendance at the local schools with work on the
  farm, and then began to learn the carpenter's trade at Boiling Springs with
  his father, Jacob. On the completion of his apprenticeship he engaged in
  business in that line with his brother Adam at Boiling Springs, and they did
  a flourishing business as builders and contractors for forty years, Peter
  Gottshall retiring eventually on account of poor health. He died in 1886,
  aged seventy-two years, at Springville. Mr. Gottshall married Elizabeth
  Gross, and they had children as follows: George, Jacob M., Henry, John,
  Daniel, Willis, Peter D., Mary and Alfred. The
      
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  mother of these dying, Mr. Gottshall married Rebecca Shupp, and they had
  two children, Annie and one that died in infancy.
      
      Peter D. Gottshall received a good practical education in the common
  schools, attending until he was eighteen years old. After leaving school he
  worked on the farm for his father for about ten years, and then learned the
  carpenter's trade, serving his apprenticeship at Boiling Springs with his
  father. He was in business with his father until the latter's death, after
  which he was in partnership with his brother Henry for six years. He then
  took a position as boss carpenter with the Philadelphia & Reading Railway
  Company, having his headquarters at Boiling Springs, and was thus engaged for
  about seven years, until incapacitated by an accident. His adz slipped,
  cutting his leg so severely that he was under the doctor's care for two
  years. Mr. Gottshall is still in the employ of the Philadelphia & Reading
  Company, having for the past four years been engaged at the pumping station
  at Boiling Springs. He has been one of the most respected citizens of that
  place for many years.
      
      On Jan. 1, 1874, Mr. Gottshall married Miss Matilda C. Wise, daughter of
  Frederick and Maria Wise, of South Middleton township, and they have had one
  child, Franklin E., who was born in 1874, attended the schools of South
  Middleton township, and is now engaged in the photographing business at
  Harrisburg, though he continues to live in Boiling Springs, making the trip
  morning and evening. He married Minnie A. Lehman, daughter of David P. and
  Elizabeth M. Lehman, of South Middleton township. Mr. and Mrs. Gottshall are
  both members of the Lutheran Church of Boiling Springs. In his political
  affiliations he is a Democrat.

      FREDERICK J. WISE, father of Mrs. Gottshall, was born in South Middleton
  township, Oct. 12, 1814, and received his education in the common schools of
  his native township. He chose farming as his life work, and, aside from six
  years spent in Carlisle, he had always devoted his life to that calling. He
  married Maria E. Lobaugh, a daughter of Joseph Lobaugh, a native of Adams
  county, in 1844. Of the children born of this union, four lived to maturity,
  as follows: Joseph, deceased; Jane; Matilda C.; and Edward. Those that died
  in infancy were: John, Harry, Elizabeth, Annie, Abbie, Frank and Ella. The
  family were Lutherans in religious faith. Frederick J. Wise died in August,
  1890, and his wife died in January, 1891, aged sixty-seven years.