BIO:  H. S. MOHLER, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania
   
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  >From Biographical Annals of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania,
  Chicago: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905, pages 773-774
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    H. S. MOHLER, a prominent citizen of Mechanicsburg, who has been a justice
  of the peace for the past twenty years, was born Dec. 7, 1837, in Upper Allen
  township, three miles east of Mechanicsburg, son of Solomon and Sarah
  (Snavely) Mohler, the latter of whom still survives, at Mechanicsburg, in her
  eighty-sixth year.

    John Mohler, his great-grandfather, was one of the early settlers at
  Ephrata, Lancaster county, probably about 1720. At that time two brothers
  accompanied him from Switzerland and all settled in the same locality, a part
  of the religious community of the German Baptist Brethren.

    Daniel Mohler, son of John, was a German Baptist minister. He settled in
  Cumberland county about 1800, and was the

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  father of six children, namely: John; Solomon; Jacob; Nancy, who married
  Jacob Studebaker; Hannah, who married Moses Miller; and Polly, who married
  Jacob Landis.

    Solomon Mohler, son of Rev. Daniel, was born on the home farm in 1814, and
  he died Oct. 20, 1876. In 1835 he married Sarah Snavely, and to this union
  children were born as follows: H. S., of this sketch; Elizabeth, who married
  George Rupp; Mary A., who married Reuben Miller; and Annette, who married
  Hiram Enck. In his early political life, Solomon Mohler was a strong Whig,
  but became identified with the Republicans after the formation of that party
  in 1852.

    H. S. Mohler was reared on his father's farm where his boyhood was passed
  assisting in agricultural duties, and in attendance upon the public schools.
  In 1862 Mr. Mohler offered his loyal services to his country, enlisting as a
  private in the 3d Pa. Heavy Artillery, and June 16, 1865, was mustered out of
  the army as a brevet-captain. For gallantry he was successively promoted, and
  has an army record of which he may well be proud. He participated in many
  battles, notably those of Cold Harbor, Petersburg, Deep Bottom, New Market
  Heights, and the first and second attacks on Fort Fisher, and he was twice
  seriously wounded, once at the blowing up of the mines before Richmond, and
  the other at Fort Fisher.

    After the close of the war, Mr. Mohler was appointed revenue surveyor of
  distilleries and gauger in the United States Internal Revenue Department for
  the First District of Virginia, comprising twenty-one counties, which
  position he held until 1870, when he resigned. Returning to Cumberland
  county, he settled down to farming until 1888, when he removed to
  Mechanicsburg. Here he embarked in a general insurance business, which does
  not interfere with his duties of justice of the peace. Since 1883 he has
  served as secretary of the Patrons Mutual Insurance Company, of Southern
  Pennsylvania.

    On Jan. 12, 1860, Mr. Mohler was married to Miss Eliza Byers, a daughter of
  Jacob Byers, of York county, and this marriage has been blessed with six
  children, namely: Minnie, wife of A. L. Holler, of Harrisburg; Grant, of
  Hamilton, Mo.; Sarah V., wife of Geary Brenner, of Mechanicsburg; Alexander,
  of New York; and Frank, of Mexico City, Mexico; and Solomon, who died in
  young manhood.

    Fraternally, Mr. Mohler belongs to F. & M., Lodge 302, Mechanicsburg; the
  S. C. Perkins, Royal Arch Chapter, No. 309; St. John's Commandery, No. 8; and
  has attained the 32nd degree in Masonry. He belongs also to the K. of P.,
  Shiremanstown, No. 425; and to G. A. R. Post, No. 415, of Mechanicsburg. In
  politics he has been a life-long Republican. In religious views. Mr. Mohler
  is independent. For many years he has been considered one of the leading men
  of Mechanicsburg, and is held in universal esteem.