BIO: William BUEHLER, Dauphin County, PA

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Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of Dauphin County, 
Containing Sketches of Representative Citizens, and Many of the 
Early Scotch-Irish and German Settlers.  Chambersburg, Pa.: 
J. M. Runk & Company, 1896, pages 231-232.
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  BUEHLER, WILLIAM, son of George Buehler and Maria Nagle, was born in 
the year 1808, at Erie, Pa.  His father removed from Erie to Harrisburg 
in 1813, and died at that place in 1816.  When a young man, the son 
went to Chambersburg, where he learned the mercantile trade.  He 
subsequently removed to Philadelphia, where he was engaged as a 
merchant in the hardware business.  He returned to Harrisburg about 
December, 1848, and took charge of the Buehler House which had been 
conducted by the family since 1818.  Here he remained several years 
when he embarked in the insurance business, then comparatively in its 
infancy, and became State agent for the insurance company of North 
America.  The result was the establishment of one of the largest 
insurance departments in the State, successfully and reliably carried 
on until his death.  It was not alone in the business walks of life 
that Mr. Buehler was widely known and esteemed.  For many years he was 
a prominent and active member of the Protestant Episcopal Church; was 
warden of St. Stephen's church, and the superintendent of its Sunday-
school for a long period.  He represented his church in different 
dioceses to which he belonged, and took an earnest part in all 
questions that arose therein relating to the extension and prosperity 
of the church.  From the organization of the diocese of Central 
Pennsylvania until his decease, he had been the treasurer thereof, a 
most responsible position, and by his good judgment, liberality and 
kindness, did much to advance the financial interests of the new 
diocese.  He was identified with the successful establishment of the 
Home of the Friendless, the City Hospital, and a member and officer of 
the Harrisburg Benevolent Society which has done so much to relieve the 
poor and needy of the city.  In every organized effort for public 
charity he took an active part, contributing and counseling, and 
working with his own hands to promote good works in others.  But his 
individual charities were the most characteristic of the man, for it 
was by these that "he established for himself a brotherhood with men 
which made his name blessed among them."  He died suddenly at 
Harrisburg on Sunday morning, June 12, 1881, aged seventy-three years.  
Mr. Buehler married, May 17, 1831, at Chambersburg, Pa., Henrietta R. 
Snyder.  Their children were:  Anna, married Robert A. Lamberton, LL. 
D.; Elizabeth, married, first, Charles Hammond, secondly, H. Stanly 
Goodwin; Catharine, married Capt. George Ramsey, U. S. A.; Dr. Henry 
B., William, and Edward.