Montour County PA Archives Biographies.....SIDLER, William L. 1867 - living in 1899
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  WILLIAM L. SIDLER is one of the prominent attorneys-at-law residing at Danville,
  Pa., and is register of wills and recorder of deeds of Montour County. He is a
  native of Danville, and is a son of Franklin and Amanda (Gulick) Sidler, a
  grandson of Jacob Sidler, and a great-grandson of Jacob Sidler, Sr.
  
    Jacob Sidler, the great-grandfather of our subject, spelled his name Sittler;
  he was a native of Germany, who came to this country and settled in New Jersey.
  He and his son Jacob moved to Montour County, then a part of Columbia County,
  and purchased a tract of land in Valley township, which is now the property of
  Emanuel Sidler, and there carried on general farming the remainder of his active
  days. He passed from this life at an advanced age and was buried in the old
  log-church grounds in Mahoning township. He was the progenitor of four children,
  as follows: Philip, David, Marcia, and Jacob. Jacob Sidler, the grandfather of
  our subject, is supposed to have been born in Allentown, Pa. He learned the
  trade of a carpenter by the old scribe rule, followed that vocation some time,
  and then engaged in farming on the old homestead, which consisted of 140 acres
  of highly cultivated land. At his death he also owned another farm of 210 acres.
  He passed from this life at the age of sixty-two years; his wife, who was
  Elizabeth Benfield, a daughter of John Benfield, entered the world of rest at
  the age of fifty-two years. They were the parents of the following children:
  John, Mary, Sarah, Franklin, Emanuel, Elizabeth, and a child who died in
  infancy. Mr. Sidler was a strong Democrat in politics and served as supervisor
  and school director many years; in religious views he was a member of the
  Lutheran Church.
  
    Franklin Sidler, the father of our subject, was born on the old homestead,
  where he spent his boyhood days. He and his brother changed the name Sittler to
  Sidler, as it is now spelled. In 1864 he enlisted in the 3rd Reg., Pa. Vol.
  Artillery, as a private and served throughout the close of the war; returning
  home at the close of the struggle, he was employed in the rolling mills until
  1872, when he purchased a farm in Valley township, Montour County, and followed
  agricultural pursuits the rest of his active days, with the exception of 1874
  and 1875, when he was a stockholder and contractor in the Co-operative Iron
  Works at Danville, now known as the North Branch Iron £ Steel Company. He was
  united in marriage to Amanda Gulick, a daughter of Samuel Gulick of Montour
  County, and as a result of this union four children were born, namely: William
  L., the subject of this biographical sketch; Charles A., an attorney residing at
  Sunbury, Pa.; Horace A., who is engaged in farming on the old homestead; and
  Samuel G., who died in infancy. The father of our subject died in 1891, aged
  fifty-seven years. The mother of our subject still resides on the homestead with
  her son Horace. Mr. Sidler was an unwavering Democrat, and was supervisor and
  tax ^ collector; religiously he was attached to the Lutheran Church. He was a
  man greatly respected for his many fine qualities and was recognized as one of
  the active and progressive men of his community.
  
    William L. Sidler acquired a good education in the public schools; he then
  taught several years in the public and grammar schools of Danville. Later he
  supplemented his education by a course in Princeton College, from which
  institution he was graduated in 1888; he then began the study of law under the
  direction of Edward S. Gearhart, and was admitted to the bar in 1890. In 1891 he
  began practicing his chosen profession with the above-named gentleman, and has
  been meeting with the greatest of success. He is regarded as one of the
  promising young attorneys of his community. He was elected register and recorder
  of Montour County, which office he still holds, the duties of which he is
  honestly and faithfully fulfilling.
  
    Our subject was united in marriage to Mary E. Divel, a daughter of Hon. Henry
  Divel, a prominent citizen of Danville, whose sketch may also be found in this
  Book of Biographies. Four children blessed the home of Mr. and Mrs. Sidler,
  namely: Margaret R., born August 10, 1891; Franklin William, born August I,
  1894; Mildred, born February 28, 1896; and a son born January 24, 1899. Mr.
  Sidler is a member and past master of the Mahoning Lodge No. 516, F. & A. M.;
  Danville Commandery, Knights Templar, No. 37, of which he is captain general;
  Montour Lodge No. 109, I. O. O. F.; and Beaver Lodge No. 132, K. of P.
  Religiously he is a devoted member of the Lutheran Church.
  
  
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  Book of Biographies of the Seventeenth Congressional District
  Published by 
  Biographical Publishing Company of Chicago, Ill. and Buffalo, NY (1899)
  
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