BIOS: William Henry DEETER, Somerset County, PA 

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History of Bedford and Somerset Counties, Pennsylvania; Bedford County by E. 
Howard Blackburn; Somerset County by William H. Welfley; v.3, Pub. The Lewis 
Publishing Company, New York/Chicago 1906, ppg. 520/1

William Henry DEETER.

William Henry Deeter, president of the Kendall and Deeter Lumber Company, 
Meyersdale, Somerset county Pennsylvania, was born in Allegheny township, 
Somerset county, March 7, 1858, the son of Unus and Katharine (Boyer) Deeter.
Samuel Deeter, grandfather, was a native of Allegheny township, born at what 
is now known as Deeter's Gap.  He was a farmer by occupation.  Among his 
children was a son Unus.
Unus Deeter (father) was also born in Allegheny township.  He followed the 
quiet but useful occupation of a farmer.  He married Miss Katharine, daughter 
of ______ Boyer, of StonyCreek, and they had the following children: Sarah, 
Mary, Jane, Lina, William Henry and Jonathan.
William Henry Deeter attended the public schools of his native place until he 
was fifteen years of age.  He then entered into his first regular employment 
at the occupation of a farmer, working out by the month until 1882.  The 
succeeding three years he was engaged in the sawmill business in Allegheny 
township, and in 1885 he embarked in the contracting business, being in the 
employ of the W.C. White Lumber Company of Bedford county.  He remained there 
until 1889, when he established himself with the firm of Bondollar and Son, 
of Everett, Bedford county.  He subsequently returned to the employ of the 
former company as superintendent of mills, continuing there in this capacity 
until 1893.  Deciding to engage in business for himself, he opened a livery 
establishment at Rockwood, Somerset county, and was thus occupied, being 
attended with good success until 1897.  He then formed a partnership with Mr. 
S.A. Kendall, and they engaged in the lumber business, conducting the 
establishment under the firm name of Kendall and Deeter Lumber Company, with 
offices at Meyersdale.  The proprietors of this establishment are both 
capable, reliable business men, and through their straightforward business 
methods and general fair dealing, have brought the business to an eminent 
degree of success.
Mr. Deeter is also interested in various other industrial enterprises, among 
them being numbered the following: The Meyersdale Planing Mill Company, of 
which he is vice-president; the Kendall and Deeter Lumber Company, of which 
he is president; the West Salisbury Feed Company, in which he holds the 
office of vice-president. He is a stockholder in the Citizens' National Bank 
of Meyersdale; the Meyersdale Sheet Steel Company, the Livingood Coal and 
Coke Company of Pittsburg, and the Economy Telephone Company of Meyersdale.  
In political affiliations Mr. Deeter is a Republican, and is an earnest party 
worker.  He has served his borough as councilman since 1900.  In religious 
faith he is a member of the Reformed church.  Fraternally he holds membership 
in the F. and A.M., No. 554, Meyersdale; B.P.O.E., No. 175, Johnstown; and 
Royal Arcanum, of Meyersdale.
Mr. Deeter married, July 10, 1881, Miss Sadie, daughter of William Ware, of 
Allegheny township, and they have children as follows: Effie; Ollie, married, 
October 21, 1903, Ernest Boyer; Bertha, married William Apple [sic], June 1, 
1905; Carrie; William Bunn; Ida; Ware; and Gladys.