BIO:  David DETWILER, York County, PA

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History of York County, Pennsylvania.  John Gibson, Historical Editor.
Chicago: F. A. Battey Publishing Co., 1886.
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Part II, Biographical Sketches, Wrightsville Borough and Hellam Township, Pg 75

DAVID DETWILER was born in Lancaster County, January 27, 1818.  His parents were 
Joseph and Susan (Garver) Detwiler, of Pennsylvania, and of German descent.  
They had seven children, of whom David is the eldest.  He was brought up as a 
farmer, and educated at the common schools.  He was married, in 1849, in Hellam 
Township, to Sarah Stoner, a native of Pennsylvania, who has borne him five 
children, four of whom are living:  Paul, Anna, David S. and Ellen.  Mr. 
Detwiler is quite a prominent man in his community.  He owns 140 acres of land, 
on which he resides; is a present auditor of Hellam Township, a director of the 
Susquehanna & York Turnpike, and Wrightsville & Chanceford Turnpike Companies.  
He was one of the organizers of the Wrightsville Hardware Company, and for many 
years one of the directors.  He is very wealthy, and since 1879 has retired from 
active business life, and resides in his magnificent home he built on the hill 
just at the edge of the town of Wrightsville.