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JEREMIAH GIVLER. Among the prosperous coal and grain merchants of Cumberland county, Jeremiah Givler, of Greason, holds a prominext place. He was born in 1834, in West Pennsboro township, son of Henry and Rebecca (Line) Givler.

Henry Givler was born in Lancaster county, Pa., but came to Cumberland county in his early manhood and here engaged in farming. He located near Newville, in West Pennsboro township. By his first wife, whose maiden name was Bricker, Mr. Givler had eight children; Samson, who died in South Middleton township; Jacob, who died in the West; Henry, who died in Kansas; Benjamin, who made his home in New Kingstown, and died there; Mrs. Stroh, who died in Illinois; Mrs. Mary High, who died at Boiling Springs, this county; Mrs. Nancy Ryan, who died in Illinois; and Mrs. Catharine Leyman, who died in Carlisle. After the death of the mother of these children Henry Givler married, for his second wife, Rebecca Line, daughter of William Line, of Dickinson township, and this marriage was blessed with five children; William, who died in Minnesot ; David and Joshua, twins, the former living in Illinois, and the latter deceased; Daniel, who died at Greason; and Jeremiah, the youngest son of his father. The mother of these passed away in March, 1872.

Jeremiah Givler grew to manhood in West Pennsboro township, and attended the schools of the neighborhood until he was twenty years of age. He then engaged in farming until 1856, when he moved to Greason, and there for one year was engaged in the grain business. He then spent four years in Carlisle in the same line, finding it most congenial to his tastes. In 1868 he engaged in farming in Dickinson township, and at the end of three years he moved to Plainfield, where he remained until 1880. His natural tastes led him back into the business world and he returned to Greason, where he became manager for Woodward & Bobb, in the coal and grain business, at the end of four years buying out his employers’ interest, and has continued the business alone, meeting with good success and working up a good trade. During his residence in Greason in 1857 he erected a fine home, and that has been and is still his home.

In 1860 Mr. Givler was united in marriage with Eliza Diller, daughter of Francis and Nancy Diller, of Frankford township. No children have been born of this union. Mr. Givler has invariably cast his ballot in support of the men and measures of the Republican party. He has served as justice of the peace and as school director, and has given satisfaction in both offices, proving himself a man worthy of the confidence reposed in him. Both Mr. and Mrs. Givler are members of the Church of God in Plainfield, and Mr. Givler is now one of the elders of that church.