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WILLIAM BIGLER BEITZEL has become well and favorably known in Carlisle in his capacity of chief clerk at the Carlisle Indian Industrial School. He has passed nearly all his life in this section of Pennsylvania, having been born Oct. 14, 1851, near Dillsburg, York county, son of William and Leah ( Bentz) Beitzel.

Mr. Beitzel grew to manhood on a farm, assisting during his youth in the labors of the home place, and he attended the public schools, receiving excellent educational advantages. He taught school in all eight terms, beginning in 1870, but meanwhile took advantage of every opportunity to improve his own store of knowledge, in 1873 attending the State Normal School at Shippensburg, in 1874 taking a business course at the National Normal School, Lebanon, Ohio, and in 1876 a course in telegraphy at Sandusky, Ohio. From January, 1878, to June, 1880, Mr. Beitzel was in charge of the editorial work of the Dillsburg Bulletin, and from June, 1880, until Dec. 31, 1881, he was clerk at the Cumberland Valley railroad station at his native place, Dillsburg. The day afterward he commenced his duties as station agent at that place, continuing there in that incumbency until Sept. 30, 1887. Meantime, from 1881 to 1887, he also acted as notary public. On Oct. 1, 1887, he was transferred to the joint agency of the Cumberland Valley and Gettysburg & Harrisburg railroads, at Gettysburg Junction, Carlisle, Pa., where he was retained until he tendered his resignation, Dec. 15, 1892, to accept his present position. Mr. Beitzel has been chief clerk at the Indian School continuously ever since, discharging the duties of that position with the faithfulness and efficiency which marked his work in all his former positions, and giving satisfaction to all concerned.

On Oct. 23, 1890, Mr. was united in marriage with Miss Margaret C. Williams, of Williams Grove, Pa., who died May 22, 1898. On June 11, 1903, he married for his second wife Miss Elizabeth Ettinger Forster, of Harrisburg, Pa. He is an earnest member of the Second Presbyterian Church of Carlisle, of which he was elected an elder in 1897.