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JOEL ROTHERMEL, shoemaker, Pleasant Hill. Among the business men worthy of special mention in Pleasant Hill, is Joel Rothermel; he comes of German parentage, and was born in 1833 in Berks Co., Penn. His father, Isaac Rothermel, is also a native of Berks Co., and still resides in his native place at an advanced age. Mrs. Rothermel died when our subject was only 2 years old; he then found a home with his paternal grandfather, with whom he passed his boyhood days on a farm; at the age of 16, his father placed him in his shop to learn the shoemaker’s trade; this he continued till 1858, when he emigrated to Ohio, locating in Pleasant Hill; here he resumed his former occupation, combining with it for the first year the hotel business; he worked as journeyman with several parties till 1862, when he formed a partnership with M. D. Myers; three years subsequent, this partnership was dissolved, and Mr. Rothermel has since continued successfully the shop in his own name. He was a soldier in the late civil war, and member of the 147th O. N. G., which regiment was employed most of the time on guard duty. In July, 1862, he was appointed Postmaster of Pleasant Hill, which position he held for sixteen years; he has also been several times elected Councilman of the village. In addition to his trade, he deals in flour and patent medicines. His marriage with Miss Esther Longanecker was celebrated in Pennsylvania in 1857; she is a native of Juniata Co., Penn. They have had three children—one deceased.