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GIVLER. The name of Givler is familiar among the agriculturists of Cumberland county, at present being borne by Joseph and Peter B. Givler, brothers, who are engaged in the cultivation of their old homestead, their welfare being ably looked after by their capable sister, Miss Mary.

Adam Givler, the father of Givler Brothers, was born in Franklin county in 1816, and there grew to manhood and married. His life was devoted to farm work, first in his native county, and later he moved to Cumberland county, in 1847, locating on the farm now occupied by his children. This comprises about seventy acres of rich productive land, which by systematic care and up-to-date methods has been brought to a high state of cultivation, and is well improved with a comfortable dwelling, bank barn and good outbuildings. It is located two miles east of Shippensburg. Adam Givler married in 1838, Nancy Burkholder, who was born near Newburg, Cumberland county, in 1818. She was the daughter of Peter and Mary M. (Goodyear) Burkholder; she died in 1897, in her seventy-ninth year. Adam Givler died in 1854. He and his wife were the parents of six children, as follows: Joseph; Peter B.; William; Daniel; Mary, at home; and Caroline, deceased. The father was a man well posted on the current events of the day, and was fearless in expression. He voted in favor of Democratic principles, and he was an able adviser in party councils, being practical in his ideas, and possessed of much wisdom and good judgment. In his religious connection he was a Lutheran.

Joseph and Peter B. Givler now farm the homestead as partners. Joseph was born in Franklin county in 1843, but was reared chiefly in Cumberland county. Peter B. received a liberal education, and has a progressive and enterprising spirit. Both are well liked socially, and they are generally regarded as exceptionally fine young men.