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JOSEPH D. GIVLER, coachmaker and prominent citizen of Boiling Springs, was born in Newville, Cumberland county, Sept. 22, 1865, a son of William S. and Angeline C. (Diller) Givler. The father died July 27, 1874, at Boiling Springs, aged thirty-three years. He was born, reared and spent his life in this county and was a blacksmith by trade and a thorough mechanic, having few equals in his profession. He was a man of powerful physique. During the Civil war he entered Company D, 6th Regiment, P. V. I., and served three years, participating in all the engagements with his Company and regiment, and was a brave and gallant soldier. His father bore the name of Samuel Givler, and his mother was a Miss Smith prior to her marriage. The mother of our subject is still living, and makes her home at Boiling Springs. Four children were born to William S. Givler and wife: (1) Jospeh D. is mentioned below; (2) James K. P., a blacksmith and coachmaker, in business with his brother Joseph, married Miss Mary Ann Starry, and has five children, Naomi, Joseph, Clarence, Paul and Ray. (3) Smith is deceased. (4) William H. died in childhood. Joseph D. Givler was reared principally at Boiling Springs, and received a common school education. When about eighteen years of age be commenced learning the trade of blacksmithing with Peter Spath, at Dillsburg, York Co., Pa., and he also learned coachmaking. Remaining with him for five years, the young man then came to Boiling Springs, and took the shop which was erected and conducted by his father before his death. When he took charge of this shop it was simply a blacksmith shop, 24 x 30 feet, a story and a half in height. This he has enlarged three different times, until it is now two stories in height, with one two-story addition 15 x 24 feet, and another two-story addition 20 x 30 feet, in which he conducts a complete carriage manufacturing business. He has mastered each and every branch of the business, and can construct a carriage throughout. Being an excellent mechanic he takes delight in the work, and so satisfactory are his vehicles that he is kept busy the year round filling his orders. Like his father, he is a man of powerful build, and can turn out an amazing amount of work. He can hold at arm’s length his own weight. By industry and honorable methods he has built up a business of large proportions, and is highly respected in the commercial world. Politically, Mr. Givler is a member of the Prohibition party.

On Nov. 23, 1886 Mr. Givler was married to Miss Lizzie Spath, daughter of Peter Spath, of Dillsburg. She died June 4, 1896, at the age of twenty-five years, eleven months, and three days. On Aug. 25, 1898, Mr. Givler was again married, this time to Naomi S. Kauffman, daughter of Susan J. Kauffman, of South Middleton township, this county. Two children have been born of this marriage, Reba A. K. and Esther. The family unite with the U. B. Church, Mr. Givler being one of the trustees of the parsonage, a Sunday-school teacher and treasurer. Mr. Givler purchased a home in Boiling Springs and erected a new residence upon a vacant portion of the property. The family rank among the most respected people of Cumberland county, and they all have many friends.