Fayette County PA Archives Biographies.....Detwiler, John S. February 24, 1831 - ????
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Source: Gresham and Wiley, 1889: Biographical & Portrait Cyclopedia, Fayette Co, PA, page 545
Author: John H. Gresham & Samuel T. Wiley

    John S Detwiler, a miller and extensive farmer of Bullskin township was
born in the same township, Fayette county, Penna, February 24, 1831, and
is a son of Henry Detwiler and Susan Stauffer Detwiler, daughter of Henry
Stauffer of Bucks county, Penna.
    Henry Detwiler is a son of Samuel Detwiler and is of Swiss extraction.
He emigrated from Bucks county to Westmoreland county, thence to
Perryopolis, and from there removed to Detwiler's Mill in Bullskin
township, where he for many years followed milling.
    John S Detwiler was married to Catherine Atkinson, a daughter of Jesse
Atkinson of Bullskin township, July 20, 1854.  To their union have been
born eight boys, all born in Bullskin township, Fayette county, Penna:
George A Detwiler, Judson B Detwiler, Jacob C Detwiler, Grant L Detwiler,
John W G Detwiler, Samuel A Detwiler, Henry W Detwiler and Charles A Detwiler.  
    John S Detwiler has held various local offices of his township; he is a
member of the "Knights of the Mystic Chain" at Moyer, and is a consistent
member of the Baptist church at Pennsville.  Besides owning valuable mill
property in Bullskin, he owns several well-improved farms in the same
township.  He is a good businessman, is well fixed in life and is a
republican. 

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