BIO: DAVID J. BEITZEL, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania
   
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  >From Biographical Annals of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania,
  Chicago: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905, pages 446-447
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     DAVID J. BEITZEL, an extensive dealer in coal, feed, flour, ice and salt at
  Mechanicsburg, and one of the representative business men of that city, was
  born in the borough of Mechanicsburg, June 7, 1860, son of Daniel Beitzel.
    
    Daniel Beitzel was born in York county in 1828, and died Jan. 31, 1892.
  During his boyhood he received a thorough common school education, and was a
  man of more than ordinary ability, and taught school for six or eight years.
  During the Civil War, he participated as a member of Company E, 200th P. V.
  I., and was in a number of decisive battles. After an honorable service he
  was discharged, and returned home to Mechanicsburg. There he became a
  contractor and builder, and became one of the leaders in his line. His wife
  bore the maiden name of Mary A. Fink, of York county, and she was a daughter
  of Jacob B. Fink. Mr. Beitzel was also interested in the manufacture of
  brick, and in all his enterprises, met with success. Daniel Beitzel was a son
  of Daniel Beitzel, of whom nothing is known further than that he was born in
  York county. The children born to Daniel Beitzel and wife were: Jacob C.,
  deceased; William H., a resident of Mechanicsburg; Ellen J., deceased; David
  J.; Nora E., who married Grant Tawney of Mechanicsburg; Bertha, at home with
  her mother; and Louis D. and George F., deceased.
    
    David J. Beitzel was educated in the public schools of Mechanicsburg,
  attending until he was nineteen, after which he assisted his father until he
  was twenty-one. At that time he was united in marriage with Miss Jennie
  Danner, of York county, Pa., daughter of Van B. Danner, a soldier of the
  Civil war, who died in the hospital in 1862. Her mother was Mrs. Susan
  (Hostler) Danner. After his marriage, Mr. Beitzel, with Mr. Samuel Shoop,
  engaged for five years in the coal, flour and feed business, after which he
  engaged in the same business alone, later adding ice among the commodities he
  handles, and so successful were his ventures, that he has since continued,
  becoming one of the most prosperous of the dealers in his line in the city.
  His house is a well known one, and its standing is above reproach.
    
    Four children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Beitzel: Harry E., Violet May,
  Nellie O., and Tolbert O. Mr. Beitzel's office is on the corner of Walnut
  street, near the tracks of the Cumberland Valley railroad, and he is thus
  afforded best shipping facilities. While his stock is an immense one, his
  trade is confined principally to a retail business. Fraternally he is a
  member of the K. of P., the Senior Order United American Mechanics, and the
  Improved Order of Redmen of America. Not only has Mr. Beitzel succeeded in a
  business way, but he is very popular socially, and possesses a pleasant
  genial manner which wins for him many friends.

    CUMBERLAND COUNTY.  447
    
    JACOB FINK, the maternal grandfather of our subject, was born in York Co.,
  Pa., and on reaching manhood, chose farming as an occupation, following it
  all his life. On June 5, 1817, he married Elizabeth Brown, a native of Adams
  county, by whom he had the following children: Sarah, John, Jacob. B.,
  Harriet, Henry, Lydia A., Elizabeth, Mary A., Betsy and Louis. In religion
  the family were Lutherans. Mr. Fink was a stanch Democrat, and at the age of
  ninety the helped raise a Democratic flag pole at Dover, Pa. His death
  occurred when he had attained the great age of ninety-three.