BIO:  JOSEPH SADLER, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania
   
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  >From Biographical Annals of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania,
  Chicago: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905, pages 647-648
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    JOSEPH SADLER, night yardmaster for the Northern Central Railroad Co., at
  Bridgeport, was born Sept. 9, 1844, in East Pennsboro township, Cumberland
  county, a son of Samuel and Hettie (Tate) Sadler, and a grandson of Joseph
  Sadler. The latter died on his farm at Camp Hill, an old and respected
  resident of that locality, belonging to the same branch of the family as does
  Judge Sadler of Carlisle.
    
    Samuel Sadler was born in Cumberland county and was a farmer until he
  retired, in 1867, to Shiremanstown, where he died in 1869. His wife passed
  away at Pitcairn, Pa., in 1898. They had children as follows: Sue, Lewis G.,
  Benjamin, Joseph, Ada G., John A. and Samuel.
    
    Joseph Sadler was educated in the district schools and at Hogestown, Cumber-
    
    648  CUMBERLAND COUNTY.
    
  land county, where he finished his schooling at the age of nineteen years.
  Until his father retired he assisted on the farm, and then went to
  Shiremanstown, following butchering for three years. His entrance into
  railroad work as lineman for the Northern Central Railroad Co., after which
  he was brakeman in the Bridgeport yards, and in 1896 he was promoted to be
  night yard-master, a position which, carries with it a great deal of
  responsibility.
    
    In 1868 Mr. Sadler was married to Miss Catherine Nelson, and they have two
  children: Robert N. of Wormleysburg, who married Bertha Bixler; and Mabel, at
  home. Mrs. Sadler is a most estimable lady and a valued member of the Bethel
  Church.
    
    In politics Mr. Sadler is a stanch Republican. Fraternally, he belongs to
  the Knights of Pythias at Shiremanstown, the Knights of the Golden Eagle and
  the Railroad Men's Relief Society. He is one of the highly respected citizens
  of Wormleysburg and a valued employe of the company he has served with so much
  fidelity.