Dr. Robert D. E. Follweiler is a native of Lynn Township, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. He attended the common schools of his native township, and the knowledge thus obtained was supplemented by a course at the Stroudsburg State Normal School. He then entered Jefferson Medical College, graduating therefrom in 1898, and in 1900 he was graduated from the Baltimore University. He then established an office in Siegfried, Northampton County, where his skill in medicine has gained for him the full confidence of his growing patronage. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, being affiliated with Portia Lodge, No. 284; Catasauqua Chapter, R. A. M.; and Allen Commandery, K. T. He is also a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Knights of the Golden Eagle, and the Independent Order of Red Men.

Dr. Follweiler was united in marriage to Irene Laubach, and they are the parents of one son — Alfred D. Follweiler, born September 4, 1902.