Gideon F. Egner was born in Upper Saucon, Sept 18, 1843. He assisted his father in business and on July 5, 1864, enlisted in the 195th Pa. Vol. Regt. In the Civil War. He was station agent for the P. & R. R. R. at Emaus from 1866 to 1869 and at Macungie from 1869 to 1887. He then became a partner in the Diamond Roller Mills at Bethlehem, in which he continued until his retirement from business in 1904. He served as elder in Solomon's Lutheran congregation at Macungie and in Salem's of Bethlehem, and St. John's of Allentown. He was a director of the Macungie Savings Bank, secretary of the Millerstown Building and Loan Association and six years a school director.