William Sell, son of Charles and Sarah (Zimmerman) Sell, was born in Weisenburg, Oct. 25. 1949. He has followed a clerical pursuit nearly all his life. He clerked at Sheidy's, Crackersport, and Allentown, where he now lives. After he left at Crackersport he and his brother Samuel were engaged in the grocery, flour, and feed business at Slatington, for three years. During these years he was the assessor of Slatington, and has been a Justice of the Peace in North Whitehall Township. He has served the Lutheran congregation at Unionville, as a deacon, also St. Luke's church, Allentown, in the same office. He married Catharine S. Kern, born in 1849 and who died in 1902.