Edwin W. Trexier, son of Reuben, was born in Upper Milford Township, Oct. 27, 1826, on the farm purchased by his grandfather. He attended the local schools and became a clerk in a general store in Enmaus. He later conducted a dry goods business at Easton for some years, but the confining nature of this occupation impaired his health and in 1856 he removed to Allentown and engaged in the lumber business with his brothers. In later years, his sons, Harry C. and Edwin G. were admitted to the firm which became E. W. Trexler and Sons. In 1890, Mr. Trexier retired and the business was developed until the Trexler Lumber Company is today one of the largest concerns in the country. He then devoted himself entirely to farming and breeding high grade Holstein and Jersey Cattle and was a prominent member of the Holstein-Friesian Association of America. Mr. Trexler was struck by a fast running freight train while crossing the P & & R. R. R. tracks near Emaus, not far from his farm, and was instantly killed on July 10, 1900. He married at Easton in 1852, Matilda Saurbeck, daughter of William and Jane (Magee) Saueibeck. Mrs. Trexler was born Sept. 2, 1827, and died Nov. 7, 1914; aged eighty-seven years. They had four sons: William, who died in infancy; Col. Harry C. Trexler; Edwin G. Trexler and Hon Frank M. Trexler, Judge of the Superior Court of Pennsylvania.