Hon. Frank M. Trexler, was born in Allentown, Jan 9, 1861. He received his preparatory training in the public schools of the city and was graduated from the Allentown High School in 1876. He entered Muhlenberg College, where he graduated in 1879, with honor. He then studied law with Thomas B. Metzger, Esq and was admitted to practice at the Lehigh County Bar on April 10, 1882. He was elected city solicitor in 1885, and re-elected in 1887 and 1889. In 1902, he was associate counsel for the city at the time of the enlargement of the water supply. On Dec. 20, 1902, and in 1903, Judge Trexler was elected to the office for a term often years. In 1914 he was appointed judge of the Superior Court to succeed former Governor Beaver and in the fall of 1914, was elected to a ten-year term on the Superior Court bench by a large majority. Judge Trexier is president of the Pennsylvania Juvenile Court and Probation Association, one of the organizers of the Pennsylvania Conservation Society and a member of the executive committee of the Lehigh Valley Children's Welfare Society. He has been president of the Young Men's Christian Association since 1890 and is a member of the First Presbyterian church, which he has served as an official. He is a member of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania German Society; Lehigh County Historical Society, Barger Lodge, No 333, F and A. M.; Allen R. A. Chapter, No 203; Allen council No 23. R & S M; Lehigh Lodge, No 83; and Unity encampment. No 12, I. O. O. F. He married Nov. 7, 1889. Jennie R. daughter of Emanuel R. Shelling and has five children: Dorothy, Edwin W., Frances M., Marion S. and Robert W.

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