Peter Sittler, manufacturer and farm implement dealer at Eckerts, in South Whitehall, was born Oct. 27, 1844. He learned the machinist trade at Fleetwood where he worked four years. In 1875 he located at Eckerts, then known as Wennersville. He built many horsepower and thrashing machines, also wheelbarrows. He now sells gasoline engines and a farm implements. He is assisted by his son, Alfred J. Mr. Sittler is a Democrat and for twenty-three successive years was the treasurer for the supervisors, also was a school director for four years.

He served as a deacon and elder of the Cedarville Lutheran Church congregation. On June 6, 1874, he married Anna Louise Warmkessel. They have two children namely: Alfred J., married to Queen Held, and they have Florence, Anna, and Ella; Ida married to Richard Knappenberger. They have Irene, Ray, and Homer and live in Allentown.