JOSEPH K SECHLER, son of Gideon, a native citizen of Lynn township, was born June 30, 1853. At the age of 18 years he learned the trade of a shoemaker which he followed several years. His early life was spent upon the farm and for some years afterward he worked in a slate quarry. He resided at Emaus for four years and worked in the woods of that vicinity as a lumberman. Mr. Sechler owned and cultivated the 117-acre homestead of the Hon. Daniel Creitz in Lynn Township and he sold it in 1910 to his son-in-law, Victor Snyder, after having lived on it for 13 years. In 1911 he purchased a. 66-acre farm in West Penn Township, Schuylkill County, situated near the Mantz Mill, which had been previously owned by William Ohl, Frank Ohl and Henry Ohl, in succession. He is a Democrat in politics and served the township as supervisor at various times, of the New Tripoli district and also of the Lynnville district. He and his family worship in the Jacob's church at Jacksonville. He was married in 1877 to Amanda, daughter of Jonas Seibert. She died April 23, 1909, aged 53 years. Their children were: Edwin J., at Allentown; Daniel A., at Stcinsville; Ida, married Victor Snyder and William J., farmer in West Penn township. Schuylkill County.