Order of Odd Fellows; Carroll LodGe, no. 9. Knights of Pythias, Baltimore, Maryland; Sibewan Tribe, No. 463, Improved Order of Red Men, and member and treasurer of the J. L. Mitchell Concert Band.
Dr. Paul married, September 21, 1903, Anna E., daughter of John Plunkett, of Gallitzin, and they have two children: Mary Leona, born June 19, 1904; Queen Edna, born February 25, 1906.
EPHRAIM J. DOTTERER, who holds the responsible position of corresponding clerk in the Gautier department of the Cambria Steel Company, is a representative of a family which has been domiciled in Pennsylvania for some generations.
Jacob Dotterer, grandfather of Ephraim J. Dotterer, married Elizabeth Nencomer, and had four children: John, Milton, Jacob, Henry, of whom sketch follows.
Henry Dotterer, youngest of the four children of Jacob and Elizabeth Nencomer, Dotterer, was by occupation a slate roofer for a number of years, and then established himself in business as a dealer in slate, at South Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, where he was a very successful business man. He enlisted in the army, and served three years during the Civil war with commendable bravery. He was in active service at the battle of Gettysburg. He was a member of the German Reformed church. He married Elizabeth Mohr, and they had two children: Charles H., and Ephraim J., of whom sketch follows.
Ephraim J. Dotterer, second son and youngest child of Henry and Elizabeth (Mohr) Dotterer, was born in Quakertown, Bucks county, Pennsylvania. He received an excellent common school education, and then sought and obtained employment with the Cambria Steel Company as stenographer and typewriter. His reliability and faithfulness in the performance of the duties assigned to him did not escape the notice of those in authority, and he was advanced until he now holds the position of corresponding clerk in the Gautier department. He has made many friends, as is but natural, considering the unvarying courtesy of his demeanor, and his readiness to assist those in difficulties. He is a member of the Lutheran church, and of Johnstown Lodge, No. 175, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. He is unmarried.
CHARLES FRANCIS BRANDLER, the efficient purchasing agent for the Lorain Steel Company, at Johnstown, Pennsylvania, was born at Cumberland, Maryland, May 12, 1876, son of Conrad and Frances (Maurey) Brandler.
The grandfather, John N. Brandler, came to America from Wurtemburg, Germany, about 1842, and settled in Cumberland, Maryland. He had married in his native country, Mary ---, by whom was born four sons and one daughter, as follows: Henry B., born in Germany; J. N. M., born in Germany; John, born in Cumberland, Maryland; Margaret, born in Cumberland, Maryland; Conrad, born in Cumberland, Maryland. The father of this family was by trade a carpenter. In his political affiliations he was a Democrat, and in religion a Lutheran. He died in Maryland, in 1881, and his wife about 1874.
Conrad Brandler, father of Charles F. Brandler, was born in 1853, and died aged about twenty-eight years, in 1881, at Newark, Ohio. He received a common school education, and learned the machinist's trade, working at it in Baltimore, Maryland, Cumberland, Maryland and Newark, Ohio, where he was made master mechanic of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company. He died in the prime of his young
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