BIO:FREDERICK 1857 Blair Co PA s/o Jas+Elizabeth WEAVER~s/o Frederick~m DELOZIER
FREDERICK STIFFLER, a leading citizen of Allegheny Township, Blair County,Pa., is one of the veteran dairymen of this section, having been identified with this industry for over a quarter of a century. His dairy farm comprises thirty-five acres and the business is conducted according to modern methods and sanitary regulations. He was born in Blair County, Pa., February 5, 1857, and is a son of James M. and Elizabeth W. (Weaver) Stiffler. James M. Stiffler was born in Bedford County, Pa., a son of Frederick Stiffler, also of Bedford County, but probably of German parentage. James M.Stiffler became a man of public importance in Blair County and in 1876 was elected sheriff and served in that office for three years, and he was also a member of the board of directors of the Blair County Home. Agriculture was his business but he was frequently called upon to serve in office and was best known to township and county in some public capacity. His death occurred January 31, 1908. He married Elizabeth W. Weaver, who was born in Blair County and died in 1887. Of their family of children there are five survivors, as follows: Frederick; Lavina, who is the wife of W. H. Good, of Logan Township; Martha M., who is the wife of Frederick Maxfield, of Omaha, Neb.; and George W. and Mary F., both of whom live in Allegheny Township.When Frederick Stiffler was twelve years old, his parents moved from Newry to Allegheny Township, where he completed his education in the publicschools and has continued to reside. He devotes his attention almost entirely to his dairy interests and operates a milk route through Altoona. In politics he is a stanch Republican and has frequently been chosen by his fellow citizens for public positions in which intelligence, tact and good judgment were required. For three years he served as road supervisor of his township and during one year of this period was president of the board, and he is now serving in his third term as a member of the school board, of which he is treasurer.Mr. Stiffler married Miss Mary C. Delozier, a daughter of the late John Delozier, of Frankstown Township, and eight of their eleven children still survive, as follows: John D., William G., Joseph O., Lois L., Ross C., Lee C., Mary F. and Winnifred M.Mr. Stiffler is a member of the Royal Order of Moose, at Altoona.Sell, Jesse C., Twentieth Century History of Altoona and Blair County,Pennsylvania, anson of James M. and Elizabeth (Weaver) Stiffled Representative Citizens, Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold,1911, p. 624.