Daniel and Mary Strickler, pioneers; a family record for Daniel and Mary Hammaker Strickler, Pennsylvania Dutch pioneers of 1839, Wayne County, Indiana, with illustrations, history of the Strickler family and other background information
This book discusses eight successful military men who all grew up in Columbia, Pennsylvania. Chapters: Brigadier General Thomas Welsh, Major General Edward Shannon, Lieutenant General Daniel Strickler, Vice Admiral Charles Mason, Brigadier General Charles Supplee, Rear Admiral Richard Kern, Major General Richard Snyder, and Major General Frank Smoker. No bibliography
Strickler was born in Lancaster, Pennsylvania on May 17, 1897. He attended the public schools of Columbia, Pennsylvania, and graduated from Columbia High School in 1916. He received his LL.B. degree in 1922, and returned to Lancaster to practice law.Active in politics as a Republican, in 1930 Strickler won a seat in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, and he served one term, 1931 to 1933. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1932. That same year he was appointed Lancaster's police commissioner; he served until 1933, and worked aggressively to combat bootleggers until the end of Prohibition. From 1933 to 1942 he was Lancaster's city solicitor. ["Daniel Strickler", https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Strickler].
Contents
Chapters: " World War I 1917 to 1919" " Law practice 1922 to 1927" "Some Politics 1927 to 1941" (Several chapters on Army career from World War II until 1957) "Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania 1946 to 1950" "Home - Politics and law practice 1957 to 1970"
