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Johnny
John Mohler Studebaker
We owe his fame and fortune to a game of three card monte. As the story
goes, on his way to Hangtown, Placerville, California, the enterprising
young John Mohler Studebaker, son of John Studebaker and Rebecca Mohler
was duped into a game of three card monte. Arriving in California with
only fifty cents of his $65 grub stake, John began a life of toil in lieu
of gold prospecting. His misfortune turned into a fortune as he supplied
others seeking their fortune with hand built wheelbarrows. After returning
to Indiana and buying out his older brother Henry's share of the H. and
C. Studebaker Co., he managed to parlay his $8000 wheelbarrow earnings
into millions with the building of wagons and eventually the Studebaker
automobile. |
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Harold Scheaffer
Mohler
8 Mar 1919 - 31 Jul 1988
Our Ephrata, PA born relative was the son of Milton K Mohler and Esther
M Shaeffer. Harold joined Hershey Foods in 1948 after attending Lehigh
University and a distinguished WWII Air Force career, serving as an aircraft
navigator from1943 to 1945. While completing 23 missions, he earned the
Air Medal with two Oak Leaf Clusters and the Purple Heart. Harold began
his civilian career as an Industrial Engineer becoming Hershey's president
and chief executive officer in 1965. From 1974 to 1984, he served as Chairman
of the Board. His professional awards included two honorary doctor of laws
degrees, Candy Man of the Year, the first recipient of the Outstanding
Engineer in Management Award, and Engineer of the Year. The Lehigh University
Industrial Engineering building bears his name. |
Adam Leonides
Mohler
Another of our Ephrata, PA born relatives, A L Mohler retired as president
of the Union Pacific Railroad in 1918 at age 65, in his words, "to prolong
life by leaving a man killing job for a younger man to tackle." Beginning
at age 16 as a telegrapher, he held numerous posts on various railroad
and freight companies before becoming general manager of the Saint Paul
& Manitoba in the mid 1880s. He served as assistant general manager
of the Great Northern between 1888 and 1889. This driven railroader served
as general manager of the Montana Central, the Minneapolis & St. Louis,
the Oregon Railroad and Navigation Company and in executive positions on
the Portland and Asiatic Steamship Co., the Ilwaco Railway and Navigation
Co, and the Union Pacific and Oregon Short Line before becoming head of
the Union Pacific. |
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Captain
Henry (Harry) S Mohler
7 December 1837 - 4 May 1920
Henry grew up on the family farm, attended public school, and for a short
time engaged in farming. In 1862, he enlisted as a private in the 3rd Pennsylvania
heavy artillery. He participated in many battles - Cold Harbor, Petersburg,
where he was wounded in the Battle of the Crater, Deep Bottom, New Market
Heights, and the first and second attacks on Fort Fisher, where he was
again wounded. He was promoted many times for his bravery and devotion
to duty. He was mustered out June 16, 1865 as a Brevet Captain. After the
war, he was appointed Surveyor and Gauger for the Internal Revenue Service.
Later, he was in the insurance business in Mechanicsburg, PA. |
Henry Keller
Mohler 24 Mar 1858 -16 May 1941
The following information was taken from Who's Who in America: Henry Keller
Mohler, Dr of Pharmacy, Philadelphia College of Pharmacy, 1907; M D, Jefferson
Medical College, 1912; Honorary Dr.of Science, Lasalle College, 1939; Intern,
Jefferson Hospital,1912-13: Associate with Jefferson Medical College, 1913---;in
charge of laboratory of clinical medicine 1913-14; instructor in medicine,
1913-22; demonstrator in medicine, 1922-25; assistant professor 1932-38;
clinical professor of theraputics, 1938--; dean and provost professor of
theraputics 1938--; medical director of Jefferson Medical College Hospital,
1914-1938; assistant physician 1938--; attending physician, 1938; also
physican in charge, Department of Electrocardiology; private practice,
Philadelphia 1915-41; Captain Medical Corps US Army WWI, with many other
honors. |
John Frederick
Mohler 30 Oct 1864 to 28 Jan 1930
John Frederick was a professor of physics at Dickinson College from 1896
to 1930. He served as the college's Head of the Science Department for
many of those years. The Dickinson College Scientific Society founded in
1867 was named in his memory. |
Paul Mohler
5 Dec 1876 to 16 Jan 1965
Paul engaged in farming, teaching and preaching until 1908 when he moved
to Chicago to teach in the Bethany Bible School. In 1911, he was offered
a position as head of a mission church in the east of France. After studying
Oyonnaus and realizing it was a fraud with no true church basis, he returned
home in October of 1912. In 1914, he took a pastorate in Roesbille, Indiana.
In 1916, he accepted a pastorate in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The onset of
bronchitis moved the family to Washington state. While in Washington, he
invented an air-conditioning unit to clean, humidify and circulate air
through hot furnaces. The invention led to the "Mohlair" air humidifier
and circulator for fruit storage houses. This invention met with sufficient
financial success to keep the family very comfortably and to allow retirement.
He authored a booklet entitled "The Memoirs of Paul Mohler". |
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Edwin created MOKI cough syrup. According to his obituary, he died at age
93. After graduation from pharmacy school, he opened a pharmacy in Philadelphia,
PA. Later, he moved to Reading and operated a pharmacy on the corner 9th
and Penn Streets. |
Nora May
Mohler 15 Aug 1897 to 3 Dec 1984
Nora was head of the Physics Department at Smith College. She never married.
During World War II, she was assigned to the Radar Division of the National
Research Commission at MIT and may have worked on the Manhattan Project.
Her obituary reports that she died in a nursing home in Cape Elizabeth,
Maine, was a graduate of Dickinson College, obtained a PhD from Smith College,
and performed research at the Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge, England. |
Orren Cuthbert
Mohler 28 Jul 1908 to 15 Sep 1985
Orren was a professor of astronomy at the University of Michigan from 1941
to 1985. This early solar spectroscopy researcher and scholar was an active
participant in the founding of AURA (American Universities for Research
in Astronomy) and in establishing the Kitt Peak National Telescope site.
Upon his death, he was honored by having minor planet #2528 named for him,
the Minor Planet Mohler. |
Jon Matthew
Mohler 25 February 1975 to Present
BA, Nuclear Physics, MBA, MIT. C.E.O. Mohler Industries: Vero Beach, Florida.
Played Third Violin for the New York Philharmonic Orchestra. Three children:
Shannon(boy), Chris(boy), Charlie(girl). Wife Peggy. |
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Diana Mohler
Diana owns Diana's Cozy Corner Grooming in Carson, CA. She is also a free
lance writer. Her work appears regularly in grooming trade magazines. She
is the co-author along with Deborah Turner of "How Willy Got His Wheels",
Illustrated by Rhonda McHugh, Doral, July 1998; ISBN 0-944875-54-8. |
