Biographical sketch extracted from:

"Biographical and Historical Record of Adams and Wells Counties," The Lewis Publishing Company, 113 Adams Street, Chicago, 1887, pp. 901-902.

George C. Ditzler, lumber dealer, was born in Crawford County, Ohio, son of
George and Catherine (Sauerbaugh) Ditzler, natives of Pennsylvania, in which
state they were married. They removed to Crawford County about the year 1852,
bringing with them four children - Sarah, Belinda, Susanna and Mary. John R.,
George C., Alice and Frank were born in Ohio. The family settled in Gallion,
where the father worked at the carpenter and joinerÂ’s trade. Later he
purchased a farm near Gallion, and the family removed to the country. In 1864
they came to Wells County, settling in Rock Creek township, on the Wabash
River, upon the farm now owned by George C. and his brother John. The parents
are now living a retired life in Murray. All the children are married, and all
live in Indiana except Susanna and Alice. Susanna became the wife of John
Shorey, who is now deceased, and later became the wife of Jacob Strausbaugh.
Sarah married Jacob Alshouse; Belinda became the wife of Lemuel Line; Mary
married John Schoch, and after his death married his brother Samuel; John R.
married Catherine Brickley; Alice married Charles Taylor, and resides in
Missouri; Franklin is the husband of Lulu Sechler, and George C., our subject,
married Laura Teeple February 6, 1879, Rev. John Markley, a minister of the
New Light Church, performing the ceremony. Mrs. DitzlerÂ’s parents were
residents of Adams County for several years. They removed to Butler county,
Iowa, in which county Mrs. Ditzler was born in 1857. At the breaking out of
the civil was, Samuel Teeple, the father, enlisted as a volunteer and died
while in the service. His children were eight in number - Sarah, Jane,
Rebecca, Dorothy A., Mary M., Laura E., Henry I., and Lavina A. Rebecca and
Lavina A. are deceased. Sarah married David Harker; Jane became the wife of
Jacob Loop; Rebecca married Eli Townsend; Dorothy married Solomon Swank; Mary
M. became the wife of Ed Musgrove, of Sherman City, Michigan; Henry married
Rebecca Miller, and Lavina married Thomas Fox. The mother is now the wife of
Daniel Wisehaupt, a resident of Murray. Mr. Ditzler purchased a mill at Murray
prior to his marriage, and the young couple began their domestic life in that
village. This mill was sold in 1882, and Mr. Ditzler took a large contract of
furnishing material for the building of the Chicago and Atlantic Railroad,
that had been surveyed out and the land partially graded. He immediately began
the erection of a new mill, which was completed the same year. It is the
largest mill in the county, having a capacity of 15,000 feet. Since its
completion in May, 1882, Mr. Ditzler has furnished most of the ties and bridge
timbers for some distance each way from where Uniondale is located. This is a
merchant mill, and is run to its full capacity nearly all the time, employing
on an average twenty hands and from six to eight teams. It is the principal
industry of the village, and has been a great source of revenue and has done
everything toward building up the town. Mr. DitzlerÂ’s residence was the first
one completed in the village, located only a few feet from his present home.
His mill turns out 2,000,000 feet of lumber annually, most of which is
furnished to different railroads. His mill cut the material for the first as
well as all the houses in town. Mr. and Mrs. Ditzler have had three children -
William H., Charles F., and Ray I. Charles was the first child born in the
village of Uniondale; date, December 5, 1882.