Levi Engler was born Sept 14, 1837- He owned a ninety-acre farm in Eldred township, near Kunkeltown, Monroe county, which he cultivated twelve years, then moved to Millport, Carbon county, and lived there six years. In 1896 he settled in Allentown, where he has since resided in his home at No. 535 Liberty Street. While Mr. Engler was a resident of Eldred Township, he was school director, also served the Church as a deacon and elder.

In 1867 he married Mary Ann, daughter of Samuel and Catharine (Smith) Metzger, of Monroe County. She died on Aug. 6, 1910, aged 64 years, and is buried on Hillside cemetery, Fullerton. Their children follow: Alice, widow of Edwin Smith, Allentown; Perrnilla, single; A. Lizzie, a dressmaker Samuel J., history follows; Cora, married to Winfield Koehler, Allentown.