From a Northumberland County Carriage Shop To A Moline Factory
Born in Danville, Montour County, Daniel M. Sechler made his living building carriages. At seventeen, he left for Port Deposit, Maryland, to learn the carriage maker’s trade.
Four years later, that trade brought him back to the Susquehanna Valley. Eventually, heading west, he built large manufacturing facilities in Cincinnati, Ohio, and Moline, Illinois.
November 03, 2026
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Terry Diener
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Additional Credits:
Access Genealogy, Illinois, Biography of Daniel M. Sechler; Historic Rock Island County 1908; Photo: Carriages and Black Hawk corn planters displayed by the D. M. Sechler Carriage Company of Moline, Illinois, at the 1898 Trans-Mississippi and International Exposition in Omaha, Nebraska. Photograph by F. A. Rinehart. Source: University of Nebraska–Lincoln digital exhibit, TMI00684.
