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T the time o f the Reformation in the six teenth century a large proportion of the people of Central Europe and particularly of the Valley of the Rhine became Pro A 1 testants. bout the year 537 the a sect Mennonite Church , similar in many respects to the English !uakers and which might be known as the German !uakers , was founded in

Southern Germany by Menno Simon . After the Reformation there was a strong reaction towards Roman Catholicism , and o ne for over hundred years , during the seventeenth and early n part of the eighteenth ce turies , Central Europe and the Rhine Valley were the scene of almost continuous warfare and bloodshed . The rival armies marched hither and thither over the land leaving a trail of blood and utter desolation wherever they went , so that the inhabitants were reduced to the most extreme poverty . The Menno nites were persecuted on all hands and deprived of their a Civil and religious liberty . At length , i n the l tter part of the seventeenth and early part of the eighteenth centuries , by the great wars of William of Orange and the famous victories of the Duke of Marlborough , England became known to these people as a land of light and liberty . In the seve ntee nth century the Crown of England had granted to William Penn , the great leader of the English !uakers , a l arge tract of land in North America now known as the n co- State of Pe nsylvania , where he and his religionists were permitted to settle and worship God according to the dictates of their o wn consciences . I n the early part of the eighteenth century advertise ments were scattered broad cast througho ut the Rhine Valley , by the agents of William 6 TH E W ISSLE R FAMILY RECO RD .

Penn - , inviting the down trodden and persecuted Menno nites and other Protestants to emigrate and settle in Penn bu sylvania , where they could have a ndance of good land and were guaranteed ful l civil and religious liberty . In the year 1 70 8 the stream of emigration began to flow from of the Valley the Rhine towards Pennsylvania , and contin ued in great volume throughout the rest of the eighteenth century . y 1 2 0 Amongst these emigrants , about the ear 7 , Jacob 1 l a M W a n Wissler , Germ n ennonite and his ife , M gdale a , y immediatel after their marriage , set out from Switzerland , to of travelled down the Rhine the port Rotterdam , and

there took ship for Philadelphia . Shortly after sailing - f- O . their vessel was overtaken by a man war Jacob Wissler , - was with the other able bodied men on board , impressed into the navy , and the rest of those on the boat were sent ' Phi l ade on to Philadelphia . Wh en Magdalena reached l

ph ia she took service with a farmer in the neighboring , of village Germantow n to await the coming of her husband . of As soon as his term service in the navy had expired , of Jacob set out in search his wife , and came to Phila

delphia . He had a presentiment that he would meet his

wife and set out at once from the landing, along the road d fo r Germantown . Won erful to relate he met her o n the road carrying two pails Of milk to Philadelphia for her

employer . He took service for a time with a farmer in

that locality , but subsequently they moved farther inland t Pa and settled on the Brandywine , in Ches er county , . ,

where they passed the rest of their lives . They had several C hildren , but the writer has heard the name of only one ,

~ . n 1 8 namely , Andrew Wissler Traditio says that in 7 3 or 1 784 Andrew took his little son Jacob down to the Brandy m wine to see his aged other, who had come from Germany - about sixty four years earlier . S he was then stricken with i Ol d - nfirmity , blindness and age and was bed ridden . Being w anxious to know what her little grandson was like , hen

he was brought to her bedside , she ran her hand over his d “ ” face and form , and exclaime , This is a pretty boy . This incident so impressed Jacob 3 that he remembered it

ever afterwards . TH I R E VV SS LE FAMILY RECORD . 7

” so n o f 1 Andrew Wissler , Of Jacob Wissler and his 1 wife , Magdalena , was born about the year 735, and led by that peculiar fate wh ich so Often directs the aims an d pur

O f m an Pa. poses , removed to Lancaster County , , where he o f G f o n entered the service John ro f , an extensive farmer o f w n o w the west bank Middle Creek , near hat is known ’ as Wissler s Mill , in Clay Township . Here he was made ’ r ff the more welcome as Mrs . John G o s ( née Anna Mary ’ was Shenk) , mother s maiden name Wissler , John Jacob Groff had taken up the farm which he called Graafsb ur a n 2 0 2 o r g, cont ini g acres , more less , about the 1 2 year 7 4 and settled there with his wife Hannah , chiefly because o f a splendid boiling spring Of fresh water which here bubbles out Of the ground and flows into Middle

Creek . Close to the spring on rising ground he built a log house having o n e end Of the stone foundation in the i waters of Middle Creek . It s said that every morning throughout the year , he went down the steps from th e and house to the spring and bathed his face his head , with of its long flowing locks , in the clear cold water the spring . 2 0 th Of 1 He died on the day October , 749, leaving him surviving, Hannah his widow and three children , John , wh o w Jacob and Mary ere all born there , and leaving an estate which with the farm , was appraised at th 1 0 By deed dated the 7 day Of December , 75 , Hannah S ch o n aue r Groff , Jacob Groff , Mary and her husband a ch o nauer Abrah m S , having received their respective a shares , conveyed all their interest in the f rm and estate f f to f O Joh n Jacob Gro f John Gro f the eldest son . This deed is registered in the Registry Office at Phil adelphia in 1 r t f 1 I ! . 2 o n s o 6 Book L , page 4 , the 3 day July , 7 5, and n o w the original , written on parchment , is in the posses of ° w sion Levi Hess Wissler , the present o ner and occupant Of the lands . On the first page Of a New Testament which belonged to John Groff and which is n ow in the possession of Aaron

Pa. B . Wissler , at Brunnerville , , the following is written in German text in the handwriting of John Groff R D 8 TH E W ISSLER FAMILY R ECO .

Allein auf Gott setz dei n Vertrauen Auf Mensch Hilfe sol st du nicht bauen Allein der glauben sonst kein Glaube mehr ' Guter sich verlast auf J esum Christ Dem wird der Him mel werden Gott allein die Ehr und keinem Menschen mehr “ ff ” Bii chl ei n eh o ret . Dieses g mir, Hans Gro Wohnhaft und geb urdig an Middel Grieg

1 1 1 . Geschrieben in diesem Jahr 75 , den 7 Hornung

John Groff built a large two story stone d welling h OLI Se a few feet farther up the hill from the west corner of the n o l d l og house . The stone house still remai s and is now b y \V i ssl e r ° l o occupied Levi Hess , but the old g house has been gone for some years , the stone foundation however th 1 6 being yet visible . On the 9 day of January , 7 7 , w ” f Andre Wissler was married to Anna Magdalena Gro f , o of ff the nly child John Gro , and the following is a trans lation of an entry in an Old German Bible now in the ' 5 possession Of John Hess W issler : “ th 1 6 . Dated January 9 , 7 7 Andrew Wissler and Anna Magdal ena Groff were united in the bonds of holy matrimony , Michael Kauf f mann , Preacher . Her parents were John Gro f and his w w f edded ife Anna Mary Gro f, and his parents were Jacob ” Wissler and Magdalena Wissler . 1 6 Of By deed or Patent , dated the th day September , 1 6 an d y f 7 7 , registered in the Registr O fice at Philadelphia 1 6 o n ar . the st day of September , 7 7 , in Patent Book A n Vol . after reciting the agreement to sell said la ds to John Jacob Gro if (therein Graaf ) dated th e eleventh day D 1 o f A . . January , 733, Thomas Penn and Richard Penn n granted , conveyed and co firmed said lands called Graafs burg to John Groff therein called Graaf . Which patent on n o w parchment is in the possession of Levi Hess Wissler . Groif 1 8 n a J oh n died about 79 , first havi g made his l st f D 1 o A . . 1 8 will bearing date the 9th day August , 79 and a o n 2 th 1 80 0 dmitted to probate the 4 day of April , , by wh ich he devised all his property to Andrew Wissler and

h i s . n w wife Magdalena Wissler, as j oint tenants A dre : Wissler and his wife Magdalena had three children , Joh n " W o n o f 1 1 issler , born the fifteenth day July , 77 , TH W E ISSLER FAMILY RECORD . 9

1 3 Jacob , born in 775, died in infancy , and Jacob Wissler , o n 1 2 th N 1 6 born the day of ovember, 77 , so called at the urgent request of hi s elder brother John to take the place o f the baby Jacob who had died . of 1 80 2 By deed dated the fifteenth day January , after 2 f I/V issl er reciting the will of John Gro f, Andrew and his wife Magdalena conveyed said lands to John Eby , and the following day by deed John Eby conveyed the same lands n to A drew Wissler , which deeds are registered in the ffi Registry O ce at Lancaster , and in the former deed “ “l i ssl er Andrew , signs his name in German Andreas

W i essl er. we have been unable to find out the exact date of the a f r O o . de th Andrew Wissler, his wife son John Andrew 1 Wissler died , first having made his will dated the 9th day 1 80 2 on 6th Of March , , and admitted to probate the day of 1 80 b y June , 4 which will be devised all his property 3 Graafsb ur a 3 including g to his sons John and J cob , and to 4 his wife a dower in the lands and £ 1 0 to Andrew . 1 1 80 6 On the 5th day of April , , John and Jacob Wissler bought from one Haack a farm at the South -East of the 1 0 homestead , containing about 5 acres which was intended n for John , but as he died u married shortly after, all the 3 property came to his brother Jacob Wissler . ff 2 John Gro and his wife , Andrew Wissler and his wife , 3 ’ and John Wissler, are buried in Erb s Graveyard about

2 . % miles east of Brunnerville , Pa They were strict

Mennonites , and being strongly opposed to the vanities of this world , they expressly forbade the erection of tomb stones over their graves , so there is no mark to show the spot where they are buried . The p lace of their burial

to . was pointed out Aaron B Wissler, over fifty years ago by a two Old men who were present at the buri l . The spot indicated was on an elevated k n oll about midway between the northern and southern limits of the graveyard and - about o ne third from the eastern limit . Jacob Wissler 3 the youngest of son Andrew Wissler ” and his wife Anna Magdalena Groif was born on the 1 2 th day 1 6 f o f November . 77 on the old Gro f homestead on the west bank of Middle Creek in Clay then part of Warwick

Township , Lancaster County , Pennsylvania , and grew to I O THE W ISSLER FAMILY RECORD .

th of . 2 manhood on the same farm On the 5 day March , A D 1 4 . 80 0 . , he married Anna Eby , daughter of Christian "j a E b y and hi s wife Catherine Bricker . They had family L of Andre w 1 1 th 1 80 1 ten children , namely , ; born March , 4 ro th 1 80 4 Jacob , born April , 3 ; Christian , born January 1 th 1 80 a 4 2 rd 1 80 4 , 5 ; M gdalena , born February 3 , 7 ; 4 6 1 80 ! I st Ezra , born May th , 9 ; John , born October 3 , 1 81 0 n 4 ro th 1 8 1 2 ‘ ; Catheri e , born November , ; Mary , ‘ z rst 1 8 1 n rd 1 8 1 born February , 5 ; Levi , born Ja uary 3 , 7 ;

z rst 1 81 . o n Sem , born March , 9 He resided all his life the same farm . At the time o f the revolution which ended in th e U formation of the nited States Of America , the Si x Nation Indians espoused the cause Of the mother country and at the close o f the war were removed to Upper Canada where they were granted by the Crown in return for their loyalty a strip Of land six miles in width on each side ofthe Grand

River and extending from its source to its mouth , a distance th o n e . e Of upwards of hundred miles This land , except for portion reserved the personal use of the Indians , has m been , from time to ti e , sold to private parties as required fo r settlement and the purchase money kept in trust for the benefit of the Indians . Of this land the Crown on February

th 1 8 . n 5 , 79 , sold and granted Block No contai ing n o w n O f acres , formi g the Township Waterloo in the n y to Cou t of Waterloo and Province Of Ontario Messrs . y m Beasle , and Rosseau , they giving back a ortgage for a large part of the purchase money to trustees for the benefit of th e Indians . Beasly at once bought the interest of his partners in the land and proceeded to sell the land to settlers then coming in large numbers from Pen nsyl w l m . vania and else here , without mentioning the Indian c ai After these se ttlers had paid their money th ey discovered the prior mortgage and were threatened with foreclosure and ruin as they were unable to pay the mortgage . As a last resort they sent a deputation to their relatives co - y and religionists in Penns lvania to seek fo r aid . At a Pa meeting held in Lancaster County , . , to hear the dele 3 was gates , Jacob Wissler present and , with others , urged f O . of the granting assistance As a result the meeting , what is known as the German Company was formed . The T I I HE FAMILY RECOR D .

o fVVaterl O O co n tai n i n unsold portion of the Township , gsixty O f thousand acres land , was bought from Beasley , the conve y ance Of the land taken in the names of Daniel E rb J 2 th of 1 80 2 and acob Erb by deed dated the 9 day June , , “ ad an d the Indian mortgage was paid Off. Jacob Wissler

d 1 1 6 8d. . v an ce 5 . £ , 75 , currency and received therefor as of o f a his share Of the land , deeds acres l nd in the Township of being composed of lots numbers 1 0 6 1 0 1 1 1 1 2 , 7 , 9, , 3, 49, 53, 1 0 1 to 4 and 57 , according the Registered of Plan the said Township of Waterloo , his deeds bearing h da D 1 A . 80 . 2 o t . date the y Of July , 5 He gradually sold 6 1 6 2 all the land in smaller parcels , except lots and , and m s realized therefrom a handsome profit . At the ti e thi investment was made he and his brother John had t h e money on hand with the intention Of buying an adjoini ng I n 1 . 80 6 farm for John the farm , adjoining the Old 1 0 n to homestead , containing about 5 acres belo ging o ne fo r Haack , came into the market sale and was bought by John and Jacob in their joint names . Shortly 3 l V i ssl e r after this John died a bachelor and intestate , and 3 all his property was inherited by Jacob Wissler , his only hi bro ther and heir at law . Jacob afterwards added to s a homestead by purchasing more l nd to the east , west and north . He was a very methodical and j ust man and brought up his family to habits of industry and economy . He gave each of his children the best education to be had Of h in the schools the neighborhood , and then obliged eac As to work and earn his o wn living . each of his children attained his or her majorit y he advanced to each a portion which on the average was worth about The following is a summary of the portion advanced to each in ’ o r n money money s worth , the figures bei g taken from a o wn of book in his handwriting, now in the possession ° h VV i ssl er Pa. z Jo n B . , at Brunnerville 1 2 THE W ISSLER FAMILY R ECORD .

i 1‘ 1 82 Andrew W ssler, from 3 to Jacob W issl erfi 1 82 6 ‘ 1 82 Magdalena Wissler, 7 4 1 8 2 Christian Wissler , 3 ‘ 1 8 2 Ezra Wissler , 3 4 1 8 2 J oh n Wissler , 3 Mary Wissler 1 837 1 8 8 Levi Wissler , 3 “ May th Sem Wissler, 4 ,

Total of advancements

Debts , funeral and testamentary expenses Balance distributed at his death

85

1 82 2 was In when his eldest son , Andrew , about to be a m m . 1 82 arried , he settled him on the Haack f r In 5 , 4 a when his second son , Jacob , was about to m rry , they f were on t he lookout for a farm or him . Andrew then said there was a farm in Schoeneck Township which suited him better , and that Jacob could have his farm . He then w r bought the farm in Schoeneck to which Andre emoved , 4 an d settled Jacob o n the Haack farm . By deed dated the 1 o f 1 8 1 3th day March , 3 , he conveyed the Haack farm to 4 . 1 82 his son Jacob In 7 his eldest daughter , Magdalena , was married to Jacob Landis , and went to reside on a farm h i n . 2 t A D . Ephrata Township On the 5 day of April , . ,

1 82 . 1 8 1 9 his wife , Anna , died In 3 he settled his son , C 4 of 6 hristian on a farm about 4 acres , across the creek f 2 rd rom the old homestead , and by deed dated the 3 day of t 1 8 o a . April , 34, conveyed the land Christi n When his m 1 8 1 son , Ezra , was married in Nove ber , 3 , he retired from a m a of ctive far ing and rented the b lance the homestead ,

2 to . containing about 47 acres of land , Ezra He , however, c ontinued to reside in the large stone house , while Ezra lived in the O l d log house for a few years . After two or t a l hree years he built smal brick cottage across the road , O l d at a distance Ofabout one hundred yards from his house . n e w He then moved to his house , and resided there during 1 8 the rest of his life . In 34 his son , John , who had served

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" Anna Eby The Ebys belong to the Celtic race , and during the early part Of the Christian Era lived in the to northern part of Italy , where they were early converted Christian ity thro ugh the labors Of the Vaudois and became Be strict adherents to the Vaudois o r Waldensian Church . 1 60 ing bitterly persecuted by the Church of Rome , about 5 t hey fled to Switzerland an d fin al l v settled in the C antons

Of . Berne , Zurich and a erne During the Protestant Reformation the Mennonite C 1 hurch was founded in 537 by Menno Simon , a native of m n Holland , and a o gst those who j oined the M ennonites '

W . were the Graafs , Ebys , Shanks , isslers and others In 1 683 o ne Jacob Eb y w as ordained a Bishop Of th e Mennon i te Church in Canton Zurich , and by persecution he was driven down the Rhine to the Palatinate . 1 Eb y o f was Theodorus , son Bishop Jacob Eby , born in C on 2 th anton Zurich , Switzerland , the 5 day Of April , 1 n f 663 . O account o religious persecutions he left Swit z erl and and settled in the Palatinate i n 1 70 4 where he resid 1 1 b v ed until 7 5 , when , being still persecuted and induced t he o fIV il l i am co -re agents Penn , he in company with other l igi o nists left for Philadelphia and settled in August 1 7 1 5 ’ n o w l n at a place cal ed Rolland s Mill , near the li e between and y n Earl Leacock Townships i n Lancaster Count , Pen s h e ylvania , where resided until his death in September , ‘ 1 737 . He had six children , Peter, Hannes , Jacob , ” ” C . hristian , David and Elizabeth

Eb y 2 Christian , son Of Theodorus , was born in Switzer

1 2 1 6 8. h land February th , 9 He married Elizabet M aver , a member Of on e of the families that emigrated with Theo 1 2 n dorus . Christian and his wife settled o Hammer Creek Pa n Co . i n Elizabeth Tow ship , Lancaster , , about three m . 1 6 iles north Of Lititz Here he died September , 75 , and e Of his W ife died Dec mber 1 2 th 1 787 . They had a family 3 3 ” t en 8 a children , Christian , John , Barbara , Peter , Ann , 3 " 3 3 z h . Andrew , George , Eli abet , Samuel , Michael Eb j “ Christian y, the eldest son of Christian Eby , was 2 2 nd 1 o n born February , 734, retai ned the homestead H am m er Creek and married Catheri n e Bricker b y whom he n 4 ‘ ! 4 had twelve childre , Elizabeth , Christian , Peter , John , TH W SS R I E I LE FAMILY R ECORD . 5

4 Cath e ri ne a 4 “ 4 a 4 Andrew , fi Barbar , Anna , George , M ria , 4 ‘ Benjamin , and Maria . He greatly improved the dwelling- house erected by his 1 n father in 754 and built a ba k barn 99 feet long, still standing . He also built and worked a mill on Hammer

“ Creek a short distance from his house . He died 0 11 the 1 day 1 80 a 4th of September, 7 , and his wife died sever l years are y a later . Both Of them buried in the family grave rd 0 11 0 11 the farm the top Of the hill Opposite the buildings . 4 ” E b y Of a b y Anna , daughter Christi n E and his wife o n th Catherine Bicker , was born the 9 day Of Se p tember , 1 o n 2 th 1 80 0 to a 7 77 , was married the 5 day March , , J cob 3 \Yi ssl e r 11 th f 0 2 o 1 82 . and died the 5 day April , 9 Her a body lies buried in H mmer Creek Mennonite Cemetery . The writer refers for further information about the Eby Family to the History Of the Eby Family published

1 88 b y . in 9 the late Ezra E Eby , Of Berlin , Ontario , a 4 E b y n grandson of Benj amin , from which the foregoi g inform ation has been gathered . o m 1 s I; m fi ? E 3 p u — . 3 O E5 k mo u 3 m 3 ? w0 n m N s a m . . u C 1 « w d EE p : a o ?6 o r d n z z c g e 4 m o , d e a d u u c a a u m n . £ o w m n ac a m n c n n B n o o z n 5 E o t m u o o s b n “ e mG a 7 S a h oe w 6 a E o ! o. n a c e v p d o 3 5 H m n k n o ? e 2 h o fi p i n 4 w Em : i o BB 0 : f n u o o 0 A n E m : : 6 BU wD o g h m u o n “ o A d B m c 0 c a o a a u d n n w o 3 n u 3 n n . i n m z a 0 s m g a u o u 9 a v . w u c m m “ n : u e o b h a i o 6 h a a a o e n n fi n w a t J i . 0 e a o mn 0 o Bk e 5 Bd m n N m h o c o o e g ? o m a g 3 c S w v 3 : — n ? 0 u 3 u a a n B m ! 0 c o { : n u l n u 3 E o m u 5 n n m — d 3 fE i £ 4 m I “ B- n m u . o . E 3 n o a 5 g —o fl 5 mg mg 2 0 S wx : ? g m n ac , O o 3 n 3 A 3 ?a p E m r e n o ” E o S L n 9 C m 8 P p fi o u m o g 0 a E ; 0 m m 0 o p m 0 fi “ S u h t fi m E o o h a m E n 5 s n ? e s E w u fi. mL 5 a c we e o o n o d R h o o o h F — g c v a F m n t ? a o m q h 9 a r am a 2 u c m p m v fi n p 3 m u “ m S 2 a z n m M a o o a n wc v s a m 3 E9 : u u a ” U fi d 9 s 5 m a 2 H 8 n m “ mm o w « t S o a o o n u n mw m0 w w 3 m m a o 8 mo m h q o u o —n 5 z fi t a s fi fi o — o n E n c s m O 0 o s L s m E m , om O u h. h a 3 u u

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I l I I I E li z abeth Chri sti a n Peter J-o h u A n dre w Catheri n e Barbara A n n-a l George Ma l i a 1 777 -1 829 Be n ja m in Maria 111 Jacob Wissler H n w W i ssl v 4 2 Mrs n w i s ~1 A dre e . . . A dre W s ler . D / fi ?» M n n W i ssl e r . n w 4 rs. n w S r . A dre S . Wissle A dre Whisler ( A a ) ui l l h r Mrs C n w M . 6 . Mrs. B a t . or ell ( aria Wissler ” ( Sarah Wissler ! 5 W i s l e r fi Mr h u n z h . s. ! E lias s 8. Sc a te ( E li abet Wissler ) fi W i ssl e r 1 m . W i ssl e r . ec z K . fi 0 E ra . Willia B " 5 fi Mr i ssl e r 0 ri e W h isl e r . r . s W Jacob S Wissler . . Jacob S . ( ) h m n i G “ C W ssl e r . 4 . . arles Fre o t 1 Jacob S . Wissler VI 4 AN DREW V S S LER AND FAMILY .

4 o f 3 and Andrew Wissler, son Jacob Wissler his wife A was 1 1 th of 1 80 1 nna Eby , born on the day March , , on f the old Grof homestead , on the west bank of Middle Creek , i n Pe nns l what is now Clay Township , Lancaster County , y vania . He grew to manhood on the same farm and received his education at the common schools in the o n 1 th n eighborhood . He was married the 2 day of Sep 1 82 2 t o 2 6th 1 80 1 tember , , Sarah Shirk , born November , , 5 b S . y whom he had the following children , Andrew , born 2 2 nd 1 8 : 5 2 th 1 82 S eptember , 2 3 Anna , born February 4 , 5 5 h 1 b th S . o t 82 Jacob , born June 3 , 7 ; Maria , born May 7 , ° 5 1 8 0 1 1 8 a S . 3 ; Sarah , born April 9th , 33 Eli s , born Sep 1 th 1 8 El i z ab e th 1 6 1 8 0 tember 4 , 35 fi born December th , 4 ; 5 h 1 1 8 m 2 6t 8 . 2 2 and Lucy , born July , 4 2 In he rented fro his O l d o father , the farm adjoining the h mestead which had been bought from one Haack in 1 80 6 and conti n ued to f r 1 occupy and work it o three seasons . In 82 5 he pur chased a farm in Sho en eck to which he removed and f r where he resided o the next twenty years . He also carried o n a general store in Sh oen eck in addition to his 1 8 o ut farm . In 45 he sold his property and moved with y u his famil to Medina Co nty , Ohio , where he settled for a 1 8 few years . About 53 he moved to Kalamazoo , Michigan , 1 8 6 where he lived until 5 when he moved to Greenville ,

was a . Michigan , where he postmaster for five ye rs He o n then settled a farm near Greenville , in Montcalm

y Of . Count , where he spent the remainder his life He was affl icted with paralysi s for a number of years and was

. 1 8 6 cared for by his son Elias He died in December , 7 , and was buried in Sterns Cemetery about four miles north 1 8 Of Greenville , Michigan . His wife died in July , 77 and y was b uried b his side . w s ‘ son W i ssl er t‘ and Andre Shirk Wi sler, of Andrew a 0 11 z 2 ud day his wife S rah Shirk , was born the of Sep 1 82 0 11 o n of tember , 3, the Haack farm the west bank

M iddle Creek , Lancaster County , Pa . He went with his 2 0 THE W ISSLER FAMILY RECORD . parents to S h o en eck where he grew up and in 1 845 he accompanied them to Ohio , and has since resided there .

He settled on a farm in Medina County near Sterling , Ohio .

He was married to Barbara Baker , by whom he had the 6 : o th 1 8 0 . following children Mary , born October 3 , 5 “ n d 1 8 1 1 1 2 2 86 . Sarah , born November , 5 , died August 5th , 9 “ ‘3 1 1 8 . Elizabeth , born March 5th , 54 Fremont , born October 6 6

r 1 86 1 . 2 th 1 8 6 . z st 4 , 5 Jacob , born December , Minnie ,

“ ' h 1 6 . an 1 Ma 2 0 t 8 uar rst 86 . born y , 4 William , born J y , 7 He prospered and now resides with his son Jacob o n the

r CO . . fa m , his address being Seville , Medina , Ohio 6 f 5 1 a O . ( ) M ry Wissler , daughter Andrew S Wissler and b o n o th his wife Bar ara Baker , was born the 3 day of Octo

1 8 0 . ber , 5 She was married to Thomas Longsdorf , a n neighboring farmer , to whom she has three childre . m 7 M innie , married to Frank Whitmore , and Tho as and " Charles wh o are unmarried at home .

6 f’ i l r 2 . W ss e ( ) Elizabeth Wissler , daughter of Andrew S a 0 11 1 Of and his wife Barbara B ker , was born the 5th day

1 8 . March , 54 She was married to Samuel Longsdorf , a h ad merchant now residing in Sterling , Ohio . She no children . 6 5 of I / i ssl er (3) Charles Fremont Wissler , son Andrew S . V 2 th and his wife Barbara Baker , was born on the 4 day of

1 8 6 Co . . October , 5 , near Smithville , Wayne , Ohio He was f o CO . married to Bertha Fisher Orrville , Wayne , Ohio , but has no children . He is a grocer and postmaster at

Sterling , Ohio . 6 5 (4) Jacob Wissler, son Of Andrew S . Wissler and his 2 I St wife Barbara Baker , was born on the dav Of Decem

1 86 1 . ber , He was married to Emma Galloway , but has o n no children . He resides the farm at Seville , Medina

Co . . , Ohio , and his father lives with him ‘s (5) Minnie Wissler , daughter of Andrew S . Wissler an d Baker b o rn 2 0 th 1 86 was a his wife Barbara , May , 4 , m rried to n Ernest Earl , a farmer residi g at Sterling , Ohio , to whom T C Howard Ma 2 2 nd 1 8 6 . she has one hild , , born y , 9

o 5 6 W issl er . W ( ) William , son of Andrew S issler and o n 1 1 86 his wife Barbara , was born the st day Of January , 7, m CO . . near Smithville , Wayne , Ohio He was arried to T o ne C. Isa Fortney , by wh om he has child , Merle , born

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th 1 8 8 Thurl ew a th e August o , 7 , in , Ont rio , was married on u 1 8 8 fifth day of J ly , 9 , to Landon Houle , a farmer h w o n e residing at Greenville , Mic , to hom she has child , “ h 1 M 7 o 2 6t 8 . . Leita , b rn January , 90 (3) Grace , born Jan th 1 886 and at uary 2 8 , , is a telephone operator , resides 6th O f 1 8 8 e h . 2 Gos en , Indiana O n the day July , 9 , Ori “ Whisler Simpson , was married to her cousin , Jacob S . “ h er r a h o to ra . e Wissler, p g p of Canton , Ohio They now

d t . at 1 z u S a . side 3 9 North , Goshen , Indi na “ n and Loretta Whisler , daugh ter of A drew Whisler a 5 was th of his wife , Ann Wissler , born on the 9 day March , 1 8 8 1 882 5 , at Allegan , Mich , and died in February , , at n 1 8 . s Hart , Mich She was married in Ju e , 77, to Jame

. O ut Cargill , a farmer at Hart , M ich , (from Guelph , ) , to al l n h and whom she had four ch ildren , bor i n H art , Mic , a 7 1 8 8 7 are teachers there . Osc r , born June , 7 ; Laura , born m 7 n 1 8 7 1 1 880 ude a 8 2 88 . ; L , bor ; Perry , born 4 “ isl er Of and hi s Viola t , daughter Andrew Whisler a W ” was b o 1 wife , Ann issler, rn on the 3th day of January ,

1 860 A . 8 1 8 8 , at llegan , Mich She was married April th , 7 , at at Greenville , to Owen Evans , now residing Lowell , h : Mic , to whom she has had the following children An na " 1 8 7 1 881 , born 79, is a teacher ; Dora , born , died , 7 1 8 1 88 . February , 97 Grace , born in 5, is a student 5 “ Jacob S . Wissler , son of Andrew Wissler and his wife , 1 82 at: Sarah Shirk , was born on the 3oth day of June , 7,

. m Schoeneck , in Lancaster County , Pa He was arried in 1 8 e December , 44, to Leah Keller , a daughter of Georg

Pa. 1 82 . Keller, born at Ephrata , , in 7 He moved with h i s 1 8 and a parents to Ohio in 45, worked at his trade as

. d n miller i n Canton , Ohio He had three chil ren , amely “ 1 8 2 8th Ezra Keller , born in 47 ; Jacob born August , 1 8 1 and at 5 , twin daughter died in infancy . He died t h da 1 8 1 . Canton , Ohio , on the 4 y of December , 5 His widow afterwards married again and died several years ago .

“ 5 hi s Ezra Keller Wissler , son of Jacob S . Wissler , and 1 8 o h wife , Leah Keller , was born in 47 in Cant n , O io , and where he still resides , is a moulder . He was married Of o ne to Minnie Sell , Sturgis , Michigan , by whom he has child , Elizabeth Wissler . TH E W ISSLER FAMILY RECORD . 2 3

“ ° a . J cob S Wissler, son of Jacob S . Wissler, and his on 2 8th wife , Leah Keller , was born the day of August , 1 8 1 5 , at Canton , Ohio, where he grew up and became a photographer . He was married first to Philopena Ballin h ad o ne ger , by whom he child , Catherine Wissler born

th 1 888. 2 6th o f 1 8 8 July 4 , On the day July , 9 he was m “ married to his cousin , Orie Whisler Si pson . 5 o f “ and Maria Wissler , daughter Andrew Wissler , his 1 o f 1 8 1 wife , Sarah Shirk , was born on the 7th day May , 3 , h o ene k S c Co . . in , Lancaster , Pa Sh e moved with her p arents to Ohio where she was married on the 1 7th day Of 1 8 1 October , 5 , to Jacob Cornwell , who was born in Lan P CO . a. a to caster , , removed in inf ncy with his parents Stark

County, where in time he became a miller . In the sum of 1 8 h mer 55 they moved to Kalamazoo , Mic , where they

1 at . resided until 87 2 and Mr . Cornwell worked his trade 1 8 2 a In January , 7 they moved to C dillac , Michigan , where they still reside . Mr . Cornwell began dealing in groceries ,

an d . Of 1 8 2 flour, feed camp supplies In the fall 7 he

was 1 8 6 . built a grist mill which destroyed by fire in July , 7 In 1 876 he built an up - to -date roller mill with a capacity of l two hundred barrels a day . He prospered great y , and the

- business so increased that to day , in addition to his mill , h e has a wholesale and three retail stores dealing in

. a groceries , flour, feed and supplies He is ssisted in the business by his three sons , the firm name being J . Cornwell : 1 Sons . They have had seven children , as follows ( ) a a rd 1 8 1 0 1 Monroe born J nuary 3 , 53, married July , 9 , h u rd 1 8 Massi n ton . 2 to Eva g ( ) Jo n born A gust 3 , 55, th 1 880 . 1 2 died in March , ( 3) Frances born October , 1 8 6 y 1 8 5 , married , Januar , 75, William Kilgore , a farmer h residing near Kalamazoo , Mic , to whom she has three 7 7 — 1 8 children Jane , born May , 77 ; Mabel , born October , 7 1 8 u 1 88 . 79, and Monroe , born Jan ary , 5 (4) Lizzie M

ro th 1 8 8 1 8 . ? born June , 5 , married December , 77 to !

h . Lalone , and resides in Grand Rapids , Mic 5) Sarah A r 1 th 1 860 1 880 to n b . orn Jan , , married January , , He ry : Ballow , to whom she has had the following children 7 7 1 882 1 88 Maude , born March , ; Delos , born January , 4 7 1 88 1 88 died September, 4 ; Kate , born May , 5 ; Dora , 7 1 88 1 8 2 born March , 9 Henry , born November , 9 2 4 THE W I SSLER FAMILY RECORD .

6 2 rd 1 86 2 m ( ) Willis born January , 3 , , was arried in a 1 8 1 F ridl e Febru ry , 9 to Anna , by whom he has three 7 1 8 2 ‘ children Willis , born July , 9 M ildred , born 7 u 1 8 1 8 6 . A gust , 95 ; Helen , born October , 9 ( 7) Frank 1 86 o th lin born February 5, 4, was married June 3 , 1 882 to Cl a erton , Ella pp , by whom he has two children 7 ‘ 1 88 1 8 . John , born October , 9 ; Jane , born February , 93 " u l Yissl er ‘ Sarah Wissler, da ghter of Andrew , and his a on 1 th O f wife , S rah Shirk , was born the 9 day April ,

1 8 a Co . . was 33, at Schoeneck , Lanc ster , Pa She married

o n 2 th of 1 8 . . a the 7 day December , 49, to Jacob S Brillh rt h ha f hil of d o ur c dren . Canton , Ohio , to w om she John H , 2 th 1 8 0 2 8th 1 8 2 born August 7 , 5 Andrew born June , 5 2 8th 1 8 8 r 1 th Willis born March , 5 , died November , “ h 1 860 n 2 t 1 86 2 . t , and Ella , bor July 4 , They moved o 1 8 M ichigan about 55, and subsequently to Arkansas where 1 1 8 she died on the 5th day of November, 74 , at Augusta . Her husband lives no w with his daughter Ella at Ne w

CO . . Berlin , Stark , Ohio “ . son . an d John H Brillhart , of Jacob S Brillhart his 5 was 0 11 2 th wife , Sarah Wissler , born the 7 day of August , m s a 1 8 0 . 5 , and is a farmer residing at Tecu eh , Nebr ska He was n o n rd da f married at Kendallville , I diana , the 3 y o 1 8 0 Hie st July , 7 , to Jennie , by whom he has four children . 7 May 1 1 . 1 8 ( ) Arthur L , born 7th , 73, is a teacher and 7 . 2 L . th 1 8 unmarried ( ) Guy , born March 4 , 75 , is a 1 1 0 0 o ne dentist , was married April 5th , 9 , and has child , 2 7 a 2 th 1 0 . R 1 Irm , born May 9 , 9 3 ( 3) Lee , born May 5th , 1 8 6th 1 0 2 a 77 , married March , 9 , is telegrapher and has h 7 y t 1 . o ne ro 0 B. child born Jul , 9 3 (4) Bertha , born Nov

th 1 882 . ember o , , is a teacher “ of Andrew J . Brillhart , son Jacob S . Brillhart and his 5 W was 2 8th 1 8 wife , Sarah issler, born on the day of June , 5 2 , a o n 1 6 1 88 W and was m rried February , th , 7, at Fort ayne , Ida Indiana , where he is a farmer, to F . Lyle , by whom he T and d has had the following children Stella E . , born die 7 2 1 888 y th January sth , Samuel L le , born September , 5 , 1 88 ‘ y 8 1 8 9 ; Gertrude Ethel , born Jul th , 94, died March 1 h 1 r t 8 . , 95 “ a Ella Brillhart , daughter of J cob S . Brillhart and h is 5 ater wife , Sarah Wissler, was born at Pent IY , Michigan , TH W E ISSLER FAM ILY RECORD . 2 5 o n th h m n 2 1 86 2 . e o the 4 day Of July , S was arried the th day o f 1 88 a 5 April , 5 , to Cl yton Carpenter . to whom she 7 e : has the following childr n Nellie E . , born September 1 t 7 2 5 1 88 A . 2 th 1 8 0 , 7 Rhoda , born December, 7 , 9 ; Clara M . 1 2 th 1 8 . , born August , 93 They reside at New Berlin ,

CO . . Stark , Ohio 5 4 Elias Shirk Wissler , son of Andrew Wissler, and his was 0 11 1 da wife , Sarah Shirk , born the 4th y of September , n k 1 8 ho e e c . S Co . 35 , in , Lancaster , Pa He went with his parents to Ohio and Michigan . He was at Salem , Ontario ,

1 86 . was for a few years about 5 He married , but his wife died some years ago . He and his wife lived o n a farm near h a Greenville , Mic , with his p rents and took care Of them

y . for man years before their death He has no children .

He resides at Minneapolis with an adopted son , Owen L . wh o Wissler , is in business there . “ 4 z o f Eli abeth Wissler , daughter Andrew Wissler , and 1 6th his wife , Sarah Shirk , was born on the day of Decem h o e ne ck 1 8 0 S CO . . ber, 4 , at , Lancaster , Pa She was n n d 1 6 o 2 2 8 to . married the day of March , 3, Joh n J o n Schouten , a farmer , and resides a farm near Greenville ,

CO . . Montcalm , Michigan They have had the following “ C : 1 N th 1 86 hildren ( ) ora , born April 7 , 4, died October , 6 “ th 1 866 1 8 6 . 2 2 ( ) Maria , born February 5 , , married Nov 2 2 11 d 1 8 t o a ember , 99, J mes Barclay and resides in Green “ 1 1 8 “ 6 . ville . ( 3) Perry , born August 5th , 7 (4) Orie , born rst 1 8 1 2 6th 1 8 August 3 , 7 , married December , 94 , to John o ne 7 Carlsen , to whom she has child , Henry , born Novem “ 1 8 1 8 . ber th , 97 , and resides in Fenwick , Mich ( 5) Mary , 1 6 “ 1 5 t 1 1 th 8 . 2 born September , 73 ( ) Jane , born August ,

1 8 a 1 8 1 0 0 . a re 7 7, m rried March th , 9 , to George T B rclay , “

th 1 8 . sides in Greenville . ( 7) Jay , born December 7 , 79 “ t y W issl er an d Luc Wissler, daughter of Andrew his k o n 2 6th o f 1 8 2 wife , Sarah Shir , was born the day July , 4 ,

CO . . at Schoeneck , Lancaster , Pa She was married in 1 86 7 to Christian Schutt , a native Of Mecklenburg zud o f 1 8 2 Schwerin , Germany , born on the day June , 4 , te n h n to whom she has had c ildren , all bor in Cora , Mont

CO . . calm , M ichigan She resides on a farm at Lakeview , “ n 1 1 6 1 . . 8 M ich . ( ) Herman W Schutt , bor Nov 9th , 7

o th 1 8 6 . married August 3 , 9 to Mabel E Adams , by whom 2 6 TH E W I SSLER FAMI LY RECORD .

7 . m w n : . O a he has the follo i g children Christian A , Al 7 7 “ Do rl isca a. 2 . Loraine and August ( ) Elias W Sch utt , 2 rd 1 868 I st 1 8 2 a born December , 3 , , married July , 9 , to Ell " has d . and M ollet , by whom he two chil ren , Lester C 7 ° . m . 1 8th Ella M ay ( 3) Willia C Schutt , born July , 1 8 0 rd 1 8 6 a ne 7 , married July 3 , 9 to Ann Martha Katheri m u he Ho b rg , by whom has two children , Ruth Elizabeth m h 7 “ and Ludwig Willia C ristian . (4) Sarah A . Schutt , 2 th 1 8 2 2 0 th 1 88 e born February 7 , 7 , married March , 9, Georg 7 . a : . L Cl rk , to whom she has three children Elmer L , 7 “ R o F . r e C . d L y and Leo J 5) Mary Schutt , born Sept 3 , r 6 “ n 1 8 z st 1 882 . 73, died February , ( ) M aria Schutt , bor Jan

a 1 1 8 1 2 th 1 882 . a u ry 3th , 75, died February , ( 7) Der na “ d 1 h 1 2 r 8 6 t 8 . Schutt , born November 3 , 7 , died July 5 , 77 8 t “ 1 6 1 8 8 ( ) Elizabe h Schutt , born May th , 7 , died February 6 h 1 6 t 882 . t I st 1 880 , ( 9) Dewit Clinton Schutt , born April , , 8th 1 8 h e married March , 99 to Susan Schwartz , by whom 7 A. n has one child , Marion ; two children died in i fancy . “ 1 0 . n 1 1 88 . ( ) May L Schutt , bor May 5th , 2

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a a s 4 a Wi ssl er i J cob Wis ler, son of J cob and his w fe ,

D . 1 80 b n the l o th da A . Anna E y, was bor on y of April , 3, o n Groif w the old homestead , on the est bank of M iddle C i s h a reek , in what now Clay Towns ip , L ncaster County ,

a and a . Pennsylvani , grew to manhood on the same f rm I n 1 8 2 5 he was married to Barbara Bomberger, who was o n rst of 1 80 h ad the born the 3 day July , 5, and following

rd 1 6 B. c : a B. 2 82 hildren Ann , born 3 August , ; Jacob ,

th 1 82 8 B. n 2 8th born 4 September, ; Martha , bor June , h 1 B 1 8 B. o t 8 . 32 ; Mary , born 3 September, 35, and Levi ,

rd 1 8 0 1 2 th 1 8 . born 3 June , 4 , died December, 49 He settled o n th e the farm adjoining homestead on the southeast , con 1 0 had taining about 5 acres , which been bought by his

h 1 80 6 . father and uncle Jo n , from Haack , in He received a conveyance of the farm from his father on the I 3th day

o f 1 8 1 . o n ar March , 3 He resided and worked the f m until 1 rd 8 . his death , which occurred on the 3 day of October, 55

2 th da 1 8 2 . His wife died on the 4 y of June , 7 He and h is wife are buried in the Hammer Creek Mennonite ceme te ry. He was very successful and provided well for his family . He gave the farm to his son Jacob Bomberger

Wissler .

” -r u . s L a ra R . Jacob F Hes H s fi Mr Mrs . . . C . e s C. . . s. Hess J F Hess lara R W issl e rfi ( An na B. ) 5 W s “ Anna Bomberger Wissler, daughter of Jacob is ler and h i s n 2 rd of u wife Barbara , was bor on the 3 day A gust , 31 3 2 THE W ISSLER FA M ILY R ECOR D .

’ 1 82 6 o n u , her father s farm where she grew p and married

r. 2 rd u 1 8 2 Christian Hess , J , who was born 3 Febr ary , 2 , n and had a farm at Neffsvi lle , between Lititz and La caster 1 t s 1 8 . City , a nd died 3 December, 94 They had a number of m an d children of who only two gre w up survive . Jacob “ E rst 1 8 2 Vi " b o rn th , born 3 July , 5 Emanuel , 7 1 8 1 8 1 8 6 August , 55 , died th January , 5 ; Levi born 2 th 1 8 6 2 th 1 86 7 December , 5 , died 7 August , 3 ; Mary

W . b 8 1 8 1 Ma 1 86 1 , orn th April , 59, died sth y, ; John 0 W . th 1 86 1 o th 1 86 , born 7 July , , died 3 April , 2 ; Anna 6 h W . 6t c 1 2 86 . , born De ember , 5

a . of a J cob F Hess , son Christi n Hess and his wife

" . o n 1 5 t of 1 8 2 Anna B Wissler , was born the 3 day July , 5 , ’ ' Nefl sv i l l e and grew up on his father s farm at , where he l i es v him . still , his moth er living with He was married o n 1 1 8 to the 9th N ovember, 77, Laura E . Reist , by whom he has had the following children : Clara born 2 8th 1 8 na 2 6th u 1 881 rd M arch , 79 ; An born A gust , , died 3 1 882 G b i th 1 88 rd June , alen orn 9 January , 3, died 3 1 88 R . r t 1 z s 88 . April , 3 ; Laura , born April , 4 5 m of 4 Jacob Bo berger Wissler , son Jacob Wissler and i was 0 11 th of his wife Ba bara born the 4 day September, ’ 1 82 8 o n his father s farm where he grew to manhood and ’ a n received the f rm o his father s death . In 1 854 he n 1 6 m arried A na Brubaker , who was born on the th a 1 8 J nuary , 37 , by whom he has had the following child 1 2 th 1 8 6 6 ren Joseph born May , 5 ; Elizabeth Ida ; born 1 1 8 8 l 2 1 st 1 8 sth November , 5 ; Samue born April , 55

1 1 8 6 B. th 1 86 1 d ied sth July , 5 Christian , born 9 February, th 1 86 1 6th died 7 August ; Susan born September,

1 88 1 0 1 8 1 . died 3 October , 9 He has been very success o n e ful in his busi n ess operations . He was of the first to go largely into the growi ng and curi n g of tobacco in that part of the country . After the marriage of his son he gave him the farm and retired to a small farm on the out

i . o Pa. h as m skirts Lititz , , where he a co fortable home ’ 4 H e also owns ab o ut 87 acres of Ezra Wissler s old farm l r which h e purchased from M r . B u baker to whom Ezra 1 Wissler sold it in 876 . “ Brubaker Wissler , son of Jacob Bomberger ! Joseph ' 5 W IS S ICI n a and his wife A na Brub ker, was born on his THE W ISSLER F AM I LY RECORD . 33

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o n 1 2 th o f 1 8 6 . u father s farm the day May , 5 He grew p o n the farm and in 1 876 married Elizabeth Buch by whom he has had the foll owing children : Minnie Buch " 1 1 th 1 8 rd 1 8 2 Wissler , born May , 77, died 3 January , 9 ‘ 1 6 1 8 Jacob Buch Wissler , born th September , 79 ; Henry ’ 7 6th 1 88 Buch Wissler , born June , 9 ; Joseph Buch Wissler, ' T 6 th 1 8 2 W i ssl er 6th born August , 9 Roy Buch , born April ,

1 898. After his marriage his fa ther gave him the farm

( H aack farm) on which he and his family still reside . 6 " of . Elizabeth Ida Wissler, daughter Jacob B Wissler n o n 1 and his wife An a Brubaker , was born the sth day of ’ 1 8 8 on w . November , 5 , her father s farm where she gre up She was married in 1 880 to Christian Risser to whom she 7 has had the following children Jacob Wissler Risser , born ’

1 0 th 1 88 . 1 November, 4 ; Anna B Risser, born 7th Decem T r 1 th 1 8 1 8 1 . Ri sse 2 ber , 9 Christian W , born June , 99, died

6th 1 0 0 . January , 9 After her marriage they settled on a farm belonging to her mother adj oining her father ’ s home near Lititz where they have resided ever since .

5 of Martha Bomberger Wissler , daughter Jacob ’ w 0 11 and his ife Barbara Bomberger , was born her father s 2 8th 1 8 2 1 8 0 to farm on the June , 3 , and was married in 5 m of Samuel R . Hess a far er and nurseryman Ep hrata Pa to Township , Lancaster County , . , whom she had G h : E . 2 8t twelve children , namely Anna , born September

1 8 1 b 1 0 th 1 8 B. 5 ; Israel W, orn February , 53 ; Susan , 2 th 1 8 th 1 880 born 5 January , 55 , died 7 November, ; A 6 ud 1 8 . z Samuel born sth March , 57 ; Mary , born “ 1 8 WK 2 2 n d 1 860 April , 59 ; Jacob , born September , , died o th 1 8 n 1 1 86 2 3 August , 79 ; Elias bor 3th September , , 1 86 2 1 died December, ; Lizzie born 4th December , 1 86 1 1 86 2 rd 3 died 7th December , 5 ; Emma born 3 1 86 1 1 868 December , 5 ; Sarah born 5th February , , 6 h 1 8 0 1 1 8 2 E . t died 5th October , 7 Barbara , born 4 June , 7 ;

1 8 . i W . 1 Mer no , born 3th March , 74

Anna E . Hess , daughter of Samuel R . Hess and his " 2 8th 1 8 1 wife Martha B . Wissler, was born September, 5 , and was married in 1 873 to Benjamin D . Heller a farmer Pa o f a . East Lampeter Township , L ncaster County , , near ’ Bi nkl e s y Bridge , to whom she has the following children th 1 8 Samuel born 4 November , 73 ; Henry Ellsworth , 34 TH E W ISSLER FA M I LY RECORD .

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2 th 1 8 6 H. 1 born 7 June , 7 Benj amin , born 3th June , 7 th 1 880 1 8 8 H. r 1 7 ; Jacob , born February , ; John 7

2 th 1 882 H. I st 1 886 born 5 May , Laura , born December ,

2 th y 1 8 . Parke born 4 Jul , 94 “

so n Of . Israel Wissler Hess , Samuel R Hess and his " 1 h 8 . n o t 1 wife Martha B Wissler , was bor February , 53, died 1 8 2 rd 1 8 . 3 July , 77 He was married in 74 to Anna Doster D : . by whom he had the fol lowing children Alvin , born 1 1 th 1 8 m P h e July , 75 , arried Alice urloo by whom has “ 1 8 2 2 nd one child born in 99 Joseph Walter, born 7 1 8 6 D . b 1 5 t 1 2 8 . . August , 7 Martha , orn October, 77 Mrs

Israel W . Hess lives near the German Brethren Church on

Middle Creek . “

. Samuel A Hess , son of Samuel R . Hess and his wife , “ a . on th M rtha B Wissler , was born the 5 day of March , ’ 1 8 o n Of i l er 57, and lives a farm about one mile east VV ss s

Mill in Lancaster C0 . He was married in 1 880 to Mary

F . Lo ngi neck er by W hom he h as the following children 7 L . n 1 1 th 1 88 1 th 1 881 M argaret , bor May , , died 5 June , ; 7 7 L . 2 th 1 882 n 1 2 th Abraham , born 9 July , Ella Mary , bor 7 1 88 L . 1 1 88 O ctober , 5 ; Jacob , born 3th June , 7 ; Henry 1 8 1 888 1 No y born th December , ; David James! born 4th

1 8 0 L . 2 2 nd 1 8 2 ember , 9 ; Christian , born October , 9 ; Wil h 7 . t 8 rd L 2 1 . 2 liam , born 9 September , 94 ; Amanda L , born 3 7

1 8 . h 1 2 t 8 . April , 97 Anna L , born 5 April , 99 6 . O f . Emma W Hess , daughter Samuel R Hess and his 5 . 2 rd 1 86 wife , Martha B Wissler, was born 3 December, 5, d d 2 r 1 8 0 . and married 3 October , 9 , to David L Burkhol er , to 7 she H I st C . whom has the following hildren Harriet , born 3 7 1 1 h 1 8 . 8 H. 2 t October , 9 ; Samuel , born 9 November, 93 7 7 h 1 H. H. 2 t 8 Warren , born 9 October , 95 ; David , born h 1 t 8 8. 4 April , 9 6 Barbara E . Hess , daughter Of Samuel R . Hess and his 5 a . th 1 8 0 wife , M rtha B Wissler, was born 4 June , 7 , and o f a she married to Wi lliam O . Sprecher Ephr ta to whom T h o ne . rech er 2 8t has child , Clarence H Sp , born Sep

1 8 . tember , 99

Menno Wissler Hess , son of Samuel R . Hess and his

’ . was 1 wife , Martha B Wissler , born on the 3th March , 1 8 a n 74 , and married M gda lena Sense ig , by whom he has W TH E ISSLER FAM I LY R ECORD . 35

C 7 h : S . 2 t the following hildren Lloyd , born 4 September , 1 8 6 7 th 1 1 2 8 . 9 ; Samuel Ralph , born October, 97 o f Mary Bomberger Wissler , daughter Jacob Wissler , ’ and his wife , Barbara Bomberger , was born on her father s o th t 1 8 farm on the 3 day of Sep ember , 35, and married

Peter B . Rohrer , a farmer residing in East Petersburg ,

Pa. to h Co . Lancaster , , whom she has the following c ildren 1 " 1 5 t 1 86 1 ( ) Anna Wissler Rohrer , born 3 January , , mar

. a no w ried Abraham L Lehman , formerly of E st Lampeter , r a paint manufacture and dealer , residing in Lancaster

y Pa. to : Mary Cit , , whom she has the following children R 7 7 . 1 1 882 2 0 th , born 7th December, Frank , born Decem 7 1 h 1 An attee 88 R . t 88 ber, 4 ; Ada , born 5 February , 7 ; 7 th 1 8 2 . I st born 5 September, 9 ; B Naomi , born November , 1 6 d a 1 8 6 . 2 2 2 n 86 9 ( ) Barbara Ella Rohrer , born Febru ry , 3 ,

e n of Pa. married Edward Haus r , ma ufacturer, York , , th 1 86 to h as o n e who was born 4 December , 3, whom she 6 d 1 l . n r 866 chi d (3) Jacob Wissler , bor 3 July , , is single " h . W 1 6 t and lives at home (4) Mary issler , born October , 1 nd 1 1 " 8 0 2 2 8 . 7 , died February , 7 ( 5) Peter Bachman , 2 th 1 8 2 6th 1 0 2 born 5 July , 75 , married November , 9 , to

Pa. Elizabeth Hershey of East Petersburg, , with whose parents they reside . 4 B 5 VVi ssl er Levi omberger Wissler, son of Jacob and o rd day o f his wife , Barbara Bomberger , was b rn on the 3

1 8 0 1 2 of 1 8 . June , 4 , and died on the th day December, 49 4 — Jacob W issler 1 0 April 1 803 3 Oct 1 855 . 1 2 4 un 87 . J e ,

“ A n n a Hom berge Martha Bomberger Wissler

23 Au . 1826 28 un 1 832 1 850 b g b J e , , m m h ri st i u C e Sam el R . Hess 23 1 322 b Feb , b 30 Sept 1 835 1 840— 4 111 Peter B . Rohrer A nn a Bom berger Wissler 3 A 1 2 2 u . 8 6 b g . 111 Christia n Hess b 23 Feb 1 822 — d Dec 1 89 1

7 7 C R . n R lara Gale . 27 M 1 879— 1 883 - 3 b arch , 7 ’ n n R u . A ie . La ra R 1 881- 82 b 21 April l xxl Jacob Bo m berger Wissler 4 t 1 828 1 85 1 b Sep , , m An n a Brubaker 1 6 an 1 837 b J .

a m u C n " S el hristia B . 1855-56 1861 -61

Martha Bomberger Wissler! b 25 un 1 832 1 850 J e , , m u Sam el R . Hess

I i \V U 6 6 b n n l I . u A . M A A a E srael Sam el ary . Jaco 28 1 851 1833- 77 5 M 1 857 2 i ”360-79 b Sept . , arch . Apr l . m 1 873 m 1 874 i n l 880 Benjami n D Heller A n n a Doster M. F Lo ngen ecker

" “ 4 -I F Ch n . F B n n ristia Wissler e jami Wissler ,

P C n . W issl erfi P Sa u “ hristia F m el Wissler . ‘ P 5 . . 9 Mrs. Ben W i r Jacob H Wissler . ssl e fi ' T C n W i l r ° ss e fi 9 Mrs. n z z W issl e i hristia La t (Eli abeth H . P B 5 n en . 1 Mrs. s . 0. H M A . Reside ce of Wissler ershey ( . Wis ler 4 CH RISTIAN WISSLER .

L‘ 3 W i ssl e r Christian , son Of Jacob Wissler and his wife , was o n f o n Anna Eby , born the old Gro f homestead the west bank of Middle Creek , in Clay Township , Lancaster 1 th da n 1 Pa. y A . D . 80 County , , on the 4 of Ja uary , 5, and m n 1 1 grew up on the farm to be a tall a . In 83 he married of Anna Hostetter , daughter Bishop Jacob Hostetter , who th Of t 1 0 11 2 80 . was born the 5 day Augus , 7 They had the " 2 8th following children Elizabeth Henrietta , born July , 1 8 2 " b th 1 8 8 Ho s 3 ; Benjamin , born Octo er 5 , 3 ; Jacob 5 rd 1 8 2 y 5 May tetter , born July 3 , 4 , and Mar Anna , born on 6 th 1 8 . 7 , 45 He settled a farm of about 4 acres , across 0 11 a Middle Creek the east of the old homeste d , which he th e 2 rd received from his father, the deed bearing date 3 f day 1 8 . o of April , 34 Here he spent the rest his life and here all his famil y were born . He built a comfortable stone residence o n his farm and in 1 843 built a stone grist mill on his farm 0 11 the east bank of Middle Creek . He l worked the farm and mil throughout his life , and pros r fo . pered , leaving his children well provided He died on 1 1 th da 1 8 8 the y of November , 7 , and was buried in the n on Hammer Creek Me nonite Cemetery . His wife died 1 1 8 the 9th day of September , 95 , and is buried beside her husband . They were Mennonites . \V issl er ° Elizabeth Henrietta , daughter of Christian ’ ! o n Wissler and his wife Anna , was born her father s farm

o n 2 8th 1 8 2 . 1 8 0 the day of July , 3 She was married in 5 w to . Samuel B Myers , to hom she had the following “ : 2 th 1 8 1 children Christian Wissler, born October 7 , 5 ; “ 1 th 1 8 Benjamin Franklin , born 9 August , 55 ; Abraham 6 “ th 1 8 Lincoln , born June 4 , 57 ; John Milton , born March “ 1 1 th 1 8 a 1 1 86 1 , 59 ; Willi m Miller , born April 4th , , died 1 1 86 An n a ean etta February 3th , 3, and J fi born August a h 1 1 86 U V . t 4th , 3, at nion Forge , , died September 4 , ’

1 868 . r o r y . , at Lantz s Mills , Va several ears Samuel B Myers resided at and kept a general store at Rothsville 1 8 r b a Co . . Lanc ster , Pa In 54 he pu chased Colum ia Fur 40 T HE FA M I LY R ECORD .

nace , Virginia , and removed there with his family . In ‘ 1 8 V a. to . 57 he sold Columbia Furnace , , Joh n Wissler In the Civil War he j oined th e Confederates and fought on

. U that side throughout the war He died at nion Forge ,

V a. 1 a 1 86 . 1 , on the 5th day of Janu ry , 5 O n October 5th , ” 1 86 s m 7 , Elizabeth Henrietta Myer was arried to Jacob ‘

of . 6th Lantz , Lantz s Mills , Virginia , who was born Jan , 1 81 1 1 88 w 4 , and died October 7th , 3, and to hom she had the 6 : . following children Jacob Wissler Lantz , born October 6 h 1 2 1 5 t 1 868 t 8 . , , and Cora Rebecca , born October 4 , 75

y Pa. A few ears ago she removed to Harrisburg, , where sh e now resides . “ W m . Christian issler Myers , son of Sa uel B Myers and 5 his wife Elizabeth H . Wissler , was born at Rothsville , h 1 8 1 Pa. 0 11 2 t , the 7 day of October, 5 , and went with his th 1 8 . 2 parents to Virginia On the 7 day of M ay , 7 , he h Pa. 2 8t married Rebecca E . Martin , of Lincoln , , born 1 8 8 zud 1 8 and h e March , 4 , died January , 99, by whom 7 h ad 1 6 one child , Samuel Martin Myers , born June th ,

1 8 . no w i n . 73 He resides Harrisburg , Pa 0 Samuel Martin Myersfson of Christian W . Myers and 6 of w . 1 his ife Rebecca E Martin , was born on the th day 1 8 o n 2 th 1 8 6 June , 73, and married the 5 day of July , 9 , to

. w Gertrude E Mellinger , of Io a , by whom he has one B M ers y I st 1 8 . child , Christian Mellinger y , born Jul , 97

He is a lawyer and resides at Wilmerding , a suburb of

Pittsburg , Pa .

Benjamin Franklin Myers , son of Samuel B . Myers 5 and . o n 1 his wife Elizabeth H Wissler , was born the 9th

1 8 V a. day of August , 55, at Columbia Furnace , , and h . u 0 11 2 6t married Virginia B Archer , of Kent cky , the day 1 8 8 m of December , 7 , by who he has one child , Samuel 7 2 th 1 88 . Archer Myers , born 5 July , 5 He resides at

Lantz s Mills , Va . "

Abraham Lincoln Myers , son of Sam uel B . Myers and 5 h day . t his wife Elizabeth H Wissler , was born on the 4 1 8 y of June , 57 , at Columbia Furnace , and died Februar

1 1 8 2 . th 1 8 8 5th , 9 He was married June 4 , 7 , to Ida who 1 1 h ad 2 th 8 . Veach , died February , 94 They the 7 fo w : 1 llo ing children Joseph Luther , born April 3th , ’ 1 8 at 7 n 79, Lantz s Mills ; John Franklin , bor S eptember TH W 1 E ISSLER FAM ILY RECORD . 4 z rst 1 881 u a 7 , , at Columbia F rn ce ; Charles Albert , born th 1 88 Ga 7 J anuary 5 , 4, at Liberty Furnace ; Abraham y, 1 1 886 a born March 7th , , at Edinburg, Va . M ry Ida 7 rS tel l a 2 8th 1 888 2 th 1 8 1 , born November , , died April 9 , 9 7 A 1 th 1 8 1 2 0 th nna , born November 3 , 9 , died November , 1 892 . 6 son of . John Milton Myers , Samuel B Myers and his w 5 r . 1 th 1 8 ife , Elizabeth H Wissler , was born March , 59, at

n V a. a D C He rietta Furnace , , and died at W shington , , h 1 1 S t 1 8th 1 8 1 . 2 t 88 ep ember , , 9 On December , 7 , , he m Pa arried Alice A . Erb of Lincoln , . , by whom he had the ’ f : E a 2 1 5 t 1 88 ollowing children Milton , born Janu ry , 3 , 7 a t Pa. 6th Wernersville , ; Alma May , born December, , Pa l i c i a " 1 88 . Ce 4, at Wernersville , Elizabeth Maud , born T Ma 6th 1 888 Co . V a. V i r i ni a y , , in Montgomery , Cora g , ’

1 1 th 1 8 1 . born November , 9 , at Lantz s Mills , Va “ of Jacob Wissler Lantz , son Jacob Lantz and his wife , i ssl e r 5 1 1 z . VV 2 5 t 868 at Eli abeth H , was born October , , ’ wa 0 11 f n V a. s 8th o La tz s Mills , , and married the day April , K e esl in o 1 8 6 . 9 , to Clara b ) and resides at Rural Retreat , Va “ a Cora Rebecca Lantz , daughter of J cob Lantz and his ’ w . z V a. ife , Elizabeth H Wissler, was born at Lant s Mills , , o n th o f 1 8 0 11 th e the 4 day October , 75, and was married

2 rd 1 8 . Gi ede 3 day of March , 99, to George W of Harrisburg ,

Pa. w . , here she resides

5 so n 4 Benjamin Wissler, of Christian Wissler and his w ’ ’ ife , Anna , was born on his father s farm at Wissler s Mills ,

f . 1 Pa. o n th o 8 8. m an , the 5 day Oct , 3 Here he grew to 0 11 a hood and assisted his father in the mill and the f rm , ’ a b oth o f which he received at his f ther s death . He mar m ried Susan Fry , by who he has had the following child 6 ren o th 1 86 Ella , born September 3 , 4, died February “ ‘ 1 88 a i n 1 866 9 ; Christi n Fry , born , and Samuel Lincoln , on b orn in 1 868. He has successfully carried the farm and ’ m o n ill since his father s death , and in addition carries a Pa c at . igar factory Lincoln , , being ably assisted in his two h business operations by his sons , bot of whom are still 1 u nmarried and reside at home . In 90 2 he was elected

Pa. o f fo r Co . e Registrar Wills Lancaster , , b ing the Repub ffi o ne l ican candidate . The o ce is of the best in the gift o f th e e p ople , having a salary of per annum attached 4 2 TH E W ISSLER FAM I LY R ECORD .

Hi s to o fii ce to it . election this bespeaks his popularity , worth and ability much more convincingly than any words of the writer . 4 5 so n o f Jacob Hostetter Wissler , Christian Wissler and ’ ’ o n his wife , Anna , was born his father s farm at Wissler s

rd f 1 . n Pa. o n o 8 2 M ills , , the 3 day July , 4 Whe a young man he went to Virgini a where he learned the iron busi

- - i n . ness with his brother law , Samuel B Myers , and his 4 uncle , John Wissler , becoming an expert in the business . He was for some years manager of a large iron furnace in o n h 1 8 t . t Nor h Carolina , where Jan 7 , 79, he married M ild w o ne red Houze Jones by hom he has had son , Christian “ th 1 8 Wissler , born Oct . 4 , 79, and one daughter , Sarah

2 th 1 0 2 6th 1 0 . Mildred , born June 4 , 9 3, died June , 9 3 He no w a a is man ger of a large iron furnace at Rural Retre t , ' di l l a . n b . of W y Co . M Lo the , , ow ed by The Car Wheel Co a Delaware . He also man ges his own and the ’ company s real estate in Virginia and North Carolina. h e Although a staunch Republican , is very popular , and is termed C aptain Wissler . At Columbia furnace he was “ ” called Little Jake to distinguish him from Joh n Wiss ’

y a , ler s son , Jacob , who is a ver t ll man 5 “ o f Mary Anna Wissler , daugh ter Christian Wissler and ’ ’ o n his wife , Anna , was born her father s farm at Wissler s h Pa. t Ma 1 y 8 . Mills , , on the 7 day of , 45 She married “ Harry Hershey , the proprietor of The Hershey House ,

Pa ~ . to the fo l l o wi n in Harrisburg , , whom she has had g “ : 1 1 8 1 children Anna , born March 7th , 7 ; Christian Wiss “ 2 ud 1 8 2 m 1 2 th 1 8 ler , born September , 7 , arried July , 97, 7 on e y Anna Marion , by whom he has child , Mar Anna , 2 o th 1 8 1 1 8 born October , 99 ; David born May 5th , 74

“ ' 1 0 0 n 2 th 1 8 married about 9 ; Elizabeth , bor July 9 , 75 " th 1 8 1 0 2 ' George Smith , born March 9 , 79, died June , 9 “ “ y 2 th 1 881 2 th Malinda , born Jul 5 , ; Frank , born May 9 “ 1 88 1 8 1 88 1 1 88 3 ; Mabel , born May th , 4 , died July 3th , 4 ; “ h t 1 888. Helen , born June 7 , Christia n ”Wissler“ -78

A n na Hostetter

Mary An- n a5 ! 3. u 84 7 Ma 1 8 6 J ly , 1 2 y, 3 i n

‘ ‘ ‘ o L n z u h F r M e . 0n s Har ersh Jac b a t , S sa y ildr d H J e ry H ey 1 81 4 43

Jose ph L 7 b u 1875 1 3 l 1879 J ly, Apri . 7 t u F .

. el i 1 1 81 G E . M l nge r 8 7 C ha r A i z h C M. les . E l abet 1 88 4 Ma 1 888 5 8 y , Abra h am C o' fa 7 ' 1 7 M fcli 1 88 1 1 1 1 891 a , Nov

’ ? E li zabeth Hen riettaW i sd er Myers

' 7 ei Oc t, 1 889 4 O ct 1 9 5 !

' ‘ l dred o n es H . J

- Mar y Ant n -a W issler Ma-' sq 1 y . a s

M n An n a. ario

‘ 2 1 809 0 Oct . , I Fra n k s; Ma bel 5 Helen 6 0 8 8 4 -4 17 u n 1 89 “ Ma 1 83 1 8 e . 2 y . J 44 TH E W ISSLER FAM I LY RECORD .

4 3 Magdalena Wissler , daughter of Jacob Wissler , and 4 2 rd of his wife , Anna Eby , was born on the 3 day Feb r uary 1 80 ff , 7 , on the old Gro h omestead , on the west bank l e a of M idd e Cre k , in Elizabeth Township , Lanc ster

un . Co ty , Pennsylvania , and grew up on the farm She was a 1 82 b zud m rried in 7 to Jaco Landis , who was born on the

da 1 80 . o n a y of January , 3 They settled a f rm near the

Pa. Co . town of Ephrata , Lancaster , , where they resided 5 all their lives . She had the following children Elizabeth , 5 1 1 th 1 82 8 born February , ; Jacob Wissler , born November 5 “ zud 1 8 y , 34 Ezra , died in infanc ; Mary Ann , born Jan d u 2 th 1 8 . r ary 7 , 39 She died on the 3 day of N ovember, ’ Mo hl er s 1 8 was . 53, and buried in Cemetery , near Ephrata 2 th 1 8 6 Her husband died on the 9 dav of August , 7 , and was buried i n the same cemetery . 5 a Elizabeth L ndis , daughter of Jacob Landis and his 4 o n 1 1 th wife , Magdalena Wissler, was born th e day of ’

1 82 8 0 11 . February , , her father s farm where she grew up o n 2 8th 1 8 She was married the day of December, 47, to

Levi Landis , a neighboring farmer . She and her husband have lived on the same farm ever since . She has had th e

: L . L . . following children Ezra , Israel , Levi , Jacob L ,

Samuel L . and Mary Ann . “ 6 1 8 8 No I . Ezra L . Landis , born November , 4 , married h ve mb er t 1 8 1 . 1 6 7 , 7 , Harriet B Hess , a nd died July th 1 88 1 : 1 , leaving a widow and six children , as fol lows ( ) 7 7 . 2 H. Levi H Landis , still unmarried ; ( ) Elizabeth , mar ried T . M . Andes , to whom she has two children Mary “ 8 7 Andes , and Catherine Andes ; (3) Anna H . Landis , mar ried Clayton Stelman , to whom she has three children “ “ J ohn Stelman , Ellen Stelman , Landis Stelman (4) 7 Sarah H . Landis , married Oscar Von Neida , to whom she

— “ . V o n V on has two children Stanley L Neida , Helen 7 a . 6 Neid (5) Susan H Landis , died unmarried ( ) 7 Harriet H . Landis , single . “ . 1 1 8 1 II Israel Landis , born July sth , 5 , died Septem

2 1 5 t 1 8 . U . ber , 74 nmarried “ . . I st 1 8 III Levi L Landis , born January , 53, married d 1 n r 882 S al i da . April 3 , , R Hagy , by whom he has four 7 7 w : . children as follo s Cora H Landis , Ira H . Landis , 7 . andi s Mabel H L fiCharlotte H . Landis .

THE W ISSLER FAM ILY RECORD .

D . 1 0 . r th o f A . on the a day March , 9 3 They are both ’ Mohl er s . buried in Cemetery , near Ephrata , Pa “ 5 Alma Landis , daughter of Jacob Wissler Landis and 2 6th his wife , Sarah Ann Fry , was born on the day of ’ 1 86 April , 4 , on her father s farm in Ephrata Township ,

P . a. Lancaster County , , where she still resides She was w h as married to Milton H . Shreiner, to hom she one child , 7 Martin L . Shreiner . “ of Jacob Harlan Landis , son Jacob Wissler Landis , I st of and his wife , Sarah Ann Fry , was born on the day ’

1 86 . September , 5, on his father s farm where he grew up

as . He w married to Emma Eberly , but has no ch ildren

He resides in Lancaster City, Pa . 5 6 and Anna C . Landis , daughter of Jacob Wissler Landis a 2 8th his wife S rah Ann Fry , was born on the day of ’ 1 866 o n t . October , , her fa her s farm where she grew up

She was married to H . Shirk of Glendale , Virginia , to 7 - 7 7 whom she has four children Evelyn , Valeria , Ernestine , l i n 7 K en e . 5 “ o cob Jacob C . Landis , son of J Wissler Landis and his th wife , Sarah Ann Fry , was born on the 9 day of January , ’ F 1 868 . , on his father s farm He was married to Jane ass 7 7 — l nacht by whom he has four children El en , Alma , 7 7 Susan , Harlan . 6 a 5 Emma Landis , daughter of Jacob Wissler L ndis and 2 da his wife , Sarah Ann Fry , was born on the 5th y of ’

1 86 . a September, 9, on her father s farm She was m rried

to Dr . J . D . Hartman to whom she has three children 7 7 7 Jacob , Nelson , M ary Ann . 6 f a a 5 a . o Ch rles S Landis , son J cob Wissler L ndis and his a b 1 th da wife , Sar h Ann Fry , was orn on the 9 y of October , ’

1 8 0 . a 7 , on his father s farm He was m rried to M abel

Baker, but has no children . Ann 5 a and his Mary Landis , daughter of Jacob L ndis ' 4 VVi ssl e r 2 th wife , Magdalena , was born on the 7 day of ’

1 8 . 1 6 January , 39, on her parents farm O n the th day of

1 8 8 a . . November , 5 , she was m rried to S . P A Weidman a idm an l l a at W e sv i e P . dealer i n general merchandise , , who 1 1 8 died on the 3th day of April , 75, and to whom she had o n e child , Martin Landis Weidman , who is unmarried and

Pa. resides in the town of Eph rata , , where he has been in

the banking business for 2 3 years . He is now President of a the Ephrata Nation l Bank . She died at Ephrata , on

1 Mr i 4 ! . s. z 2 . E ra W ssler . E z ra W i ssl e ru 3 5 . n l . 4. K 6 7 . n . 5 . . . Aaro B Wiss er Joh , Wissler William L Wissler

6 . 5 n . 7 Mrs n 6 . O . e . . 8. n Joh B Wissl r La e ( Alice Wissler Sabi a L . Wissler . u n z 4 Farm B ildi gs of E ra Wissler . 4 EZRA WISSLER AND FAM ILY .

4 ' " \V issl e r W and Ezra , son of Jacob issler his wife , Anna o n ff Eby , was born the old Gro homestead on the west a no w bank of Middle Creek , in Eliz beth , Clay , Township ,

Pa. A D 1 80 . Lancaster County , , on the sixth day of May , . . 9 w on to He gre up the same farm be a tall , stout , strongly built man . He received his education in the common schools of the neighborhood , but attended chiefly the as school in the woods between Clay and Durlach . He w

1 born mathematician . After leaving school he worked for his father on the farm which was then mostly forest except about one hundred acres near the house which were h f cleared and under c ultivation . On the 2 4t day o 1 8 1 a y November , 3 , he was married to M r Bauman , daughter o f John and Margaret Fahnestock Bauman and they began housekeeping in a small l og house then at the easterl y corner of the ol d house with one end in the water

of Middle Creek . After their marriage Ezra rented the fo r y o n l i 1 farm some ears and worked it shares , his father liv g i n the large house fo r a few years u n til he built a small red a brick co ttage across the ro d to which he removed . His 5 0 11 o n elder , Aaron Bauman , was born in the little house

A D . 1 y 2 th o f . 8 2 the 4 day August , 3 , and his ounger son , Baum a11 was o n th e o th John , born in the large house 3 day 1 D . 1 6 . 8 o f May A . 8 y , 3 About 39 his father conve ed to a him the westerly part of the old homeste d , containing about one hu ndred and four acres then mostl y forest an d t he same y ear he built a large stone barn . The following y 1 8 0 a y fo r ear , 4 , he built a large stone house , the c sh outla b to h ad was oth , in addition the materials which he , 0 11 th 1 8 1 o the 4 day of March , 4 , he moved int ’ this house from his father s ol d house . He had much difficult y in obtaining a sufficient supply o f water as he dug sixt y feet through solid limestone rock and bored sixty to t wo feet farther . He also made a large cistern hold the rain water from the barn roof . 5 0 THE FAM I LY RECORD .

o f After taking possession his farm , Ezra proceeded to c ut con down and market the timber, on his land , which f a o o k a y . sisted chiefly white , bl ck oak , hickor and chestnut

- He hauled the cord wood to Lititz , Ephrata , and Lancaster to where he had a good market . The logs he hauled the saw mills 0 11 Middle and Hammer Creeks and sold

. y them There was a good demand for his heav timber , wh ich he sold al l ov er the neigh borhood for build on n y ing purposes , and several occasio s he delivered ery heavy timber at Lancaster , whence it was shipped by rail a o wn to Phi ladelphi for ship building . After his farm was c of leared and brough t under cultivation , h e bought tracts woodland from his neighbors and cut and m arketed the timber . He was an intelligent and progressive farmer . He u y procured the first thrashing machine sed i n that localit , h h i s with w ich he did the thrashing for his neighbors , a y brother Levi being his ssistant . Before the had this m achine t hey used to tramp the grain out with horses on f the barn floor , and to separate the cha f from the grain , they threw the chaff and grain with a shovel towards the wind on the barn floor . In 1 846 he and hi s wife went fo r a trip to Canada to visit his brothers John and Sem and his sister Mary .

5 011 Having prospered greatly in his business , when his 1 8 6 a m n Aaron married in 5 he retired from active f r i g, rented the farm to Aaron and built a brick addition to his son stone farm house to which he removed . His other ,

John , was away from home working as bookkeeper and f o . . R h il l e assistant in the store S B M y ers at o t esv . In 1 8 8 o f 5 , after the marriage his son Joh n , be bought a prop e rty in Brunn erville an d started John up i n a general store 1 86 8 n . d there In , Aaron havi g decide to go into the man ufacture of agricultural implements at Brunnerville , gave m f t up the far , and Ezra then continued to rent it to dif eren 1 8 6 parties until 7 , when he sold it to Henry S . Brubaker fo r and removed to Brunnerville , where he erected fo r himself a comfortable two- story brick resi dence , between the residences of his two sons . Here he and his wife continued to reside in comfort and ease during the remainder of their lives . T HE W M O I ISSLER FA I LY REC RD . S

a y l o r His wife , M r Bauman , commonl y called Po ly was o ne y b orn Aunt Polly , of a large famil , and was July

2 th 1 80 8. Da 5 , Her parents were Seventh y Baptists . She was left an orphan when quite young and was brought up by her elder brothers , spending a large part of the time amongst the old Cloister buildings at Ephrata . Although at never school after becoming ten years of age , she could and w an read rite well , was excellent cook and baker and knew famil y remedies among herbs fo r almost ev ei y sick 11 ess l 1 a\ 1 11 o at11 e red , g O herbs when a girl for her brother

Baum au . y e1 of al Doctor Jacob She was y fond flowers , way s had a great variety of them and knew the n ame of nearl y every plant growing in that locality . In youth she as was very short and slim , but she grew old she became d 0 11 nd da of . 2 2 A D . very stout She ied the y August , . 1 886 y , and was laid to rest in the cemeter adj oining the

- Hammer Creek Meeting house , thus leaving her husband f w . o to alone After the death his ife , Ezra continued keep house until his death , which took place after an illness of 0 11 rd 1 8 1 six months , the 3 day of November, 9 , and was pl aced at rest beside his wife in the Hammer Creek Men n n i o te . cemetery He had only two children , Aaron Bau

. h e man and John Bauman In business was a shrewd , o r careful man , not given to speculating having wild ideas “ " - - b y for quick getting rich , but patient and persevering i ndustry and saving he became well o ff and provided well

- t wo . for his sons In politics he was first an anti Macon , then a Whig and the rest of his life a staunch Republican . In religion he was always an adherent of the Mennonite u ol d a e ch rch , but did not actually j oin until his g , when he and his wife were baptized in the Hammer Creek Meet

- ing house . 5 4 1ssl er so n of \\ i Aaron Bauman , elder Ezra ssler and y i n l o 0 11 his wife Mar Bauman , was born the little gb house ol d f o n o f Middl e the Gro f homestead the west bank Creek , h Ci a Pa. 2 t o f y Township , Lancaster County , , on the 4 day ’

D . 1 8 . 0 11 A. 2 August , 3 He lived at home his father s farm until he became twenty - hy e years of age and during his boyhood received a good practical ed ucation in the

m . co mon schools He grew to be a tall , stout , strongly built man and was of great assistance to his father in 5 2 T HE W ISSLER FAM I LY R ECORD .

1 clearing the land and marketing the timber . In 856 he to was married Leah , the eldest daughter of John (Hersh berger) Keller and Cassia ( Royer) Keller , who was born on

D . 1 . 6 th A . 8 the day of September, , 35 This union has b y 6 and been blessed two children , John Keller Wissler 6 a a Anna Mary Wissler . After his m rri ge his father rented the farm to him and Aaron continued as ten ant to work ’ his father s farm until 1 868 during which time both of his 1 68 . 8 i nve n children were born In , having made some nu of tions in the ma facture mowers , he gave up the farm

m - i n and re oved to Brunnerville , where he and his father law , Joh n H . Keller , bought the foundry and machine shop there from Peter Brunner , and he erected a large and comfortable residence fo r himself on fifteen acres of land

a . which he purch sed there . He and Mr Keller carried n on the busi ess for some years , when Mr . Keller retired , to and he has continued carry on the business ever since . rst 1 8 8 to On July 3 , 9 , the shops were burned the ground , but with great energy Aaron had them at once rebuilt and . was able to resume business within ninety days . He and w o f his ife are members the German Baptist Church . He l m an s x o n e an d is a arge , i feet inch high, at one time weighed nearly three hundred pounds . “ 5 of . John Keller Wissler , son Aaron B Wissler and his ’ 0 11 a wife Leah Keller , was born his grandfather s f rm , r 1 1 th 1 8 zud 1 882 was Februa y , 57, and on November , , t o . u married Lizzie F Longenecker , second da ghter of

a . y n Abr ham B and Elizabeth (Forne ) Lo genecker , west of

. 1 6 1 86 1 . h Lititz She was born April th , They ave two T W i ssl er children , William Longenecker , who was born 2 2 nd 1 88 w July , 3, and is an expert moulder ; Ed in n 1 8 1 8 . . Lo genecker born Apri l th , 95 John K h as always worked for and assisted his father in the foundry . " 5 Anna Mary Wissler, daughter of Aaron B . Wissler w 1 6 da of and his ife Leah Keller, was born on the th y

a 1 8 . Janu ry , 59 She was educated at the public schools Pa and at Linden Hall Seminary , Lititz , . , of which she is a graduate . She has artistic ability far above the average and has shown considerable skill as a painter and wood

. O 11 2 th o f 1 88 was carver the 7 day September , 3, she

54 THE W ISSLER FA M I LY RECORD .

f bringing home his store goods he passed through Ne fsville . His father asked him whether he usually stopped at the hotel at Neffsville to water his horse and whether he drank anything . He said he did , as he though t it did not look to a y n well not spend n thi g when stopping at a hotel , that he , however , never took anything stronger than soda water “ : or sarsaparilla. Then his father said When a man sets up in business as a hotelkeeper he takes his cha n ces o u 1 es o nsib l e to to make a living , and y are not p him for n o t n y to h is living . It was really ecessar water the horse at that place , because there was a public watering trough at Kissel Hill , and horses at work in the fields were de p ri ved of water much longer . His wife Caroline Catherine 2 th 1 8 6 Eberly was born July 9 , 3 in Clay Township , Lan th e Co . . o caster , Pa She attended com m n school and i . h Linden Hall Seminary at Lititz , Pa She was very dust ri o us not , being idle a moment , and was a careful n n fo r housekeeper , providi g abu dantly the wants of the M h 1 8 . ay 1 0 t 8 family She died , 9 , after an illness of over u o f fo r months gastritis and heart failure , and was buried in Hammer Creek Mennonite Cem etery . 6 Alice Olivia Wissler , third child of John Bauman 5 Wissler, and his wife , Caroline C . Eberly , was born at

Pa. zud 1 86 2 . Brunnerville , , September , She attended 1 8 8 Linden Hall Seminary at Lititz from September , 7 to 1 880 fo r d h , and won a gold medal stan ing hig est in her ’ - class . She took a course in Ta y lor s System of dress cut ting, and cut the patterns for a Philadelphia dressmaker for some time from measures sent to her . She was married ’ to Abram Erb Lane , who bought her father s store , and h 7 has the following c ildren Alice Wissler Lane , born July 7 o th 1 8 2 1 6 3 , 9 ; Abram Wissler Lane , born November th , 1 8 7 I st . 1 8 . . 94 ; John Wissler Lane , born August 97 Mr 0 11 u 1 0 0 Lane carried the store at Brunnerville nti l 9 , when he removed to Clay , about miles farther north , where he bought at a great bargain almost the whole place con a sisting of two farms , two stores , hotel , bl cksmith shop , a and n cigar factory , lovely residence several dw elli g houses . He runs the store and farm himself and rents the of rest the property . i “ W T l l . ISSLER FAM ILY RECORD . 55

' “ W o f Sabina Louisa issler , the youngest child John 5 Bauman Wissler , and his wife , Caroline C . Eberly , was

Pa. th 1 2 1 86 . born at Brunnerville , , September , 4 She Pa attended Linden Hall Seminary at Lititz , . , from Sep 1 881 1 88 e tember , to June 3, wher she attained the highest m percentage in her class , and received all perfect arks in ’ room teacher s report for diligence in study hours , habits y of diligence out of study hours , habits of order, punctualit , co m personal neatness , kindness and courtesy towards o f panions , respect to teachers and observance rules , for

which she received a gold medal from the principal . She wo n books and a gold medal as first prizes at spelling o f 1 0 0 wo n n matches , and in the fall 9 first prize in pe man

at y . ship Lancaster Count Fair, held at Lancaster She

lives at home with her father, and is his comfort and of companion since the death her mother .

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5 Joh n B. 30 Ma 1836 b y. n 11 1 Carol i e C. E berly 1898

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Mary Ce c i l iafi So n 29 1 5 58 1876 2 . 1 2 86 12 . 1864 died age b Sep , b Sep . 11 1 days A . E La ne 1 n n -5 fi Fra kli H . Wissler 2 Jacob W i ssl e r 3 n W i ssl e fl 4 Mrs n ! Joh . Joh Wissler 5 Levi Wissler5 3 Aaron W issler5 O 4 A ND J H N WISSLER FAM I LY .

3 4 o f ac ob w John Wissler, son J Wissler and his ife , Anna 4 was 0 1 1 rst 1 8 1 0 0 11 Eby , born the 3 day of October , , the o l d Groff homestead on the west bank of Middle Creek in z y y Eli abeth , now Cla , Township , Lancaster Count , Penn y o n fine s lvania , and grew up the farm , becoming a tall , a looking man . He received his education t the common 1 11 y schools the locality , and when a oung man became a i n tanner, serving his apprenticeship Schoeneck , Lancaster m i i ated Co . . 1 8 e , Pa In 34 he g to Waterloo Township and Corint i n U y, what was then called pper Canada , where he ’ 0 11 6 2 y settled Lot , in the German Compan s Tract , which l o t he received from his father . At the east corner of the , o n o f t wo the west bank the Grand river , about miles north o f of the village Bridgeport , in the same year, he built a tannery , long known as Eagle Tannery , and subsequently fo r built a large and comfortable brick residence himself , ’ and a number of workmen s dwellings . Here he resided a and carried on a large and profitable business , h ving Eagle

Tannery , a general store, saddler shop , shoe shop and farm

1 8 a y . 2 2 n d until 57 , and specul ted largel in lands the o f 1 8 n day December, 35 , he married Hannah Heiser, a ative

o f Co . 1 8 1 8 Montgomery , Pa , born in Her paren ts died fe w o l d w as when she was a months , and she brought up by her uncle Mr . Tyson at Bridgeport , Ont . The y

' had the following children , all born at Eagle Tannery ’ th 1 8 th 1 8 Sarah Ann , born April s , 37, died April 7 , 3 7 ; 5 5’ th 1 8 8 Franklin Heiser , born May 7 , 3 ; Jacob , born May 5 2 2 n d 1 8 1 2 1 5 1 1 8 , 4 ; Levi , born September , 43 ; Aaron , " 2 2 n d 1 8 a rd 1 8 born August , 4 7 Hannah , born April 3 , 5 2 ; 5 a 1 1 th 1 8 1 1 8 6 Anna , born M rch , 55, died April 4th , 5 , “

2 th 1 8 6 . 1 8 and Angeline , born September 4 , 5 In 37 his brother Levi came to Eagle Tannery from Penn sy lvani a a and entered into partnership with him , rem ining four 1 8 years . In 39 his youngest brother , Sem , also came to and u 1 8 1 Eagle Tannery worked for him and Levi ntil 4 , 58 TH E W ISSLER FA M I LY R ECOR D .

i h when , at the request of their father, Levi sold out his terest in the business to Sem and returned to Pennsylvani a I n 1 8 to take the homestead . 45 his sister Mary and her husband , Levi Erb , came to Eagle Tannery , and Mr . Erb , being a currier by trade , was at once taken into the firm . 1 8 In 45 , as tanbark was getting scarce and dear in that y to localit , Sem Wissler moved the Township of Nichol , about sixteen miles farther up the river , where he founded ’ the village of Salem and started a branch o f the firm s

. 1 8 business , building a tannery , store , saw mill , etc In 53 Le vi Erb also moved to Salem where he built a stone grist was o n mill . The partnership carried at Eagle Tannery under the name of “ John Wissler and at Salem 81 1 8 under the name of Wissler Erb until 57 , the profits being divided in proportion to the amount of capital of y each i n the business . The did a very l arge business , em ployed a great many men and were very successful . They for all became British subj ects , a nd John Wissler was many years a Justice o f the Peace . As the country became more l a sett ed and cleared , tanbark bec me scarce and dear , and 1 8 6 n accordingly , in 5 , Joh Wissler went up into the Bruce peninsula with the intention of starting another large tan y he t ak en at u m ner when was dangerously ill D rha , and d t then conclu ed o sell out and move to a warmer climate . 1 8 . o f About 54 Samuel B Myers , the husband his niece , 5 Elizabeth H . Wissler , had bought Columbia Furnace , an iron furnace in Shenandoah County , Virginia , to which was attached about acres of land and a large num ’ o f o f 1 8 ber workmen s dwellings . In the beginning 57 John Wissler dissolved the partnersh ip with Sem W' issler o ut a and Levi Erb , sold all his property in Canad and

V a. re bough t Columbia Furnace , , to which he at once

. t y moved with his family Bringing his grea abilit , energy and o n m of perseverance to bear it , he soon ade a success w 0 11 the iron business , and things ere going well when the

American Civil War broke out . Th e greatest fury o f the a y am war r ged in Shenandoah Valle , and he and his f ily were obliged in 1 86 2 to abandon all their property and flee at a. midnigh t for Canad Being a comparative stranger , n and the only northerner in that locality , and being a stro g Republican in politics he h ad no sympathy or friends there T HE W ISSLER FAMI LY RECORD . 59

e . wh o except his neph w , Samuel B Myers , having espoused the cause of the South and beingan officer in the Confedera t e y h . w i s arm , gave him timely warning to flee He left ith wife and younger children about midnight and drove to W i n o a to chester , where they to k the tr in and went direct

Salem , Canada . After staying a while at Salem , he went w t o l d P o a. ith his family his home in Lancaster County , , where the y lived with his sister Catherine until the close o f the war . After the war they returned to Columbia w to Furnace , here he at once proceeded repair the damage caused by the war and to push the business , being ably b y assisted his sons . As there was a period of great th e a m a commercial prosperity after war, he m de oney f st and soon made up fo r his war losses and much more . His of hi s health , which had been poor during the latter part was residence in Canada , good for a time after moving to

Columbia Furnace , but after the war it broke down finally and he died at Columbia Furn ace 0 11 the 2 0 th day o f

1 8 0 . March , 7 His remains are buried in a small cemetery which he laid out in a beautiful spot o n the top o f the hill of on the east bank Stony Creek , overlooking the Furnace . o f m He was a man good judg ent and great ability , energy

. w was. and shrewdness He kne the full value of money , quiet , careful and economical , yet able and ready to em i n bark great business enterprises at any moment . He was highly respected b y all who knew him and greatly b y w loved his family , his ord being law to every member o f it . In religion he was a Universalist and in politics a

Republican . He left his wife Hannah and six children to mourn his loss . His wife continued to reside in the same A n house at Columbia Furnace , her youngest daughter , e l i n e y of 1 888 g , alwa s living with her, until the winter , when it was destroyed by fire . In the sudden change o f residence she took a cold wh ich brought 0 1 1 other compli on 1 th a y cations from which she died the s day of Febru r ,

1 888 . , and was laid to rest beside her husband She was a r woman of small stature and of quiet , reti ing disposition , but a power in her o wn house and greatly loved and respected by her family and all who knew her . She was one of the kindest of women . After the death of John r Wissler the business was continued , as theretofore , unde 6 0 TH E W I SSLER FA MI LY RECORD .

“ ” 81 y the name of John Wissler Sons , by his famil , his e ldest son being the general manager. They subsequently e bought Liberty Furnace , farther up Stoney Cre k and adj oining Columbia . They carried on the business suc c essful l 1 88 o ut y unti l 3, when they sold the whole property , including the furnaces , for 5 of 4 Franklin Heiser Wissler , son John Wissler and his was wife Hannah Heiser, born at Eagle Tannery , in the was Township and County of Waterloo , in what then 11 th A 0 D . 1 . 8 c U 8. alled pper Canada , the 7 day of May , 3 He d at n receive his education the commo school , Hamil NY ton Grammar School , and Clinton Institute , Clinton , . . In 1 8 57 he accompanied his parents to Columbia Furnace ,

a. V , where he at once took an active part in the working and management of the furnace , becoming an expert in 1 860 the business . In he married his cousin M ary Anna of w Erb , the elder daughter Levi Erb and his ife Mary 4 : Wissler, by whom he had the following children John “ 2 6th 1 86 1 “ Levi , born June , ; Mary Hannah , born June 2 th 1 86 r 1 th 1 86 9 , 3, died April , 5, at Salem , Ontario ; “ 6 1 86 Franklin Erb , born July sth , 5 ; Ida , born February h 1 1 th 1 8 2 2 o t 8 2 . 3 , 7 , died December , 7 During his father ’ s life he was his father ’ s principal assistant in

running th e furnace . After the war broke o ut he went to ’ Salem , O ntario , where he resided with his wife s parents of until the close the war and while there assisted M r . Erb o f t he in the mill . At the close war he returned with his ’ f . amily to Columbia Furnace , Va After his father s death in 1 870 he became head of the firm a nd general b n manager of the usi ess , which position he held with t 1 88 great success un il 3, when Columbia and Liberty

Furnaces were sold . After the sal e of the furnaces he and

- - R . . i n . W his brother law , Dr Stone , bough t out a paper W’ mill in inchester , Virginia , and removed there . About 1 888 out 1 8 they sold the paper mill , and in 92 he and his o f 1 2 0 0 a sons bought a large farm about cres , called

Strathmore , two miles from Mount Jackson , in Shenan

u V a. doah Co nty , , to which he and his wife an d sons

. removed He has resided there ever since . On April 1 1 0 1 7th , 9 , he suffered a severe bereavement in the death f o his wife .

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f a. o r V . aces he worked a foundry at Edinburg , , some years

n y V a. He now resides ear L ndhurst , Augusta , , where he o f and two his sons own and operate a flour mill and farm . His three youngest children are unmarried and reside at home . “ " William Franklin Wissler son of Jacob Wissler, and o n t he r th his wife , Mary Devitt , was born o day of August ,

1 866 n . 0 11 , and became a physicia He was married the th of 1 8 0 7 day May , 9 , to Elizabeth Mayer, of Lancaster

Pa. 6 th 1 86 City , , born February , 7 , by whom he has the 7 : y zud following children Mary Isabella , born Februar , 1 8 1 1 1 8 2 9 ; Edna Virginia , born December sth , 9 ; Jacob Ma er t h 1 8 E May e r y j born November 4 , 94 ; lizabeth jborn

a Pa. O 2 6 th 1 8 . t a ctober , 97 He resides L ncaster City , , where he practises his profession . “ “ Arthur Jacob Wissler , son of Jacob Wissler and his 8th day wife , Mary Devitt , was born on the of October, 1 8 1 m 0 11 7 , and beca e a druggist and for a time carried 6 th o f . O n business at Philadelphia , Pa the day January , 1 8 8 9 , he married Susan Mellin , by whom he has one c M l l i n 1 e 0 0 . hild , Jessie f born February , 9 He now resides n ear Lyndhurst , Virginia , where he , his father and brother

D . an d . Edwin , operate a mill farm W " W 4 Levi issler , son of John issler , and his wife , y 2 rst Hannah Heiser , was born at Eagle Tanner on the day o f 1 8 a September , 43, and received his educ tion at the c ommon school and Elora Gram mar School . During th e war he l ived mostly at Salem , O ntario clerking in the “ store of his uncle , Sem Wissler . After the war he married

Sarah Hele , daughter of Henry Hele , of Elora , Ontario , by whom he h as the following children , all born at 6 th Columbia Furnace , Va . William Grant , born July 7 , 6 6 1 86 2 rd 1 8 1 9 ; Harriet , born June 3 , 7 ; Robert , born 6 2 6th 1 8 1 1 8 6 and J uly , 73 ; Olive , born November 3th , 7 , 6

H. 1 8 88 . Clarence , born February th , 7 After leaving

C V a. 1 88 olumbia Furnace , , in 3, he and his brother Aaron y h ave removed to Bellefontaine , Ohio , where the ever

o n . since resided , carrying a large store Two of his

. H. children , Willi am G and Clarence are unmarried and a ssist in the store . W 6 TH E ISSLER FAM I LY RECORD . 3

6 " Harriet Wissler, daughter of Levi Wissler and his

a n V a . 0 11 wife , Sar h , was bor at Columbia Furnace , the d 2 r u 1 8 1 . 3 day of J ne , 7 She was married to George W . to 7 Guy whom she has one child , Walter Wissler Guv ,

2 th 1 0 0 . y born March 7 , 9 They live in Sidne , Ohio , where a Mr . Guy works in hardware store . 6 o f “ Robert Wissler, son Levi Wissler and his wife , 0 11 2 6th o f 1 8 Sarah , was born the day July , 73, at Columbia

Furnace , and married Gertrude Roach . He lives at Belle ’

O . . fontaine , , and works in his father s store “ 5 Olive Wissler , daughter of Levi Wissler and his wife , a 0 11 1 1 8 6 Sar h , was born the 3th day of November , 7 , at

V a. . Columbia Furnace , , and is married to Lee J Roebuck , “ ” o ne o f the editors of The Daily and Weekly Index of

Bellefontaine , Ohio . “ ' so n of W 4 Aaron Wissler , John issler and his wife , was 0 11 z 2 ud Hannah Heiser, born at Eagle Tannery the f A o 1 8 . o n 2 th day day ugust , 47 He was married the 5 of M 1 86 a V a. y, 9, at Columbia Furnace , , to Emily Hele ,

o f . daughter of Henry Hele Elora , Ont He worked in the of u store at Columbia Furnace . After the sale the f rnace 1 88 t o i n 3 , he and his brother Levi moved Bellefontaine , o n Ohio , where they have carried a large store ever since . ” 2 1 st 1 8 2 They have three children Nellie , born April , 7 ; “ 6th 1 8 Hen r ’ n 1 Lillie , born July , 74 , and yfi bor March sth ,

1 880 . Henry is unmarried and at home . " ” e dau hte r o f r N llie Wissler , g Aaron Wissle and his 2 rst day of 1 8 2 wife , Emily , was born on the April , 7 , at b a V . d to h Colum ia Furnace , , and is marrie Morgan Nic ols , 7 o f O . o ne Bellefontaine , , to whom she has child , Francis ,

th 1 8 6 . born January 4 , 9 6 " s o f r Lillie Wis ler , daughter Aaron Wissle and his o n 6th o f 1 8 wife , Emily , was born the day July , 74 , and is i . . n a y married to Loran A Irwin They live Kans s Cit , f a . Mo . , where he works in a r ilroad o fice “ 4 of Hannah Wissler, daughter John Wissler and his n 2 rd day o f wife Han ah Heiser, was born on the 3 April , 1 8 2 0 11 8th o f 5 , at Eagle Tannery , and was married the day

a. 1 . V . . 8 2 . October , 7 , at Columbia Furnace , to Dr T H

Armstrong , a Canadian , then practising medicine at h ad Columbia Furnace . They the following children : 64 TH E W I SSLE R F AM I LY R ECOR D .

“ “ u 1 1 8 an d w May Walter, born Aug st sth , 73, Ho ard , born A 6th day h 1 1 8 . . 7th , 7 7 Dr rmstrong d ied on the of M arc , ’

1 88 . a 3 After her husb nd s death Hannah and her two boys , went to reside with her m other and sis ter Angeline . ’ 1 888 After her mother s death in , she bought a farm ’ ’ V a. adj oining her sister s farm near Lantz s Mill , , and has n o t o worked it ever since She did keep a separate h use , - i n- but lived with her sister Angeline , her brother law , f Mi lton Campbell , having erected a residence su ficientl y large for both families . “ Walter Armstrong, son of Dr. T . H . Armstrong and 5 1 his wife , Hannah Wissler, was born on the sth day of

1 8 . August , 73, at Columbia Furnace , Va He studied Pharmacy a nd became a graduate of the Philadelphia Col 1 lege of Pharmacy in 896 . He resides and carries on

N. . . . 00 . E W business at 7 H Street , , ash ington , D C He is a bachelor . “ Howard Armstrong , son of Dr . T . H . Armstrong and “ w 1 1 8 his ife , Hannah Wissler , was born May 7th , 77, at and Columbia Furnace , Va . He studied medicine gradu y 1 ated at the Uni versity of Mar land in 90 0 . He practises th his profession at Edom , Va . On the o day of Septem

1 0 2 . . . ber , 9 , he was married to Miss A V Masters 4 n 5 o f A geline Wissler , daughter Joh n Wissler and his a a wife , Hannah Heiser, was born at Eagle Tannery , C nad h 1 0 11 2 t 8 6 . West , the 4 day of September, 5 She was married

0 11 of 1 8 to . the first day October , 74 , M ilton M Campbell

a a. then a clerk in the store at Columbia Furn ce , V As n o t her mother did wish to be left alone , she and her h usband continued to reside with her mother until her ’ “ 1 888 . mother s death i n They have two child ren , Horace , n 1 8th 1 8 “ 8 bor July , 75 , and Margaret , born October th , ’

1 8 6 . 7 After her mother s death Mr . Campbell bought a ’ farm near Lantz s Mi ll , on which he built a large a nd comfortable dwelling house , to wh ich they removed and y where the still reside . “ Horace Campbell , son of Milton M . Campbell and his 5 1 8 wife , Angeli ne Wissler, was born on the th day of July , 1 8 f A . M. o 75 , a t Columbia Furnace , Va . H e graduated 1 8 Randolph Macon College , Ashland , Virginia , in 97, after I THE W SSLER FAM I LY RECORD . 6 5 which he took a three years ’ post graduate course at Johns

Hopkins University , Md . He is Principal of Danville

. m arri y u ed. Militar Institute of Danville , Va He is “ Margaret Campbell , daughter of M ilton M . Campbell 5 8th and his wife , Angeline Wissler, was born on the day of

1 8 6 . was October, 7 , at Columbia Furnace , Va She married

1 1 0 1 . . on the sth day of August 9 , to E M Hickman , son of J . T . Hickman , of Shenandoah County , Va . They reside on the farm with her parents . - 4 O c t 31 1 8 10 M 20. 1 870 Joh n Wissler . , arch — 8 IS S . 15 1 8 8 m Ha n n ah Heiser I Feb ,

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4 3 Catherine Wissler , daughter of Jacob Wissler , and his l o th of wife , Anna Eby , was born on the day November , 1 81 2 f o n , on the old Gro f homestead , the west bank of Mid

a . dle Creek , Lanc ster County , Pa She grew up on the farm n to be an unusually tall woman . Bei g the eldest daughter ’ 1 82 unmarried at the time of her mother s death , in 9, on her devolved the duty and responsibility of keeping house for her father and taking care of her younger brothers and ’ f of a sister . She had a good o fer m rriage , but at her father s urgent request she remained unmarried and took care o f ’

1 8 . t her father till his death , in 53 Af er her father s death , n being in poor health , probably occasioned by her lo g and trying care of him , she went to Canada , spending the

1 8 - w winter of 54 5 at Salem , ith her sister Mary and brother c Sem . She received , from her fa ther , the little bri k house a cross the road from the old house , and there resided for r n h r the est o f her life . She was ki dly cared for by e y brother Levi , and his famil , but always persisted in sleep n ing in her own house at night . She died o the 2 9th day 1 86 an d was b h e r of October , 5, uried near parents in the n Hammer Creek Mennonite cemetery , where a simple sto e marks her grave . Her house and plot of ground no w belongs to Levi Hess Wissler . 4 3 of \\ 1 ssl er and Mary Wissler , daughter Jacob his wife , o n Anna Eby , was born the old homestead on the west o f n bank Middle Creek , in Elizabeth , now Clay , Tow ship ,

i n Pa. 0 11 2 1 5 t y Lancaster County , , the day of Februar 1 81 o n a fin e- 5 , and grew up the f rm to be a tall , looking 1 8 6 woman . In 3 she was married to Levi Erb , a native of

Lancaster County , and settled on a farm between Lexing

Pa . ton and Lititz , , which they received from her father . w n a 0 11 Here her two children ere bor , n mely Mary Anna , 1 o f 1 8 2 th the 7th day October , 37 and Elizabeth , on the 4 1 8 1 h out . 2 . 8 to day of May , 4 In 45 t ey sold , owing M r ’ Erb s being obliged to pay a large amount of money for

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’ which he had gone his father s security . This seemed a great misfortune at the time , bu t was really a blessing, as it was the means of inducing them to emigrate to Canada . y They arrived at Eagle Tanner , i n Waterloo Township

1 8 and . rac and County , Canada , in 45, M r Erb , being a p u tical c rrier, was at once taken into the business then

- i n - an d carried on by his brothers law , Joh n Sem Wissler . ” i l r under the name of John l V ss e CO . They continued 1 8 to reside at Eagle Tannery unti l 53, when they moved of to Salem , in the Township Nichol , in the County of

Wellington , where Sem Wissler had begun to build a stone - o f grist mill for him , on the north east side the Irvine f w no o w t . River , on the southeast side hat is Woolwich S , - y f 1 . o o t 6 Salem He purchased the south westerl 37 acres L , 1 1 N concession , ichol , from Sem Wissler and finished the building of the mill . Mr . Erb devoted all his energies to 1 1 the working of this mill from 853 until 866 . The partnership was carried on by John and Sem Wissler and “ Levi Erb at Eagle Tannery under the name of John Wissler 81 and at Salem under the name of Wissler ” 81 1 8 Erb , until the year 57 , Joh n Wissler managing the business at Eagle Tannery , Sem Wissler the ta nn ery , shoe shop , saw mill , store and farm at Salem , and 1 8 6 Levi Erb his mill at Salem . In 5 Levi Erb built his large stone residence 0 11 the side of a steep hill over 011 looking his mill , a triangular piece of ground bounded

U . by Woolwich , nion and Washington streets They were very successful , did a large business and made a lot of

. o 1 8 . money After the dissoluti n of partnership in 57 , Mr Erb continued to work his mill alone with great success 5 1 866 . until , when he sold his mill to Jacob B Eby , son of “ 5 Benj amin Eby , and his residence to John R . Wissler, and n moved to Columbia Furnace , Virginia , whither Joh Wiss 1 ler had preceded him in 857 . After the Russian war there was a period of great financial depression , and to Mr . im make it worse the frost destroyed the wheat . Erb and ported wheat , ground it in his mill sold the flour to l the people on credit , for wh ich he was ong remembered in “ ” n the Township of Peel as the good Samarita . He was n of o e the kindest of men but liked a quiet j oke . There was on his mill a glass cupola 0 11 which was a weather TH W 1 E ISSLER FA MI LY RECORD . 7

vane with the letters indicating the points o f the compass . n and One day a man poi ted up at the letters asked Mr . Erb ” “ y for what the meant . He replied , W is Wissler , E “ ” ” for Erb , S for Salem , N for Nichol Wissler ” Erb — , Salem , Nichol , and then quietly chuckled and added ” y es o ut o Yes , , which , being long drawn , was a fav rite expression of his at all times . They had a beautiful home f r and u o . tho ght they were settled life , but it was not to be 1 8th e 1 860 y On the of S ptember , , their elder daughter , Mar h er Anna , was married to cousin , Franklin Heiser Wissler , to and went Columbia Furnace , Virginia , to reside , and in 1 866 their younger daughter , Elizabeth , was married to ” y wh o Dr . Robert Wynn Stone , a young ph sician had lately begun the practice of his profession in Salem . There being f r o . a good opening a physician at Columbia Furnace , Dr

Stone was induced to go , and Mr . and Mrs . Erb , with much a regret , sold out their mill and be utiful home and went along with them . Mr . Erb never afterwards went into u i h business , but occ pied his attention looking after his t wo or vestments . They visited Salem three times after ’ leaving . Owing to the delicate state of Mrs . Erb s health they never had a separate residence at Columbia Furnace , u f V a. o , but lived with their elder da ghter until the death

of 1 8 2 . Mrs . Erb on the 3oth day October , 7 She was buried in a small cemetery which had been set apart by 4 John Wissler o n the to p of the hill o n the east bank o f

Stoney Creek and overlooking Columbia Furnace . She o f was a quiet , calm woman of great strength character and business abilit y . Her house was a model of neatness and fo r order . She was a helpmeet her husband in her home and i n all his business transactions . After the death of rb o f his wife Mr . E continued to reside during the rest his

b ut u . life with his daughters , mostly with his elder da ghter to 1 88 He moved with them in 3, and then to

a V a. Strathmore , near Mount J ckson , , where he died at o f o n 2 th the home his elder daughter the 5 day of July , 1 8 8 rd 93, in his 3 year, and was buried beside his wife at of Columbia Furnace , Va . He was a good man , the kind n est dispositio , very cautious , no speculator , with a know ledge Of the value of money and the ability to save it . 7 2 TH E W I SSLER FA MI LY RECORD .

M “ f ary Anna Erb , daughter of Levi Erb and his wi e 4 th day 1 8 Mary Wissler , was born on the 7 of October, 37, ’

a Pa. o n Co . her parents farm near Lexington , Lanc ster , 1 860 In she was married at Salem to her cousin , Frank lin 5 h ad Heiser Wissler , to whom she several ch ildren , but “ " two only , John Levi Wissler and Franklin Erb Wissler , da . 1 y survive She died at Strathmore on the 7th of April , 1 0 1 an d - 9 , was buried near her sister Elizabeth at Win m chester , Va . She was uch like her mother in disposition ,

an d . and a model daughter , wife mother 5 Elizabeth Erb daughter of Levi Erb and his wife , Mary 4 0 11 2 th of 1 8 2 Wissler , was born the 4 day M ay , 4 , on her ’

n a Co . . parents farm near Lexi gton , Lanc ster , Pa She O ut on 2 rd was married at Salem , , the 3 day of September,

1 866 to . . , Robert Wynn Stone , M D , a physician born in o y Canada , who had sh rtl before begun the practice of his profession at Salem . They removed after their marriage

V a. . to Columbia Furnace , , where for a time Dr Stone practised his profession . He then entered the firm of John ’ 81 firm s Wissler Sons , and kept the books until the fur was 1 88 nace sold in 3, when he removed to Winchester , -i h - V a. . , where he j oined with his brother law , Franklin H

Wissler , in the purchase and conduct of a paper mill .

They had three children , all born at Columbia Furnace , “ oth 1 86 “ Mary Erb Stone , born July 3 , 7 ; Edgar Erb Stone , “ 2 1 86 wh o born September sth , 9, and Edith Erb Stone ,

. . V a. died an infant Mrs Stone died at Winchester , , on rd of 1 8 the 3 day April , 95, after a long illness , and was buried at Winchester . Dr . Stone and his two children , o f i neither whom is marr ed , still reside at Winchester , Va .

5 - . u Jacob H Wissler Sam el H . Wisslerj

L . ! 5 evi H Wissler Wissler .

The Ol d H u u 1 7 Wissler omestead b ilt abo t 50. n Reside ce of Levi H . Wissler . 5 “ LEVI WISSLER .

4 3 son of Levi Wissler , Jacob Wissler and his wife , Anna d A . D Eb y o n r . 1 81 o n , was born the 3 day of January , 7 , the ol d Groff homestead on the west bank of Middle Creek in Elizabeth , now Clay , Township , Lancaster County , w 0 11 a Penn . , and gre to manhood the f rm , becoming a

. 1 8 tall , thin man In 37 he went to Canada where his 4 brother John Wissler had already built Eagle Tannery o n t w o the west bank of the Grand River , about miles north of the village o f Bridgeport in the Township and County of Waterloo in Upper Canada . He entered into partner ship with his brother John at Eagle Tannery and was 1 very successful . In 839 his youngest brother Sem also b y came to Canada , attracted their success and probably

no t o n . 1 8 0 relishing0 the work the farm at home In 4 his father came to Canada for the p ui p o se of inducing either him or Sem to return home and take th e homestead which 4 f Ezra Wissler was giving up in the end o that year . As ’ Sem positively refused to return , he at his father s urgent to a o l d request , went back Pennsylv nia and received the 1 F r homestead with about 42 acres of land . o a short time for he leased the farm and worked other people , and then for a couple of years he boarded in the Old house with his h 1 . o t 8 hired man On the 3 day of December , 45 , he F a married anny , d ughter of Christian and Barbara ( Huber)

y . Hess of Warwick Township , Lancaster Count , Penn , who 0 11 th 1 82 was born the 7 day of September, 7 , and by her : 5 had the following children Anna Hess , born December 2 oth 1 8 6 ’ 2 6th 1 8 8 , 4 , Barbara Hess , born June , 4 ; John 5 5 o 6th 1 8 0 Hess , b rn April , 5 ; Levi Hess , born February th 1 8 2 5 2 n d 1 8 7 , 5 Jacob Hess , born October , 53 Christian 5 2 th 1 8 2 nd 1 8 Hess , born August 9 , 55, died September , 55 ° 1 8 1 8 6 Fanny Hess , born September th , 5 ; Catherine “ 5 th 1 8 Hess , born September 7 , 59 Mary Hess , born March 2 th 1 86 2 1 th 1 86 7 , ; Samuel Hess , born April 7 , 4 ; Henry 1 st 1 866 1 Hess , born October 3 , , died September 5th , 1 868 o th 1 86 , and Hannah Hess , born March 3 , 9, died 76 THE W I SSLER FAM I LY R ECORD .

was 0 th 1 886 . July 2 , He very successful in his farming a n operations and l nd speculations , buying , improvi g and selling farms so that he was able to give each of his nine children who grew up a good start in life . H e divided 5 his home farm between his two eldest sons , Joh n Hess

' y on and Le v i Hess. To John he gave the northerl part h which he built a good house and barn , and to Levi Hess he gave the southerly half on which is the old stone house

1 0 . erected by Joh n Groff, probably about 75 He died on 1 y 1 881 the 4th day of Jul , , and was buried near his parents in Hammer Creek Mennonite Cemetery , where a plain marble slab marks his grave . He was a strict t an d Mennoni e , a j ust , shrewd , careful , business man of sound j udgment and great strength of character . After w his death his wido moved to Brunnerville , about three on miles away , the road to Lititz , and resided there until o n 2 rd her death , which occurred the 3 day of February ,

1 895 . She was buried beside her husband in the Ham mer Creek Mennonite Cemetery 5 of 4 Anna Hess Wissler, daugh ter Levi Wissler and 0 11 2 o th his wife , Fanny Hess , was born the day of Decem 1 8 6 0 11 ol d ber , 4 , the homestead where she grew up and e 011 1 1 8 0 was marri d the 3th day of November , 7 , to of Samuel P . Zimmerman , son Samuel and Susanna f B o Pa. ( lench) Zimmerman , Cumberland County , , who

o n rst 1 8 2 . was born the 3 day of October, 4 They live on y Pa a farm near Shiremanstown , Cumberland Count , . , and : “ have the following children Minnie Wissler Zimmerman , “ 2 rd 1 8 . born January 3 , 75 ; Elam H Zimmerman , born a “ 1 8 1 882 ; . o th April th , Owen J Zimmerm n , born June 3 , “ 1 88 . 1 6 4 ; Christia n W Zimmerman , born December th , 1 88 " M of a innie Wissler Zimmerman , daughter s muel P . n 5 Zimmerman and his wife , An a H . Wissler , was born on rd day 1 8 the 2 3 of January , 75, and was m arried on the 8 2 nd 1 8 . of 2 day of December, 9 , to Charles S Strong ,

Pa. h as Cumberland County , , to whom she one child , 7 o n th 1 . 1 2 0 0 . William M Strong , b r October , 9 5 o f “ Barbara Hess Wissler, daughter Levi Wissler and o n 2 6th o f his wife Fanny Hess , was born the day June , 1 8 8 1 N 4 , and was married on the 9th day of ovember ,

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1 0 th 1 8 . born on the day of June , 47 By his second wife “ o n e N I st he has child , John olt Wissler , born February , “ 1 888. After his son , Jacob Brubaker Wissler, grew up W eidm ansv il l e he sold the farm to him and retired to ,

Pa. near Lincoln , , where he has a very comfortable and nicely situated home . “ of l V issl e r 5 Jacob Brubaker Wissler , son John Hess

. a was 0 11 ro t h and his wife , Maria H Brub ker, born the ’ 1 8 h is day of September , 73, on father s farm , part of the 1 2 of old homestead , and was married on the th day

1 8 . o n e October , 97 , to Agnes L Sn yder, by whom he has 7 1 1 8 . h child , Erla , born March 4th , 99 He boug t his ’ father s farm and now resides there . “ 4 ev i of w L Hess Wissler , son Levi Wissler and his ife , y was o l d o n th Fann Hess , born on the homestead the 7 F 1 o n 8 2 . day of ebruary , 5 He grew up the farm and was 0 11 1 1 881 married the 7th day of November , , to Martha I m , daughter of Solomon and Maria ( Gross an) Kreider ,

frOin Pa. on 1 8th day o f near Lititz , , who was born the

1 860 . : May , They have had the following children Elva I st 1 88 y 2 6th born January , 3 ; Hannah born Jul , 1 88 2 0 th 1 886 m 4 ; James born October , , died Nove 2 th 1 88 1 0 th 1 8 2 ber 7 , 9 ; Levi born May , 9 ; David

2 6th 1 8 . o f born March , 95 He received the portion the o l d Groff homestead 0 11 which the old house is situ ated from his father and has lived in the same house al l h as n i his life . He in his possession the origi al t tle deeds of the property from Penn down through the Groffs and

W isslers to the present time . 5 4 o f Jacob Hess Wissler , son Levi Wissler and his wife , o n 2 n d of 1 8 Fanny Hess , was born the day October , 53 ,

O l d h a . on the omestead , where h e grew to m nhood On o f 1 8 6 m R t st . the 3 day October , 7 , he was arried to Ella , of y n daughter Samuel and Elizabeth ( Reist) Ro er , ear wh o o th 1 Pa. 2 8 . y Akron , , was born November , 57 The have the following ch ildren : Alvin born October I st 1 8 1 1 8 3 , 7 7 ; Clarence born March 3th , 79 ; Samuel 1 8 1 882 born April th , ; Elizabeth born April “ h r 1 th 1 88 2 t 1 8 0 . , 4 ; Fanny Irene , born August 7 , 9 They o f Pa 0 11 . reside and work a farm north Ephrata , , adjoining 5 the farm of Jacob W . Landis . L R TH E W ISSLER FAM I Y ECORD . 79

” “ s of r Fanny Hess Wi sler , daughter Levi Wissle and was o n ol d on his wife , Fanny Hess , born the homestead da o f 1 8 6 the 1 8th y December, 5 , and was married on the i 1 8 2 to Lev R . so n o f 2 2 nd day Of December, 9 , , Levi and y P h a. w o Mary (Rupp) Forne , of Lime Rock , , was born

1 day of 1 8 . y on the 4th July , 49 The have had the follow : 2 th 1 8 and ing children a son born December 5 , 94 died “

day . a y y 1 8 . the same M r Forney , born Januar sth , 97 5 ! \V i ssl er o f L ev i Catherine Hess , daughter Wissler and y 0 11 o l d o n his wife , Fann Hess , was born the homestead th day of 1 8 was the 7 September , 59, and married on the

1 t of 1 8 8 to . . so n 2 s day April , 7 , Dr Jacob H Seiling , of an d y Henry Elizabeth ( Small ) Seiling , near Shrewsbur ,

h 1 8 1 . Pa. u y 1 t York County , , who was born Jan ar 5 , 5

Pa. . They reside at York , , where Dr Seiling practises his profession and have had the following children : Fann y “ “ 1 1 8 : a y n Wissler, born February 7th , 79 M r Cecilia , bor “ 8th 1 881 a y 1 0 th December , ; Elizabeth M r , born May ,

1 88 1 8th 1 88 . 4, died October , 7 4 5 s Mary Hess issler , daughter of Levi Wis ler and his a7 th 1 86 2 o n ol d wife Fanny Hess , was born March , , the 0 11 1 homestead , and was married the 4th day of Septem 1 8 o f n ber , 99, to Robert Jones Strong , Cumberla d County ,

Pa. o n th day of 1 8 . , who was born the 4 March , 54 They on a of reside a farm at Ced r Run , about a mile southeast

Pa. one z Shiremanstown , , and have child , Mary Eli abeth “

1 6 1 0 1 . Wissler Strong , born August , 9 5 4 W so n of Samuel Hess issler , Levi Wissler and his w o n 1 ife , Fanny Hess , was born the 7th day of April , 1 86 0 11 w fo r 4 , the old homestead . He orked for a time 5 John B . Wissler and is no w cashier of Lincoln National h e th day . was o n t 2 Bank , at Lincoln , Pa He married 7

1 88 to A . y . of August , 9, Sarah , daughter of Henr B and

y . ff . Mar G (Swarr) Stau er , from near Petersburg, Pa She h 1 2 t 86 . was born January 7 , 3 i 1 81 — 1 4 u 1 8 W ssl e r 3 an . 7 8 1 Levi fl J , J ly,

30 . 1 845 m Dec , n n 7 t 1827— 23 1895 F y , F a Hess Sep , eb l A n na Hess W i ssl e rfi Barbara Hess W

20 . 1 846 26 un 1 848 b Dec , b J e , m 1 3 Nov 1 870 m 19 Nov 1 868 u ! . n . u M M . u k Sam el P immerma Joseph R B cher aria H Br ba er E mma . Nolt 1 c 1 42 2 Ma 3 O t . 8 6 . 1 848 8 Ma 1 2 Nov 1 8 1 0 u 1847 y 850 2 . 8 0 J b b y, b pe , Joh n Nolt6

1 . 1888 b Feb ,

E rla 7 1 4 M 1899 b arch , l l » 5 Christ 1 an Hf Fa nny H.

29 Au 1855 18 . 1856 b g. , b Sept , 22 92 2 . 1 855 18 d Sept , m Dec v n L e i R . For ey

Mary6 M 6 A l v m 6 E . , R . 5 an 1897 lva b J . ,

1 an . 1 883 31 O ct . 1 877 b J , b , nn K 6 C n Ha ah . lare ce 26 u 1 884 1 3 M 1879 b J ly, b arch , 6 6 u Y . ames K . Sam el 2 t 886 27 9 1 8 1 2 0 O c . . 1 88 88 , Nov b April , z “ Levi K fi E li abeth R . 1 0 Ma 1 892 1 1 1 884 b y , b April , K 6 n n I re ne fi David . Fa y 27 u u 1 890 b A g st .

M ’ ary H . 7 t 1 859 27 M 1 862 b Sep , b arch , 21 1878 22 1898 m April , m Dec

. il i n n . H D r Jacob S e g Robert J . Stro g 1 5 an . 1851 b J , " M E . ary . W 6 F aun W . 1 6 Au . 1 901 b g , b 1 7 Fe 1 879 Mary Ce ci l i ati 8 1 881 b Dec . , O E li z abeth M. 1 0 Ma 1 884 b y, 1 8 O c t 1 887 d . , A n n a Hess Wissler “ 2 LNG 0 . b Dec , m 13 Nov 1870 u ! m n Sam el P . immer a

31 Oct . 1 842 b ,

n W 6 h W 6 C n . Mi n ie fi E lam Owen J . ristia 8 1 3 an . 1 875 18 A 1882 30 un 1 81 1 6 1887 b J , p . , J e , Dec 1 22 . 898 m Dec , Ch arl es S Stro n g

I J 6 6 6 W 6 nn i W . W n . A a W Lev Joseph . He ry 7 u 1 870 872 83 1 23 . 1 2 1 875 1 3 . 1 8 b J l y . b Nov , b Dec. , b Oct , 1 0 20 . “691 4 . 90 m Sept . m Dec , Mon roe Widder E lle n E . Hostetter

15 . 1869 28 1879 b Sept , b Nov Norma n 1 2 Nov 1 901 W i ssl e r I Sem .

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from his father and bought out the interest of his brother Levi in the business carried on by John and Levi ’ at Eagle Tannery o n lot 6 2 in the German Company s n Tract in the Township of Waterloo . The business co of sisted a tannery , shoe shop , saddler shop , general store and farm . Levi returned to Pennsylvania and received 1 1 a the old homestead from his father . In 84 J ne Robert of o f a e son , a Scotch lassie fourteen years g came to Eagle ’ Tannery to nurse John Wissler s children , and being clever and pretty with fair hair and rosy cheeks she at once became a great favorite with John Wissler and his wife . u Jane Robertson , da ghter of John Robertson and his wife 1 th o f 1 82 6 Janet Harvey , was born on the 5 day October , , ar i e of at L g , in the parish Insch , in Aberdeenshire , Scot

d . 1 8 0 lan , where her parents were farmers About 3 her father died of smallpox leaving her mother and three : 1 82 children , namely Alexander , born 4, died recently in 1 82 8 Howick Township , Ontario ; Jane ; and John , born ,

n o w . a farmer residing at Kelvin , near Brantford , Ontario After her father ’ s death her mother sold the personal pro t perty and gave up the farm , retaining only a crof . In the spring of 1 837 her mother married James Sim s and they o n fo r all sailed from Aberdeen the ship Hercules !uebec , a of where they arrived after a voy ge eight weeks . They

u . proceeded by boat at once p the St Lawrence , through an d th ev the canals across Lake Ontario to Toronto , where remained fo r a time while her mother went up the country to see her sister in the Township of Nichol . On her ’ mother s return they sailed to Hamilton , and thence in waggons and on foot they travelled through the bush to l o t 1 2 in the 1 6th concession of the Township of Nichol in o f U a d the County Wellington , pper C na a , where her aunt ,

Mrs . Arthur Walker, resided , and there spent their first n 1 winter in Canada . In the spri g of 838 they moved to e h y Galt , where they resid d that summer , and in the fall t e e moved to W llesley Township in Waterloo County , near

Hawk esv i l l e . , where Mr Sims took up a farm , the east

2 1 . a half of lot , concession 3 J ne lived partly at home , partly in Nichol with Mrs . Walker and partly at Fergus ’

w . . . ith Rev Mr Gardiner, minister of St Andrew s Church . who had been appointed her guardian by the court in W THE ISSLER FAM I LY RECORD . 87

1 8 1 to Scotland , until 4 , when she went Eagle Tannery to ’ . 6th of nurse John Wissler s children On the day August , 4

1 8 . 43, she was married to Sem Wissler by the Rev F . W .

Benderman , a Lutheran minister . After their marriage they continued to reside with his brother John at Eagle 1 8 Tannery until June 45 , and during this time their eldest W i ssl er o n th son , John Robertson f was born the o day of

1 8 . September , 44 As tan bark was becoming scarce in the neighborhood of Eagle Tannery the firm began to look for a a suitable place in which to st rt a new tannery , and finally 4 2 8th o f 1 8 on the day October, 44, Sem Wissler purchased from Jasper Tough Gilkison lot 1 6 and the south -westerly part of l o t 1 7 in the 1 1 th concession of the Township of 1 Nichol , containing 59 acres , on the Irvine River, about 1 6 r miles up the river f om Eagle Tannery , and about three -quarters of a mile from the j unction of the Irvine with the Grand River . Immediately afterwards he ex changed the northeast half o f said lot 1 6 with John Keith of l o t 1 for the southwest half 5 i n the same concession , there being good water privileges on that portion of lot 1 5 . o Barkwel l He hired James Longman and R bert , whose descendants still reside in the adj oining Township of Peel , o f to clear part the land , then a dense and unbroken forest , and to erect a log shan ty with a bark roof for himself and 1 8 his family to live in . In 45 his sister Mary and her husband Levi Erb , with their children , arrived at Eagle

Tannery from Pennsylvania , and Levi Erb was at once 4 taken into the firm . Sem Wissler with his wife and child o f th o f moved to the Township Nichol on the o day June , D 1 A . . 8 45 , and took up his residence in the shanty pre pared for them and called his place Salem . It was bush nearly all the way up . When they got nearly there his wife and maid servant ran ahead of the waggons to see their e l o future home , and wh n they saw it they sat down on a g r and cried . The e was only a small clearing in the swamp n with three little log shanties in the centre of it . Duri g w the first season he built the dam , sa mill , flume and part y o f the tannery . The lived the first sixteen months in the shanty which was made of logs with a hemlock bark roof . In the main house there were three rooms on the ground

floor and a loft above where the men slept . One addition 88 TH E W ISSLER FAM I LY R ECORD .

was the shoe shop and another the co w stable . The shanty was situated on the same site as he afterwards built his stone residence . Their cellar was a cave in the rocks t he a forming b nks of the Irvine . This was a period of a great activity , cle ring the forest and building . He em w - ployed a large number of men , of whom about t enty four o ne boarded and lodged in the shanty , his wife and maid servant doing all the baking , cooking and housework . In 1 8 6 b b 0 4 the tannery , which was a uilding a out 4 feet by 1 2 0 o f feet , with basement stone and upper story and attic

o f . frame , was completed Part was finished for a dwelling house , part as a store , part a shoe shop and the rest the tannery and currying shop proper . Durin g the summer of this year he received a visit at Salem from his brother 1 Ezra and his wife . In the autumn of 846 they left the log shanty and took up their residence in the portion of the tannery building wh ich had been fitted up as a dwell f ing house and here they resided until the spring o 1 85 7 . 1 5 t 1 8 6 of O n the 3 day of December , 4 , he took the oath a y llegiance to Her Majest , !ueen Victoria , and became a

. 1 8 British subject In September, 4 7 , he took his wife and l d m o Pa. child for a visit to his ho e in Lancaster County , , so that his wife and relatives might become acquainted .

At that time there were few railroads . They drove from h Salem to Hamilton , thence by boat to Lewiston , t ence to

Lockport , thence via Erie Canal and H udson River to New a York , thence by boat to Philadelphi , thence by rail to

Lancaster City and thence drove to the old homestead . She still often speaks of the great pleasure she had o n this a was 1 trip . Their son Ezr born on the 5th day of May , 1 848 their d aughter Mary An n a on the 2 7th day of 1 8 1 2 th April , 5 , and their daughter Elizabeth on the 5 day o f 1 8 October , 53, during the period of their residence in the tannery . There was a great trade done at Salem .

There being no railways , all the trade of the upper country h passed through Salem . The tannery and t e sawmill were carried on at their utmost capacity . He did a large busi ness in a general store and employed about fifteen or twenty shoemakers constantly . Everything was booming .

Such , however , was his power of dividing the labor and m anaging the business that the whole was run like one TH E W ISSLER FAM I LY RECORD . 89

great , smooth , oiled machine , while he coolly and quietly ff I n 1 and with little apparent e ort managed it all . 848 1 8 n o t and 49, although a resident , he was elected a mem ber o f the District Council of the adj oining Township of 1 Peel . In 853 the firm decided to build a grist mill at

Salem and that it should belong to Levi Erb . He had th e to foundation built when Mr . Erb came Salem and took A 1 . u 8 further charge of it In gust , 53, he conveyed to ' Levi Erb the south westerly thirt y - seven acres O f l o t 1 6 i n of the I rith concession Nichol , on part of which the mill

l t . 1 8 a n o w was bu In 53 he built his b nk barn , owned by " his so n Levi Erb Wissler . The business having so i n creased i n 1 854 he built the stone store no w owned by his 5 so n z . E ra Wissler He , Levi Erb and John Keith laid out part o f their lands in village lots and in 1 856 had a pla n prepared and registered of the village of Salem . About 1 848 he added to his farm by purchasing lot 1 5 in the I st of concession of the Township of Pilkington , west the

Grand River , containing one hundred acres more or less , and had it cleared and brought under cultivation . In the b i of 1 8 6 eg nning 5 , when John Wissler, Sem Wissler and Levi Erb had finished their annual stock taking at Eagle so Tannery and found they had done well , John Wissler told the others to go home and build a comfortable resi 1 dence fo r each of them . In the summer of 856 they each accordingly built a large and comfortable stone residence . Sem built his ho use o n the northwest side o f o f G eorge Street . On account of some his children being i ll he did not move into the new house until the spring of 8 1 8 . 1 5 7 In 57 , the period mentioned in their last partner b e ship agreement having expired , the partnership existing t ween John Wissler , Sem Wissler and Levi Erb at Eagle “ Tannery under the name o f John Wissler and at “ W' ” Salem under the name of issler Erb , was dissolved and t henceforth each pursued his own course . John Wissler sold Eagle Ta nnery and moved to Columbia Furnace , a e m Virginia . Levi Erb ret ined his mill at Salem and S

Wissler retained his sawmill , tannery , store and farm at

Salem . During the partnership there existed an agree m ent fo r purchasing store goods at Eagle Tannery and Salem on ve rv favorable terms and in order to retain W I 90 TH E SSLER FA M I LY RECORD . the advantages of this agreement for the Sa lem store a nominal partnership was continued for a time between “ Sem and John Wissler under the name of S . 81 J . ” 1 8 m fo r Wissler . In 56 S e Wissler built a mill the manu facture of flour , oatmeal and pot barley a little further ’ down the Irvine River from Erb s mill . This mill is now 5 owned by his son John Robertson Wissler . Subsequent to the buildin g of his stone residence the rest of his child 5 : 2 6th ren were born , namely Levi Erb Wissler on the 5 da 1 8 8 I st y of March , 5 ; Henry Wissler, on the day of 1 860 S e m 5 1 August , , and Wissler on the 3th day of Decem

1 86 . ber, 5 After the dissolution of the partnership he continued to prosper greatly and money seemed to roll in . He was elected a Councillor of the Township of Nichol in 1 8 2 con 5 , and from that time until his death was almost t i n uo usl o n u - y in the C uncil as Cou ci llor, Dep ty Reeve or f r of Reeve . He was a Justice of the Peace o a number h o f 1 86 to . 1 8t years prior his death On the day May , 5, ’ at ab out five o clock i n the morning he was j ust getting up a a when he fell b ck on the bed and died immedi tely . H e

had been in apparently good health prior t o his death . He was buried in a vault erected in the Elora Cemetery , a

. 1 1 1 parcel of land part of lot 7, concession , Nichol , sold by him to the corporation of the village of Elora in 1 864

for a public cemetery . He left surviving his wife and seven a children . His de th was a great calamity to Salem from d which it has never recovered . He ied intestate , leaving

all his children minors , so that his estate could not be

wound up or sold , except at great expense , until the

youngest child should attain his maj ority . He was moder

ately tall , about five feet eleven inches high , weighed

2 20 . was about pounds , and had black hair He quiet , had good natured , easy going , generous and a hearty ring

ing laugh . Since his death his widow has continued to o n occupy the same house . The business was carried by

R . a h i s his eldest son , Joh n , for few years until second

son , Ezra , became of age , after which it was carried on by

them both under the name of J . 8L E . Wissler until the I st 1 88 n day of January , 7 , whe the estate was wound up ff and div ided amongst the di erent members of the fam ily . 5 ! Joh n Robertson Wissler , son of Sem Wissler and his a wife , J ne Robertson , was born at Eagle Tannery on the THE W 1 ISSLER FAM I LY RECORD . 9

th 1 8 . 9 day of September , 44 He attended the public schools , the Elora grammar school and then worked in his ’ fii ’ father s o c e . After his father s death he managed the business alone until his brother Ezra attained his maj ority , after which they carried o n the business together until the 1 1 6 o n 88 . 8 6 division of the estate in 7 In , the removal of ‘ Levi Erb to Virginia , he purchased Mr . Erb s residence at

Salem , which he still owns and occupies . In January , 1 86 of 7, he was elected a Councillor of the Township Nichol and continued to hold that office until 1 879 when he became Deputy Reeve . He was Deputy Reeve until 1 1 889 and then Reeve until 1 893. In 892 he was \Varden of the County of Wellington . He has been a Justice of the Peace fo r a great many years . At the end o f 1 892 he retired from the Council and was then appointed Clerk of the Township of Nichol which position he still holds . On 2 6th 1 86 the day of September , 7, he was married to

Harriet Biggar, of Elora , a daughter of George Biggar , a an d h is w native of the south of Scotland , ife , Fanny !uest , a native of Yorkshire , England , who was born at Galt , th of 1 8 Ontario , on the 4 day August , 47 , and died at

1 1 0 1 . Salem on the 9th day of January , 9 They had the : a 1 1 868 following children Fr nklin Robert , born July 4th , 2 th 1 8 0 Fanny Marv, born February 5 , 7 , and George Sem , 2 th 1 8 1 1 th born December 7 , 74, died unmarried April , 1 1 8 1 90 . He owns the mill built by his father in 57 and at of is Postmaster Salem . He is also a director The

Nichol Mutual Fire Insurance Company , The Wellington ’ Fire Insurance Company an d The Millers Insurance

of n . Company , and is an auditor of the County Welli gton 6 5 o f . Franklin Robert Wissler, son John R Wissler and o n 1 his wife , Harriet Biggar , was born at Salem the 4th 1 868 1 8 2 to day of July , and was married in 9 Mary

Isabella Irvine , daughter of William Irvine , by whom he 7 w n : has the follo i g children William Robert , born Feb 7 ruar 1 2 th 1 8 rd y , 93 ; Franklin Gordon , born October 3 , 7 h 1 1 8 6t 0 . 97 , and Mary Isabella , born May , 9 3 He works in the mill at Salem . 6 V f’ . i ssl er Fanny Mary Wissler , daughter of John R V and his wife , Harriet Biggar, was born at Salem on the 1 was 1 h th 8 0 . 8t 2 5 day of February , 7 She married on the 9 2 TH E W I SSLER FA M ILY RECORD .

h m d a 1 8 . T o y of September , 95, to Rev Hedley Ickers p a h d no w son , clergyman of the C urch of England in Cana a , i rn S coe . stationed at Shanty Bay , County , Ontario : 7 They h ave the following children Hedley Ken , born ’ 7 th 1 8 6 W a d h zud 1 8 8 August 9 , 9 ; John l o , born Marc , 9 ; 7 2 1 5 t 1 8 and Robert Ellerton , born November , 99, George 7 2 th 1 0 1 . Noel , born December 7 , 9 5 of Ezra Wissler, son Sem Wissler and his wife , Jane 1 o f Robertson , was born at Salem , Ontario , on the 5th day 1 8 8 May , 4 He attended the public schools , Elora gram

mar school and a commercial collebge at Poughkeepsie , ’

New of . York , where he was at the time his father s death He ran the business with his brother John and always

. th o f kept the books and the store On the 7 day July , 1 8 0 y of 7 , he was married to Fann infield , daughter John ) of and Mar Winfield , of the Township Pilkington , n n atives of Yorkshire E gland , by whom he had one child , " I st 1 8 2 . Fanny Maud Mary, born December 3 , 7 His n 8th 1 o 2 8 . wife Fanny died the day of February , 74 In 1 88 1 a April , , he was married to Jemima Agnes Bigger ,

daughter of Andrew Bigger and his wife , Jessie Thomson , o f H b y wh o ni Trafalgar Township , alton County , Ontario , “ o n e C 1 1 88 . he has hild , Jane , born March 4th , 3 He keeps

the store and Post O fli ce at Salem . He has been a mem n o w ber of the Nichol Council for the last six years , and is

of . a Reeve Nichol His elder daughter , F nny Maude Mary 6 I st a 1 0 2 Wissler , was married on the day of Janu ry , 9 , to y eck s a Stanle Richard J , native of England , who is an express messenger on the Canadian Pacific Rail way and Th e . v o ne now resides at Ottawa , Canada have child , 7 6 1 1 0 . Jean Helen , born January th , 9 3 5 o f Mary Anna Wissler , daughter Sem Wissler and his 2 th wife , Jane Robertson , was born at Salem on the 7 day 1 8 1 1 8 2 n of April , 5 , and was married in 7 to Charles He ry

Bigger, son of Andrew Bigger and his wife , Jessie Thom of an d son , Trafalgar , Halton County , Ontario , now resides 1 1 at 3 Rose Avenue , Toronto , Ontario , to which place a 1 they removed from S lem in 885. They have the follow 6 : r 2 th ing children Leila Wissler Bigger , bo n January 5 , 1 8 1 2 th 1 0 1 f 7 3, married December , 9 , to Walter Cli ford m Armstrong , manager of a branch of the Do inion Bank at

n W -5 Mrs Wiss “ He ry issler, . Henry ler .

N 5 H E RY WISSLER .

° 4 and Henry Wissler, son of Sem Wissler his wife , a I st A s Jane Robertson , was born at S lem on the day of ugu t ,

1 860 . He received his education at the Salem public h 1 8 - 8 U school , Elora hig school , 73 7 , and niversity College ,

d . n d . 1 88 . Toro to , where he gra uate B A in 2 He studied l aw andwas called to the Bar and received his Certificate of

a 1 886 . I st 1 Fitness i n Febru ry , O n the day of March , 886 , of h e began the practice his profession at Elora , O ntario, and h as continued there ever si nce . O n the 4th day of 1 8 0 a to a a a June , 9 , he was m rried Barb r M cdonald Foote , l a i daughter of , David Foote , of E ora , a n t ve of the parish K etti ns of , Forfarshire , Scotland , and first Reeve of Elora , a nd a a d his wife , Barb ra Smart , a Canadi n of Scotch escent .

They have no children . ° S em “ Sem Wissler, son of Wissler and his wife , Jane R 1 obertson , was born at Salem on the 3th day of Decem

1 86 . ber, 5 After leaving school he was for a number of ’ and th years a clerk in the Merchants Bank of Canada , e N Bank of British orth America , and subsequently in a l ith ographing business in Toronto . At prese nt he resides h r a a wit his mothe at S lem and is unm rried . He i s a Fire a nd Life Insurance Agent . Sem Wissler“ 1 81 9 m o b e rtso n

I “ G Fan ny Mary George Seem Jem im a A gl l f 9 5 870 2 1 87 4 u 1 86 2 . . 1 7 . 4 b 1 J ly , b Feb b Dec , Bigger M V T m n 1 1 1 901 111 . ( 1 . ary Isabella m Rev H . ho pso Apr , ‘ Fa ri n Ma ude Mary0 J an e“ 2 b 1 M r 1 8 g1 . 187 3 a 8 b Dec , . , W -i l lii am ? 111 n e ok s Robert Sta ley R , J

Fra-nk l i n G ordo n T Jean Hel eu ’ 1 6 an 1 903 b J . ,

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