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Mr. Tressler has been a lifelong Democrat and He tauglit nine terms in all, six in subscription quite active in the work of the organization, hav- ing served two years as member of the executive committee of the county and as delegate to three
schools and the last three under the free school system. For two years he was at Mandata. In the meantime, in the spring of 1857, he settled with State conventions-at Williamsport, Harrisburg
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and Altoona. He has been mentioned for county office on several oceasions. For many years he has been a member of the Evangelical Lutheran Church, belonging to the Brick Church at Maha- noy, which he has served as trustee for over a quar- ter of a ecntury.
On Dec. 25, 1857, Mr. Tressler married Leah Bordner, daughter of Jonathan and Leah ( Kiehl) Bordner, of Lower Mahanoy township, and to them were born eight children, four sons and four daugh- ters: Hannah M., who lives at home; Adam B., late of Mahanoy, Pa., who died Oet. 6, 1908, leav- ing his wife, Millie, and two children, C. C. (now professor at the Trevorton high school) and Gert- rude, who is also teaching school in the township; Henry A., a plasterer ; Jacob F., a plasterer ; Al- varetta, Mrs. John Kressinger ; J. C., mentioned below ; Leah S., Mrs. Samuel Diehl, of Mahanoy ; and Emma J., Mrs. M. P. Bower, of Loyalton, Dauphin Co., Pennsylvania.
J. C. TRESSLER, son of Squire John Tressler, was born July 15, 1873, in Washington township, and was there reared to farm life. He attended the public schools of the township and later the Keystone State Normal, at Kutztown, in 1893, re- ceiving his license to. teaeh from Prof. Ira Ship- man in 1895. When a mere boy he had learned the trade of plasterer, working at same with his father and brothers during the summer months for a number of years, and he eontinued to do plaster- ing in the season and to teach school during the winter for some years, teaching seven consecutive terms of school in Washington township. On March 19, 1906, he became tax clerk in the county commissioners' office, and was thus engaged until March 1, 1909, when he was appointed deputy prothonotary of the county by I. T. C. Dissinger. He gives all his time to the duties of this office, in which he is giving great satisfaction. Like his father, Mr. Tressler is an enthusiastie worker in the Democratie party, in whose loeal councils he is quite influential. In 1904 he was elected justice of the peace of Jordan township, but never took his commission. He is very well and favorably known all over this section.
On Aug. 29, 1896, Mr. Tressler married Agnes L. Geise, daughter of Daniel and Froenc ( Trout- man) Geise, the former a prominent farmer near Urban, in Jordan township. Two children have been born to this union, William J. B. and Edna Rachel. Mr. Tressler and his family worship at the Mahanoy Lutheran Church, and he has been quite active in the life of that congregation, hav- ing served as superintendent of the Sunday school.
burg Academy. In 1861 he became clerk for Wil- liam Wiest, who then conducted his general store in the old building at Mahanoy, and in 1869 he became a partner of Mr. Wiest under the firm name of Wiest & Tressler. Some years later the firin became I. B. Tressler & Co., and the store is now operated by Tressler, Schlegel & Co., who carry a full line of general merehandise. In 1874 the erection of the large brick store building, three stories high and 50 by 42 feet in dimensions, was begun, and the business has been established there- in since Sept. 1, 1875. Mr. Tressler and Mr. Wiest ereeted the storehouse, warehouse, barns, cte., at Mahanoy. Mr. Tressler has prospered in all his undertakings, has been a director of the First Na- tional Bank of Herndon since 1905, and is re- garded as one of the most substantial business men of Jackson township. He owns a farm of 140 acres in that township, a farm of ninety-five acres in Washington township and a farm of 138 aeres near Gratz, in the Lykens valley. He is financially interested in the Aluminum Paint & Filler Com- pany, whose plant is located at Dalmatia, this county. Mr. Tressler served many years as as- sistant postmaster at Mahanoy before he became postmaster, having been identified with the office since 1861. On Mareh 4th of that year he was ap- pointed assistant postmaster by William Wiest, postmaster, at Mahanoy, and remained in that of- fice until 1881, when he was appointed postmas- ter to succeed Mr. Wiest. He held the office until he resigned, in 1907, in which year Adam B. Tressler (son of John), who had been his assistant for a number of years, was appointed. The latter served until his death, Oct. 6, 1908, when Isaae B. Tress- ler was again appointed, and he is still serving, his son, Lloyd J. Tressler, acting as his assistant. He is a Democrat in politics and a Lutheran in re- ligion, holding membership in St. Peter's Church at Mahanoy, which he has served as deacon and treasurer for a number of years.
On Sept. 10, 1871, Mr. Tressler married Wil- helmina Bower, daughter of the late Jacob Bower, and they had a family of four children, three of whom are. deceased. The survivor, Lloyd J. Tress- ler, resides at Herndon, this county. In 1889 Mr. Tressler built the comfortable residenee at Maha- noy which he has sinee occupied.
Peter Dressler, son of John Jacob and Susanna (Homan) Dressler, was born in Upper Mahan- tango township, Schuylkill county, near Rough and Ready, and remained on his father's homestead in Upper Mahantango township, working as a farm- er all his life. He had a property of 190 acres, some of which has been sold since his day. That he was a public-spirited eitizen, and interested in the progress of his times, is shown by the fact that kill county. Like all the members of his family,
ISAAC B. TRESSLER, a prominent eitizen of low- er Northumberland eounty, residing at Mahanoy, in Jackson township, was born April 10, 1845, where he now lives. He received his early educa- he served as elerk of Mahantango township, Sehuyl- tion in the public schools and later attended Free-
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he was a Lutheran in religion, and he served his Chester. He furthered his education by taking a church as deacon, elder and trustee. He married commereial course at Susquehanna University, at Catharine Maurer, daughter of Andrew Maurer, Selinsgrove, Pa., from which he was graduated in and to them were born eleven children, viz .: Maria June, 1904. When nineteen years of age Mr. Magdalena (Polly), Jacob, Josiah, Cornelius M., Anna, Harriet, Joseph, and four that died young.
CORNELIUS M. TRESSLER, son of Peter, was born May 24, 1846, at Rough and Ready, in Schuylkill county, and was reared to farming there, working for his parents until he attained his majority. He was then variously employed for some years, in different States, working on a farm in Kent county,
Tressler was licensed to teach public school in Northumberland county, being examined by Prof. Benjamin Apple, then county superintendent, and he has taught eleven terms, all in his native town- ship, but at different schoolhouses. His first ex- perience was at the Susquehanna school, where he was engaged for one term. The next term he was at Vera Cruz, the third term at the Susquehanna
Del., as a street car driver in Philadelphia, for the school again, the next two at Vera Cruz, the next Philadelphia & Reading Railway Company in three at Stone Valley and the next three. at Hast- Reading, and for five years as clerk at a hotel in ings. He was very successful .as an educator, and Shamokin, Northumberland county. After his in that capacity is very well and favorably known in this distriet. In the spring of 1906 Mr. Tressler was elected tax collector of Lower Mahanoy town- ship, and was reelected to succeed himself in 1909. He is a Democrat, and well known in the party councils. Since 1907 he has made his home at Dalmatia, where he purchased his house and lot the year after settling there. He is an upright and able young man, and has an enviable standing in his community. marriage he lived at Mahanoy, this county, for one year, until he purchased and settled upon his pres- ent farm, which consists of seventy-two acres of excellent land in Lower Mahanoy township, near Mahantango creek. It was formerly the Frederick Heckert homestead. and the old granary bore the date 1740, which may have been the date when the first settlement was made on the tract. Mr. Tress. ler built his residence on the property in 1892, and rebuilt the barn in 1909. In addition to this place On Dec. 12, 1903, Mr. Tressler married E. Min- nie Rothermel, daughter of William and Mary (Zerbe) Rothermel, and they have had one son, Allen Cornell. The family are members of St. Luke's Church at Vera Cruz, belonging to the Lutheran congregation, which Mr. Tressler has served in the office of deaeon. he owns four acres of mountain woodland and two limestone lots. He has been an intelligent and progressive worker, and deserves the prosperity which has rewarded his efforts. For three years he served as school director of his township, and though not an aspirant for public honors is will- ing to do his part to help the advancement of his community, especially in the cause of public edu- cation. and other movements ealculated to benefit the masses. He is a large man physically, stand- ing five feet, nine inches, and weighing ?69 pounds.
JAMES KOHL, a retired farmer of Point town- ship, Northumberland county, is a large land own- er and one of the substantial citizens of that region, where he has resided for almost forty years. He is a son of John Kohl and grandson of Philip Kohl, the pioneer of the family in Northumber- land county.
Philip Kohl was born in Montgomery county, Pa., and moved to this county about 1840, at which time he was a widower. Locating in Lower Maha- noy township, about one and a half miles from Dalniatia, he there passed the remainder of his life, dying in 1844. He is buried at the Stone Valley Church (Zion's), while his wife is buried in Montgomery county. They had two sons and one daughter: Daniel, a farmer and eooper, who did not settle in Northumberland county, living in Montgomery county (he had ehildren John and Leah) ; John ; and Polly, Mrs. Zeiler, who lived in Montgomery county.
RAY E. TRESSLER, of Lower Mahanoy township, living at Dalmatia (Georgetown), was born at Mahanoy (now Red Cross), Jackson township, Dec. 13, 1879. He was reared at the home plaee in Lower Mahanoy township, and attended the local John Kohl, son of Philip, was born in 1787 in Montgomery county, Pa., and came to Northum- berland county in 1840 with his aged father, who made his home with him thereafter. He settled in Lower Mahanoy township. about one and a half public schools, at Vera Cruz ( Malta), meanwhile assisting his father with the farm work. Later he attended a summer normal school at Dalmatia for one session, and he also attended one session of a summer normal school at Herndon, after which he miles from Dalmatia, and had a farm of 108 acres. took a course in the State Normal School at West
which he cultivated, also following his trade of
On Christmas Day, 1878, Mr. Tressler married Louisa Ferster, daughter of Isaac and Catharine (Gonser) Ferster, and they have had a large fam- ily, namely: Ray E., Catharine (who died aged sixteen years), Sallie ( married to Charles Wiest) , Peter (a student at the West Chester Normal School, married to Sadie Kerstetter), Carrie E., Clarence, Isaac, Jennie, Bertha and Lee. Mr. Tressler and his family are Lutherans and worship at the Vera Cruz ( Malta) Church, which Mr. Tressler has served as deaeon. He is a Democrat in political faith.
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cooper. His wife, Catharine (Rhoads), came from the same section of the State as he did, and of their six children five were born in Montgom- ery county and the youngest on the farm in Low- er Mahanoy above mentioned. Mr. Kohl was a Lutheran member of Zion's Stone Valley Church, where he and his wife are buried. Their children were: Betzy. (Mrs. Benjamin Trego), Hettie (Mrs. Philip Heckert), James, Daniel, Henry and John.
WILLIAM DREIBELBIS, who is engaged in farming along the Susquehanna river, near Dal- matia, Northumberland county, was born May 5, 1847, son of Abraham Dreibelbies and grandson of Isaac Dreibelbis, and is a member of a family which was established in America during the Pro- vincial days of Pennsylvania. The name is now found with both spellings, Dreibelbies and Dreibel- bis.
The early home of this family was in southeast-
James Kohl was born Dec. 6, 1831, in Frederick ern Switzerland, in the part originally a portion township, Montgomery Co., Pa., and was nine of what is now the German Empire. John Jacob Dreibelbis (Dreibelbies) came to America from
years old when he came with the family to North- umberland county, where he has since lived. He Hannesthal, Switzerland, crossing the ocean on the learned the trade of stonemason, which he followed for many years in Lower Mahanoy township, in 1872 removing to Point township. He followed farming in Point township until his retirement in 1898, and met with success in his agricultural operations, accumulating considerable property. He now owns two farins, one of 225 acres and an- other of eighty-seven acres. During his active years he devoted all his time to the cultivation of his land, and he attained his present prosperity by the most honorable methods, having a character which won him the respect of all his neighbors and friends. During the Civil war Mr. Kohl enlisted in Company B, 172d Regiment, and served ten months. .
ship "Mary" from London, and landing at Phila- delphia Oct. 26, 1732. Its passenger list showed sixty-nine male passengers over sixteen years of age, and one hundred and twenty-two women and children. It is probable that John Jacob was sin- gle. He used to say in the spring of the year, "now the Rhine is overflowing, because of the snow melting on the Alps." The exact date that he settled in Berks county is uncertain, but in 1743 he settled on the farm located about a quar- ter of a mile east of Fleetwood, now the property of Milton Shollenberger. This farm originally consisted of 157 acres, but it has since been di- . vided into two farms, one now owned by Charles
Leibelsberger. On the part owned by Mr. Shol- On Nov. 28, 1876, Mr. Kohl married Sarah Ann Bohner, daughter of Henry Bohner and widow of Amos Shipe, by whom she had two children : Lovina married Henry Dietz and they live in Point township; Maria married John S. Ballinger, and they have three children, Sarah, James and Mary. Mr. Ballinger was born in January, 1870, and is a . member of a Snyder county family. He is now engaged in farming his father-in-law's place. No children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Kohl. They are members of the Intheran Church at Sun- bury, and in politics he is a Republican. lenberger John Jacob Dreibelbis built the first set of buildings near a spring of fine water, which the Indians named "Dreibelbis Spring." This spring and the streams in that vicinity were alive with brook trout until some time before the Civil war. John Jacob Dreibelbis was a farmer and became a very extensive land owner. In 1759 he was the largest taxpayer in Richmond township, paying a federal tax of thirty pounds. On April 11, 1752, he obtained by warrant from the Prov- ince two tracts of land located in Richmond town- ship, Berks county, one being for fifty acres and HENRY KOHL, son of John, was born Feb. 15, 1838, in Montgomery county, Pa., and was two years old when the family came to Northumber- land county. He was reared in Lower Mahanoy township and continued to live there until 1872, when he came to Point township and bought 170 acres of land, half of which he has since sold to his brother Jaines. Mr. Kohl has devoted all his active years to general farming with gratifying suc- cess. In 1910 he built a large barn upon his prop- erty. the other for one hundred. On Feb. 3, 1753, he obtained a warrant for one hundred acres, and on April 12, 1753, for five hundred acres. In appearance Mr. Dreibelbis was small and of dark complexion, with black eyes and hair, indicating that he was of Jewish extraction, as were the Kelchners, Wanners, Biebers and the family of Merkles in the same vicinity. He died in 1761. He married either a Merkel or a Rothermel, prob- ably the first mentioned and daughter of Georg Merkel, and his six children, three sons and three On March 27, 1872, Mr. Kohl married Louisa Bohner, daughter of Jacob and Salome (Reitz) Bohner, of Lower Mahanoy township, and they daughters, were: Abraham: Martin : Jacob : Mary Elizabeth, who married John Wanner ; Mary Mag- dalena, who married . (second) Martin Wanner; have two children, Mary and John Henry. Mr. and Philibena, who went with her brother Martin Kohl and his family are members of the Lutheran to Schuylkill Haven, married William Koch (her Church, and he is a Republican in his political views.
three daughters married, respectively, a Huntzing- er, a Rausch and a Holler). The last will and
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testament of John Jacob Dreibelbis, made Feb. 3, tavern was at Georgetown. One night he and a 1761, and probated Feb. 21, 1761, is written in neighbor spent some time at the tavern, and on good English and is on record in Will Book 1, page 94. To each of his three sons he gave a farm, and to each of his daughters 150 pounds in lawful money. "My oldest son Abraham shall have all that tract in Richmond township, 157 acres." "My executors shall build a house for my son Martin on land given him lying on the Mesilm (Moslem) Road. The house must be 30 feet long and 24 feet wide." "My executors shall also build a house for my son Jacob, on land bequested to him near the road leading from Eastown to Read- ing." "And lastly I will and do order that my younger children shall be taught to read and the ax, and broke in the door. Afterward the ax write." The will is signed by the testator in good, legible German. The executors were Abraham Dreibelbis and "my loving and trusty friend George Merkel." John Jacob Dreibelbis was bur- ied in a private graveyard on the Shollenberger farm. He has no tombstone, but his grandson Daniel, who is also buried there, has a marble tombstone. A number of the early members of the family are buried in this neglected spot.
Abraham Dreibelbis, eldest son of John Jacob, was born about 1749 and died in December, 1803, and is buried in the same cemetery as his father. He was engaged in farming on the homestead, and at his death left a large estate. By his wife, Anna Margaret, he had six children: Daniel ob- tained the homestead : Abraham obtained the grist- mill; Peter received 300 pounds, gold and silver money ; Maria Barbara married John Haak; Isaac; and Joseph. The three last named-Maria Bar- bara, Isaac, and Joseph-were each bequeathed 900 pounds of money. -
Isaae Dreibelbis, son of Abraham, was born Aug. 3, 1778, in Richmond township, Berks Co., Pa., and was the pioncer of the family in Northumber- land county, whither he moved in 1805. He set- tled in what is now Lower Mahanoy township, in which region his descendants are now quite numer- ous. He was a farmer, and the Benjamin Philips place near Hickory 'Corners is still pointed out as the "Essack" Dreibelbis farm, his name being giv- en the German pronunciation. He was a tall man, dark complexioned (showing plainly his Jewish or- igin) and very strong. He followed tanning as well as farming, and the old tannery which he continued to carry on until shortly before his death stood between the two houses on what is now the Benjamin Philips farm ; the ruins may be seen from the road, part of the foundation yet remaining. Mr. Dreibelbis died June 29, 1853, and is buried at Zion's ( Stone Valley) Church, with which he had been identified as a member of the Reformed congregation. "Essack" Dreibelbis was quite a character, and the old residents of the vicinity still delight to relate certain anec- dotes concerning him. In his day the nearest
their way home the neighbor, in misery over the results of a too free indulgence in applejack, laid down under a tree, saving : "Mein freund Essack, ich mus storben. Ich cons nimmermeir stenden." "Essack" replied : "Ach nein, freund. Du storbst nicht. So hab ich sähr oft gafaldt in meiner zeit." . On one occasion he came home late and could not find the keyhole. His wife refusing, under the conditions, to comply with his command to "mach die dier ouf" he made the request again, and when she still refused he said: "Wen du nich ouf mocht den use ich em Essack sei schlissel," brought was often referred to jocularly as "Um Essack sei schlissel.". The wife is buried near Killinger, Pa. This pioneer couple reared a family of eight children, three sons and five daughters, as follows: Abraham is mentioned below; Isaac died in Kan- sas, where his son Joseph is in business, having a large store; Jacob, who was a saddler by trade, lived and died in Northumberland county and is buried at Dalmatia: Catharine married George Wert; Mary (or Polly), born in 1817, died in 1885, was the wife of Elias Bover (1815-1891) ; another daughter married David Hain: Harriet married Joseph Licht; Sallie, who married Joseph Shreffler, is now (1910) in her ninety-ninth year, but is well preserved (she lives with her sons-in- law, Joseph Diehl and Henry Hendricks, and has her home between Danville and Northumberland).
Abraham Dreibelbies, son of Isaac, was born May 23, 1812. He obtained the homestead and was a lifelong farmer in Lower Mahanoy town- ship, where he died on his farin Jan. 12, 1863. He had one hundred acres of land under. cultiva- tion, and one hundred acres of woodland, and was one of the prosperous and substantial citizens of his day. Like many of his family he was of dark complexion, and physically was of medium size. He was a Reformned member of the Stone Valley Church. His wife, Elizabeth (Wentzel), was a daughter of Stophel and Leah (Adam) Wentzel. She married Peter Burrel after Mr. Dreibelbies died, and lived to be eighty years, seven months, eighteen days old, dying Sept. 9, 1900. To Mr. and Mrs. Dreibelbies .were born children as follows: William; Isaac, who lives at Paxton, Pa .; Katie, Mrs. George Phillips ; Polly, Mrs. Francis Bickel ; Malinda, Mrs. Reily Messner ; Benneville, of Dalmatia, Pa .; and Sarah, Mrs. B. F. Brown.
William Dreibelbis was reared to farming, and about 1870 began that work on his own account at the place where he has since lived in Lower Mahanoy township. This tract consists of forty acres, besides which he owns a three-acre island in the Susquehanna river. Mr. Dreihelbis is a highly respected citizen of his community, where
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"his industrious and useful life is known to all. in the Lykens Valley, Pa .; and Emma, wife of He has served as supervisor of his distriet, having Joseph Bingaman, of Dalmatia. For his second been elected to that office by the Republican party, "of which he has been a faithful inember. wife Mr. Dreibelbis married Wilhelmina Portzline, of Oriental, Pa., who was born in 1840, and died in 1888. She became the inother of two children : William IL., of Stone Valley ; and Gertie, who mar- ried Calvin Strasser, of Oriental, Pennsylvania.
In 1869 Mr. Dreibelbis married Caroline Rich- enbach, daughter of Jacob and Elizabeth (Longan- ecker) Richenbach, of Snyder county, Pa., and they have had a family of twelve children, three sons and nine daughters, namely: M. Elizabeth, now the. wife of William Pardoe; Julian, wife of William Hogan : William A., who married Ida R. Heckert; Benjamin F., of Dalmatia, Pa .; Sarah R., wife of Isaac Hinkel; Myran Daisy, wife of Frank Fetter ; Edward N., who married Gertrude Bohner ; Triphena M., wife of Isaac Heintzleman ; Cardia E. ; Ella V .; Emma A .; and Cedia M. Mr. Dreibelbis and his family are members of the Re- formed Church. The burial place of this branch of the Dreibelbis family has long been at the Stone Valley (Zion's) Church in Lower Mahanoy town- · ship.
Isaac Dreibelbis, the second mentioned of the - three .sons of Isaac, the pioneer in Northumber- land county, moved out to Kansas, where he be- . came engaged in farmning. He was also a tanner, having learned the trade from his father. He married Catharine Witmer, daughter of George Witmer, and they had two sons, Joseph and Ben- jamin, the former of whom is now a business man in Kansas. Benjamin left home and has never - since been heard from.
Jacob Dreibelbis, the third son of Isaac, the pioneer in Northumberland county, was born Sept. 1, 1820. He learned the trade of saddler and became an expert in that line, following the busi- - ness at Georgetown for nineteen years, after which he farined in Lower Mahanoy township besides working at his trade. The horse collars he made were quite famous, and there was a steady de- mand for them, some of his orders coming from · a considerable distance. His farm consisted of · seventy-four aeres. He stood five feet, seven and -a half inches, and was a heavy-set man, weighing - over two hundred pounds. His death occurred Feb. 2, 1892, and he and his family are buried at Georgetown (Dalmatia), where he, like his fam- ily generally, belonged to the Reformed eongre- gation ; his wife was a Lutheran member of that church. Mr. Dreibelbis' first marriage was to "Catharine Wert, who was born March 15, 1823, daughter of Daniel Wert, of Killinger, Dauphin . county, and died April 11, 1873. They had a large family, viz. : Isaac, of Hegins, Schuylkill Co., Pa., who was a saddler by trade: Sarah, wife of Peter Walt, of Dalmatia; Frank W .; Catharine, wife of In September. 1903. Mr. Dreibelbis married Mary A. Koppenhaver, daughter of John Koppen- haver, and three children have been born to them : Mabel Grace. Helen Irene and Leah Elizabeth. He and his family are members of the Reformed John T. Wert: Jacob .W., a butcher, of Millers- burg, Pa .; Daniel, who lived below Matamoras, on the line of Danphin county, and was killed while hauling railroad ties: Mary, wife of John .S. Showers, of Oriental, Pa. ; Charles, of Killinger, congregation at St. Peter's Church, Mahanoy. In
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