Person:Peter Whisler (2)

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Peter M Wissler
b.6 Feb 1827 Jackson (township), Wayne, Indiana, United States
d.7 Dec 1909 Washington, Wayne, Indiana, United States
Parents and Siblings
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m. Apr 1810
  1. John WisslerAbt 1812 - 1822
  2. Jacob M Wissler1813 - 1898
  3. Peter WisslerAbt 1814 - 1822
  4. David Wissler1815 - 1898
  5. Rudolph Wissler1817 - 1896
  6. Esther Wissler1819 - Bef 1912
  7. Leah Wissler1821 - Bef 1912
  8. John Martin Whisler1823 - 1909
  9. Martha Wissler1824 - 1911
  10. Peter M Wissler1827 - 1909
  11. Elizabeth Wissler1828 - Aft 1912
  12. Catherine Wissler1831 - 1906
Spouse and Children
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m. Apr 1860
  1. Willard Crawford Wissler1861 - Aft 1912
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Facts and Events
Name Peter M Wissler
Alt Name Peter M. Wiessler
Gender Male
Birth[1] 6 Feb 1827 Jackson (township), Wayne, Indiana, United States
Marriage Apr 1860 Wayne, Indiana, United Statesto Margaret Jane Crawford
Death[1] 7 Dec 1909 Washington, Wayne, Indiana, United Stateson "Old Wissler Homestead"
Burial? Franklin Cemetery, Milton, Wayne, Indiana, United States
References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Family Recorded, in Fox, Henry Clay. Memoirs of Wayne County and the city of Richmond, Indiana: from the earliest historical times down to the present, including a genealogical and biographical record of representative families in Wayne County. (Madison, Wisconsin: Western Historical Association, 1912).

    Vol 2, p 238 -

    Vol 2, p 242 -
    ... The father was born in Jackson township, Wayne county, Feb. 6, 1827, and the mother in Center township, Dec. 8, 1831. Our subject's grandfather, Peter Wissler, was born in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania. He engaged in agricultural pursuits and was among the early settlers of this county, coming here in October, 1814, and about 1820 purchasing the homestead in Washington township. Our subject's father [Peter M. Wissler] was educated in the schools of Washington township and worked on his father's farm for a time. Later he purchased the old homestead, which consisted of 100 acres, and retired several years before his death, which occurred Dec. 7, 1909. Coming here when the Wisslers did, it was necessary that a household be self-supporting and self-supplying, all materials for food and clothing being necessarily made at home. The parents of our subject were married in April, 1860, and the mother died Aug. 21, 1863, having become the mother of a son, Willard C., who is the subject of this review. ...

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