Person:Edward Shissler (2)

1860 census-Edward Shissler; 13; PA [living with his uncle, Edward Shissler, (1824-1901)]

1870 census-PA-Schuylkill-Port Carbon-PO Minersville-pg 4 line 40-pg 5 line 1-11 Aug 1870-dwelling/family 27-Catharine Shissler; 58; real estate $300; personal estate $100; Edward; 22; shoemaker; all b PA

1900 census-PA-Schuylkill-Minersville-21 Jun 1900-ED 126-sheet 10A-lines 1-2-Westwood Street-dwelling 187-family 184-Edward Shissler; Apr 1848; 52; m 13 yrs; shoe maker; rents; house; Clara K; Jul 1860; 39; m 13 yrs; mother of 0/0; all b PA

1916 Book-Schuylkill County Pennsylvania Vol II pg 866-Chicago, IL:JH Beers & Co., 1916-EDWARD LANDES SHISSLER, late of Minersville, was one of the substantial citizens of that borough, and his widow is one of its most respected residents. That place has been her lifelong home, and by her family and social connections she has gained a wide circle of acquaintances, to whom she has endeared herself in years of friendly association.

Mr. Shissler was born at Minersville, son of William C. Shissler, who lived principally at Pottsville, this county. The father was a carpenter by trade and was engaged in newspaper work for some years. He met his death while serving in the Union army, at the second battle of Bull Run. By his marriage to Catherine Mosser he had two children, Edward L. and Mary Frances; the daughter taught school a number of years ago at Port Carbon, and died March 24, 1915, at Vineland, New Jersey.

Edward L. Shissler received his early education at Minersville and followed the shoemaker's trade there. In 1863 he enlisted in Company F, 48th Pennsylvania Regiment, and served in the Union army to the close of the war.

On June 17, 1864, he was wounded in the leg, at the battle of Petersburg.

After the war Mr. Shissler again took up his residence at Minersville, where he followed his trade until his death, July 5, 1904. He is buried in the Union cemetery at Minersville. Mrs. Shissler, whose maiden name was Clara Kauffman Braucher, continues to reside at Minersville. She is a daughter of John and Cecilia Heisler (Kauffman) Braucher, who had a family of three children, namely : Mary Jane [Jennie], Samuel and Clara K [Carrie], all deceased but Mrs. Shissler. She was reared by her maternal grandfather, Samuel Kauffman.

Mr. Braucher was an extensive farmer and drover, and lived and died in Union county, Pa; he is buried at Hartleton, that county. His widow subsequently married Edward Shissler [1824-1901], of Minersville. and by him she also had three children, William K. and Emily Cecilia and George Lynn, twins, the last named deceased.

The Kauffmans have been in America since 1680, in which year two brothers, Jonas and Christian Kauffman, natives of Wurtemberg, Germany, emigrated to this country. They settled in Lancaster county. PA, among its early residents ; some of their descendants located in the Lykens valley, in what is now Schuylkill county, in the days when the Indians were still in possession. The savages molested them frequently and drove them from their homes a number of times, but they left their families for safety at Pine Grove and returned to their holdings courageously. Samuel Kauffman, the great-grandfather of Mrs. Shissler, was born in the Lykens valley, Schuylkill county, and lived and died in what is now known as Hubley township, this county. Though he passed away at a comparatively early age he had acquired the ownership of a large and valuable farm, having followed farming all his life. He was a Whig in politics, in religion a devout Lutheran. A family of eight children, six sons and two daughters, was born to him and his wife, whose maiden name was Klueger or Klinger : Jacob, who married Lydia Drehr, was a merchant in the Lykens valley ; Henry and Samuel were next in the family ; Emanuel, who was engaged as a merchant for some time and subsequently went West, served in the Civil war, and received promotion to the rank of captain before his death, which was caused by typhoid fever; Jonas died in 1859 at Llewellyn, PA; John, a farmer, is deceased, as are all of his brothers; Mary married a Mr. Baker, of Trevorton, Northumberland Co., Pa. ; Sarah is also deceased.

Samuel Kauffman, son of Samuel, was one of the foremost men in Schuylkill county in his day. As a business man he was widely acquainted through his long connection as cashier with the First National Bank of Minersville, and he was also a civil engineer of note, in that capacity laying out most of the town of Minersville. He also served one term as county commissioner, and represented this district in the lower branch of the State Assembly. His death occurred at Minersville, when he was seventy-six years old. Mr. Kauffman married Maria Heisler, a daughter of George Heisler, and they became the parents of five children: Cecilia H., now deceased, mother of Mrs. Clara Kauffman (Braucher) Shissler; Dr. Jonas H, a prominent resident of Minersville: Luther S., a successful attorney of Philadelphia; George, who died in infancy; and Samuel, deceased.