Person:Peter Wiessler (3)

Watchers
Peter Wiessler
m. Abt 1769
  1. Thomas Wiessler1770 -
  2. Elizabeth Wiessler1771 -
  3. Jacob Wiessler, 11773 - Bef 1776
  4. Henry Wiessler1775 -
  5. Jacob Wiessler, 21776 -
  6. Abraham Wiessler1779 -
  7. Christian Wiessler1779 -
  8. Catherine Wiessler1780 -
  9. Daniel Wiessler1781 -
  10. Rudolph Wiessler1784 -
  11. Peter Wiessler1786 - 1876
  12. Joseph Wiessler1787 -
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
Facts and Events
Name Peter Wiessler
Alt Name Peter Wissler
Gender Male
Birth[2] 2 Mar 1786 Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States
Marriage Apr 1810 Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United StatesFirst Reformed Church
to Fronica Martin
Immigration[2] 10 Sep 1822 Wayne, Indiana, United StatesTo Wayne County, Indiana with brother Rudolf and families, settling on land known in 1912 as the Gen. Meredith farm, near Cambridge City.
Residence[2] Abt 1840 Greens Fork, Wayne, Indiana, United States"Old Wissler Homestead" on east bank of Greensfork, 3 1/2 mi. s of National Road
Census? 1850 Washington, Wayne, Indiana, United States
Census? 1860 Wayne, Indiana, United States
Death? 14 Jan 1876 Wayne, Indiana, United Statesage 90 -
Burial[1] Franklin Cemetery, Milton, Wayne, Indiana, United States
Religion? Mennonite

Research Notes

  • Peter is credited with changing the family name from Weissler to Wissler.
References
  1. 77625659, in Find A Grave
    includes headstone photo , last accessed May 2025.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 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)
    2:237-242.

    ... Jacob Wiessler, son of Ulric Wiessler, in the line of direct descent to our subject, was married to Catherine Krubenstein, and to them were born eleven children:

    ... Peter, March 2, 1786; ...

    Peter Wissler, the grandfather of Benjamin F., is credited with changing the spelling of the family name. He was married to Fronica (Fanny) Martin, daughter of Jacob and Magdalena Martin, of Frederick county, Maryland. This couple early united with the Mennonites, a religious sect from Holland which found refuge with the Friends under William Penn, in 1683. They followed strictly the simple life of that faith until death. Peter Wiessler, for that is the way the name was spelled down to the Nineteenth century, eschewed politics and worldly affairs. He never sued, nor was ever sued, at law. This estimable couple instilled into the minds of their children the principles of righteous living as measured by the Golden Rule.

    Peter Wissler lived in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, until Sept. 10, 1822, when he and his brother Rudolph, with their families, removed to Wayne county, Indiana. He first located on what is now known as the General Meredith farm, near Cambridge City, and lived in a log cabin a few rods south of where the present residence stands. A few years later he moved to the Murray farm, about a mile east of the Meredith place. Later he purchased what is now known as the "Old Wissler Homestead," on the east bank of Green's fork, three and a half miles south of the National Road.

    Peter Wissler died Jan. 14, 1876, aged ninety years ...