Genesee County MI Archives Biographies.....Dysinger, Jesse H. 1840 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/mi/mifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher sdgenweb@yahoo.com December 7, 2007, 1:49 am Author: Chapman Bros. (1892) JESSE H. DYSINGER is a farmer on section 27, Flushing Township, Genesee County, where he has a tract comprising one hundred and seven acres of fine land. He came to the Wolverine State in 1883 and settled on the place where he now lives. He was born in Royalton Township, Niagara County, N. Y., February 1, 1840, and is a son of John D. and Margaret (Robinson) Dysinger, natives of Pennsylvania. The father was a farmer and removed to Niagara County, where he pursued his calling. He came West with his son and died in 1885; the mother still survives and makes her home with her son, our subject, who is the only child born to his parents. Our subject's grandparents on the paternal side were David and Catherine (Ernest) Dysinger, natives of Pennsylvania. The father was in his younger days a distiller and they removed to Niagara County where he died in 1852. The wife survived until February 10, 1871. David was a soldier in the War of 1812. He was born August 3, 1791. His father and our subject's great-grandfather was Nicholas Dysinger, a native of Holland. He with his wife, Eve, settled in Pennsylvania near Harrisburg. Our subject's mother, Margaret Robinson, is a daughter of Joseph and Margaret (Carson) Robinson, natives of Pennsylvania. Her father was a weaver hy trade, and she has in her possession some fine towels, the linen thread for which she spun and the father wove. They are still as strong, apparently, as when new and good for another generation. She is now eighty-seven years old and has all her faculties and is a bright and interesting woman. The original of this sketch was educated in Gasport Academy and in the Lockport Union schools. He was engaged as a farmer until twenty-one years old, then spent two years on a railroad in Pennsylvania, and then went into the threshing and clover huller business, running these machines for twenty-one years in succession. Mr. Dysinger was married February 15, 1866, to Miss Mary Long, of Clarence, Erie County, N. Y. She was a daughter of William and Isabel (Calvin) Long, natives of Pennsylvania. Her father was a native of Ireland and came to this country when young. Our subject has a family of four children —Elmer, Belle, Seymour and Mattie. Like his father, Mr. Dysinger is a Democrat. He is a member of the Farmers' Alliance and is Vice-President of the association here. Socially he is a Mason and belongs to the Ancient Order of United Workmen. He is one of the prominent men of the township. Additional Comments: Extracted from: Portrait and Biographical Record of Genesee, Lapeer and Tuscola Counties, Michigan, Containing Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative Citizens, Together with Biographies of all the Governors of the State, and of the Presidents of the United States Chicago: Chapman Bros. 1892 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/genesee/bios/dysinger911gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/mifiles/ File size: 3.4 Kb