Osage County, Oklahoma, Biography: George Washington Trisler Contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Tina (Trisler) Gilbert ==================================================================== Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ==================================================================== GEORGE WASHINGTON TRISLER George Washington Trisler was born July 8, 1835 to David Trisler and Lavina Rohrer. Both the Trisler and Rohrer families had immigrated to America from Germany. They and several other German families had settled in Maryland but fear that that state would become a Slave state they all went to Jessamine County Kentucky. The Germans settled on the East Fork of Jessamine Creek which is near what is now Nicholasville. David and Lavina Trisler had three children, George, Milton and Sarah. The family lived in the German settlement until George was about 5 years old. Then in 1840 David took his family to Monroe County Indiana where he had a brother living. After a year or so the family made another move to Spencer County Indiana. David was a farmer and purchased land through the Federal Land Patent program in 1844, certificate # 31484 signed by President John Tyler. The purchase contained "sixty-eight acres and 25 hundredths of an acre". He was also a Cooper (barrel maker) and he trained son George to do the same. Date is unknown, but George's mother died shortly after and George, at age 14, and his two siblings Milton 12 and Sarah 10, were placed with kinfolk in Mercer County for some time. Then his father remarried and the family ended up together in Spencer County Indiana. On August 16, 1861, George volunteered for duty in the Indiana Infantry. He was assigned to Co I (i), 18th Reg't. He was a soldier in the Union Army. During his three years of enlistment he had various interesting things happen to him. The first remark on his records was that he had lost a coat, but was not charged for it. But a little later he was charged $15.00 for the loss of a Musket and Bayonet. The specifics of the case are unknown, but one would assume they were taken from him by the enemy. He was detailed as a Supply Train as Teamster. Being a farm boy, this would have been something he was familiar with. The 18th Reg't saw battle at Pea Ridge Arkansas in 1862, and duty in the "seige of Vicksburg" the same year. Then he was sent to Matagorda Island Texas with the 49th Reg't where they saw battle in the capture of Mustang Island, Esperanza, and had duty at Indianola. He was then sent back to the 18th Reg't. He was mustered out August 18, 1864, honorably discharged. He then returned to Spencer County Indiana and on Sept 25, 1865 married Nancy Ann Wire. He was already a land owner and they settled in to raise a family. Not only was he a farmer but he was a Cooper (barrel maker). The first 5 children were born there near Rockport. Clara Florence born October 12, 1866, Sarah born September 1869, Charley Elmer born October 17, 1872, George Washington Trisler born December 18, 1873, (my Father), Mary born May 20, 1876. George sold his farm in 1876 and on August 9, 1879 he loaded the family in the wagons and headed for Pea Ridge Arkansas. The story goes that he and some of the other Indiana Soldiers in his CO. had really liked that area and just decided to go there to live. The family was there for three years, and another son, James was born December 31, 1880. But wanderlust overtook George again and he took the family to Indian Territory, later to become Oklahoma. They arrived there in June 1881, he age 55 years with a family of 10, employed by James Starr, and 47 head of livestock. This information is found in Cherokee Nation 1890 census. Index of persons living under permit in the Coo-wee-scoo-wee and Delaware District. In 1890 they lived in the Grove area, and two more children were born there, Laura Bell was born August 8, 1884, Benjamin Harrison born April 8, 1886. By1907 they were in Wyandotte Oklahoma where child number nine, Albert Ross born December 14, 1896. They were still there in 1918. No exact date known for the move but the family left Wyandotte, Ottawa County Oklahoma after the property sale in 1918. All of the children were married by this time except Albert Ross. Daughter Mary lived in Pawhuska Osage County Oklahoma at that time and that is where they finally settled. Albert Ross was drafted into the Army during WW1 and fought in France with the Rainbow Division. He was injured but came home after the Armistice was signed. George and Nancy lived in Pawhuska the address being East 18th Street, when he died April 5, 1922, at the age of 85 years, 8 mos and 27 days. He is buried in the Pawhuska City Cemetery. His stone is inscribed: Name, date of birth & death, and service information A PRECIOUS ONE FROM US IS GONE, A VOICE WE LOVED IS STILL, A PLACE IS VACANT IN OUR HOME, WHICH NEVER CAN BE FILLED. GOD IN HIS WISDON, HAS RECALLED THE BOON HIS LOVE HAD GIVEN, AND THOUGH THE BODY SLUMBERS HERE, THE SOUL IS SAFE IN HEAVEN. Nancy is buried beside him with an identical epitaph and with her information. She died March 13, 1932 in Avant at the home of her son Albert Ross. Real pioneers!! By: Grand daughter Tina (Trisler) Gilbert