BIO: David BRESSLER, Clearfield County, PA
 
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From Twentieth Century History of Clearfield County, Pennsylvania,
and Representative Citizens, by Roland D. Swoope, Jr.,
Chicago: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Company, 1911, page 725.
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  DAVID BRESSLER, general farmer and representative citizen of Pike township, 
resides on his farm of sixty-two acres which is situated three and one-half 
miles southwest of Curwensville, Pa., and he has been a lifelong resident of 
this part of Pennsylvania.  He was born in Huntingdon county, April 7, 1830.
  When twenty-one years old, Mr. Bressler came to Clearfield county and was with 
his brother for four years on a farm and afterward worked one year with him as a 
blacksmith and then married and during the following year lived on his father-
in-law's farm.  From there he moved to Chestnut Ridge and bought his present 
farm from Robert Addleman.  It was known as the old Price farm and the land was 
not considered in very good condition at that time but under Mr. Bressler's 
excellent methods it has been greatly improved and yields very satisfactory 
crops of wheat and oats.  He has a valuable coal bank open, the vein being 
eighteen inches thick, but he is not selling, merely working for his own use.  
There is also a fine vein of fire clay on the land which has not yet been 
developed.  Mr. Bressler was forced to make some improvements in the buildings 
but the old farm house is still comfortable although it was erected 100 years 
ago.  Mr. Bressler still has ten acres of woodland on the place.
  On January 7, 1857, Mr. Bressler was married to Miss Jane Elizabeth Passmore, 
who was born at Curwensville, July 28, 1839, a daughter of George C. and Mary 
Ann (Hartsock) Passmore.  Mr. and Mrs. Bressler have had the following children:  
Margaret, who is deceased, was the wife of Robert Bloom, also deceased; George, 
who lives in Curwensville, married Ida Hammond; Mary Emma, who died when aged 
five years; Franklin, who lives at Patton, Pa., married Della Turner, who is 
deceased; Ezekiah, who is a resident of Curwensville; Fannie, who is the wife of 
Edward Thomas, of Patton, Pa.; Jennie, who is the wife of William Walker, of 
Clearfield county; James E., who is in business at Houtzdale, married Dortha 
Boaring; Lavinia, who is deceased, was the wife of Samuel Cruikshank; John T., 
who lives at home and assists his father; Edith, who is the wife of Steward 
McCollough, of Huntingdon; and Viola, who is the wife of G. Welt, of 
Curwensvill.  Mr. Bressler and wife are members of the Primitive Methodist 
church.  In his political views he is an independent with strong leanings 
towards the Prohibition party.  He has never cared for public office but served 
acceptably through one term as road supervisor.