BIO: Joseph William ROESSNER, 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, pages 672 & 675.
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  JOSEPH WILLIAM ROESSNER, proprietor of the Clearfield Brewing Company, 
brewers and bottles of beer and porter, and manufacturers of hygienic ice, is 
also the owner of a fine farm of 120 acres in Lawrence township, and has been a 
resident of Clearfield County, Pa., since 1896.  He was born October 22, 1857, 
in Germany and is a son of Frank and Philomena (Gutberled) Roessner, both of 
whom were born and died in Germany.  Frank and Philomena Roessner were the 
parents of nineteen children, six of whom were twins, and but four of whom came 
to America; Joseph William, our subject was the youngest of the nineteen; 
Charles; Herman, and Maria, who is the wife of Joseph Och of Pittsburg.  The 
three boys all live in Clearfield County, Pa.
  Joseph William Roessner grew to maturity in Germany, and was educated in the 
Catholic schools of that country.  He became a dyer by trade and also engaged 
in agricultural pursuits until 1882, when he emigrated to America.  He first 
located in Red Wing, Minn., where he worked one year on a farm, then came to 
Pittsburg, Pa., and worked fourteen years for the Adams Express Company, where 
he worked his way up to assistant agent.  In 1896, Mr. Roessner resigned his 
position with the Express Company, and came to Clearfield, Pa., where he and 
his brother Charles rented a brewery from Mrs. Ries.  They subsequently bought 
the plant, which at that time was a small one with an output of ten barrels per 
day, and in 1903 our subject bought his brother's interest in the business, and 
has since then added a new stock house, cellars, and bottling house.  He also 
built an ice plant with a capacity of twenty ton per day, and his son Edward J. 
Roessner is chief engineer of the plant.  In addition to his brewery Mr. 
Roessner is the owner of a fine farm of 120 acres in Lawrence township, and is 
a stockholder in the Second National Bank of Clearfield.  Mr. Roessner is 
fraternally a member of the B. P. O. E.; F. O. E.; Moose; Red Men; and C. M. P. 
A.
  On April 24, 1883, Mr. Roessner married Theressa Krug, who crossed to this 
country on the same boat on which our subject came, and of their union have 
been born nine children:  Edward Joseph, married Mary Farrell, and has one son, 
Edward J., Jr; Theressa (Mrs. Gotfred P. Johnson) has two children, Earl and 
Joseph; Frank, is a student at the Carnegie School of Technology; Anna; 
Catherine; Joseph W.; Leo George; and two who died young.  The religious 
connection of the family is with the Catholic Church.