BIO:  Dr. C. H. Bressler, York County, PA

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History of York County, Pennsylvania.  John Gibson, historical editor.
Chicago: F. A. Battey Publishing Co., 1886.
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Part II, Biographical Sketches, York Borough, Pg 10

DR. C. H. BRESSLER was born in Clinton County, Penn., in February, 1821, and is 
a son of George and Eliza (Darneck) Bressler, the former a native of Lancaster 
County, and the latter of Philadelphia, Penn.  Dr. Bressler was educated at the 
common schools of Clinton County, and subsequently attended select schools at 
Flemington and Mill Hall.  He began the study of dentistry, in 1839, at 
Lancaster, under Dr. Eli Perry, and continued for three years and a half, during 
which time he also studied medicine under Dr. Perry, who was a graduate of the 
Medical Univerisity of Philadelphia.  During the last year of his stay in 
Lancaster, Dr. Bressler studied under Dr. Washington Atlee.  In 1842 he went to 
Philadelphia and attended a course of lectures during the winter at the 
Pennsylvania Medical College; in the fall following he entered the Jefferson 
Medical College at Philadelphia, from which institution he graduated in March, 
1844.  He located at Bellefonte and practiced dentistry until 1849, when he went 
to Lancaster and formed a partnership with Dr. Perry in the practice of 
dentistry.  In the fall of 1849, he with Dr. Perry and others petitioned the 
legislature for a dental college; this was the first effort toward securing an 
institution of this kind in the State, and the following fall a charter was 
granted.  Dr. Bressler returned to his practice at Bellefonte, where he remained 
until 1854, when he came to York and became the successor of Dr. James Perry.  
He has been twice a candidate for congress and has served as sheriff of York 
County.  In May, 1849, he married Sarah A., daughter of Rev. John Tanner of 
Bellefonte, Penn.  Their union has been blessed with eight children, as follows:  
John T., George Bowman (deceased), Emma B., Charles, Clara V., Wilber C., A. 
Curton, and Ella M.  The Doctor and family are members of the Methodist 
Episcopal Church; he is a Mason, a member of the Blue Lodge and Commandery of 
York.