BIO:  Henry W. PRESSEL, 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, Carroll Township, Pg 88

HENRY W. PRESSEL, is the fourth child of John and Abigail Pressel, of this 
township, and is of German and English descent.  John Pressel, now deceased, 
settled in Carroll Township in 1831.  Our subject grew to manhood on the home 
farm, attending school in the meantime.  In 1853 he began teaching and followed 
that profession at various points until 1860.  He also learned the theory of 
surveying.  In 1857 he began farming on the southern part of the old homestead, 
putting up a new dwelling in 1857, and a barn in 1862.  December 27, 1857, he 
married Annie E., daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth Plank.  Mrs. Pressel died 
April 7, 1875, the mother of seven children, five of whom are still living.  Mr. 
and Mrs. Pressel joined the Lutheran Church at Filey’s in 1861, and of this 
church, for a number of years, Mr. Pressel has been both deacon and elder.  He 
has also served in different offices  - township assessor and township clerk 
several times.  He is an I. O. O. F., a K. of P., an agent of the fire insurance 
company and a stockholder in the Harrisburg & Potomac Railroad and several other 
companies.  He retired to private life in the spring of 1884, but still owns 104 
acres of clear land, on which there are two sets of building, and one-half 
interest in 124 33-100 acres clear land in Cumberland County, on which there is 
one set of buildings; also twenty-four acres timber-land.