BIO:  John S. Schisler, 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, Manchester Township, Pg 144

JOHN S. SCHISLER, son of John and Liddie (Shenberger) Schisler, was born December 
20, 1828, in Windsor Township, and was reared to farming.  The mother of our 
subject was the daughter of George and Mary (Zeigler) Shenberger, of Lower 
Windsor Township.  In 1856 Mr. Schisler married Harriet, daughter of Daniel 
Brunaw of Conewago Township.  Mr. Schisler has had born to him by this marriage 
four children, viz.:  Henry (deceased), an infant (deceased), John and Sarah Ann.  
The Schisler schoolhouse, in Springfield Township, stands on the farm once owned 
by our subject’s grandfather.  Mr. Schisler is a consistent member of the 
Brethren Church.  Grandfather Schisler emigrated from Europe and was well known 
as a teamster from York Haven to Baltimore; probably in the hottest contest of 
the Revolution, while on his way to Baltimore with a load of produce he was 
pressed to do service for the army.  Subject’s father, John Schisler, was born in 
1800, and was married four times; first to Lydia Shenberger, of Lower Windsor; 
second to Magdelena Myers, of Springfield Township; third to Ester Sipe, of 
Newberry Township; fourth to Teeny Hildebrand, of Springfield Township; he had 
fourteen children born to him by the four marriages.