David Loy Tressler (I15839)
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| Birth | 15 February 1839 35 31 Loysville,Perry,Pa |
| Death of father | 4 May 1859 (Age 20) John Tressler (I15819) (Age 55) |
| Marriage | 30 November 1865 (Age 26) Ada Josephine Mc Intire New Bloomfield,Perry,Pa |
| Death | 20 February 1880 (Age 41) Carthage, Il |
| Universal Identifier | 51B33F7316A5D511973400E02931A951563E |
| Last Change | 22 March 2006 - 16:16:31 |
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...finished Loysville Academy with the prize in ' 'classics' '. ..graduated withfirst honors from Gettysburg College in 1860...became principal of Loysville Academy...1862...elected Captain of the local company of volunteers for the Union Army...wounded at Fredericksburg...declinedbrevet Colonol's commission...studied law under Hon. Benjamin McIntire...admitted to practice law in perryCounty 4/7/1864...married by Rev. Mr Craige 11/30/1865 to Ada Josephine McIntire...resided first in New Bloomfield, then newport, and in 1870 to Mendota, IL...studied theology...entered the ministry of the Evangelical lutheran Church in 1870...first charge was Amity Church in Lena, IL....1872 accepted a professorship at Lutheran College at Carthage, IL...became its first Presidentand Treasurer...also Pastor of Trinity lutheran Church in Carthage....college and church grew, but his body, weakened by the wounds of war...died at 41 years of age due to pneumonia...Mrs. Tressler remained in Cathage...put remaining three children through collage...died in the home of her daughter, Mrs. james S. Maloney in Polo, IL...buried beside her husband in Moss Ridge Cemetery in Carthage. |
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