Margaret Malinda Pershing

Ancestors

Person Page 35

John Brooks

M, #864, b. 1817

Family: Elizabeth Ressler (b. 1818)

Daughter*Sarah A. Brooks (b. 1842)
Son*James Brooks (b. 9 May 1844, d. 31 May 1900)
Son*Jacob Brooks (b. 1846)
Son*Elijah Brooks (b. 1848)
Son*John Brooks (b. 1850)

Biography

John Brooks was born in 1817 in Pennsylvania. age 63 in 1880=1817 He and Elizabeth Ressler were married before 1842.1
John Brooks witnessed the land transaction of David Rasler and John Resler on 1 April 1850 of in Springfield Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania.2,3 John Brooks and Elizabeth Ressler appeared in the census in 1860 in Springfield Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania.4

Citations

  1. [S13425] Davis and Cropley Heritage with the Life of Willia recorded as Extract #13093 Davis and Cropley Heritage with the Life of William Thornton Cropley Aka Wilmer Lee Davis, online http://books.google.com/books?id=z0X8lRyMpuIC&pg=PA137&lpg=PA137&dq=%22john+brooks%22+fayette+county+pennsylvania+dorothy&source=bl&ots=IdZ1aWvEcG&sig=ulzBnifzSuTgYyNeG0FJYdiKmIM&hl=en&sa=X&ei=j1_LU5aGKMzxoAS8j4GIBg&ved=0CB8Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=%22john%20b formerly published: Marilyn Cropley, (Trafford Publishing)
  2. [S358] FayetteCoPA Deeds recorded as Extract #450 Fayette county, Pennsylania Deeds 1784-1914, Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah. Hereinafter cited as Fayette Deeds.
  3. [S2207] Long, Ruth Correspondence recorded as Extract #2697
    Letter from Ruth Long () to Rasmusson, Jenny, 28 Oct 1992; ().
  4. [S3289] PA 1860 Census recorded as Extract #4610
    1860 Pennsylvania Federal Census, Original.

Samuel Ressler

M, #871, b. 19 April 1804, d. 12 April 1876

Parents

Father*Jacob Resler (b. 5 April 1762, d. after 1808)
Mother*Susanna Boehm (b. 7 July 1775, d. 4 April 1848)

Biography

Samuel Ressler was born on 19 April 1804.1,2 He died on 12 April 1876 at age 71.2 He was buried on 12 November 1875 in Strasburg Cem, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.1
Samuel Ressler was also known as Samuel Ressler.

Citations

  1. [S401] recorded as Extract #, Presb Ch Graveyard Strasburg, Lancaster co, PA.
  2. [S506] Ressler, Samuel Correspondence recorded as Extract #674
    Letter from (759 Wabank Rd. Lancaster, PA 17603) to Rasmusson, Jenny, 9 Apr 1981; ().