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Franklin Bressler – 50th Pennsylvania Infantry
Posted By Norman Gasbarro on September 18, 2018
Franklin Bressler was born in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, about 8 February 1847, the son of Joseph Bressler and Elizabeth [Clark] Bressler. During the Civil War, at age 18 on 29 February 1864, he enrolled in the 50th Pennsylvania Infantry at Pottsville and on the same day was mustered into service in Company A as a Private. He stood almost 5 foot 3 inches tall, had black hair, a dark complexion, and grey eyes. He was employed as a laborer. His term of service was until he was honorably discharged on 30 July 1865.
In 1890, Frank Bressler applied for a pension, which he was awarded and collected until his death, which occurred on 16 January 1913 at Shamokin, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania. His widow, the former Elizabeth Dull, applied for benefits and she collected them until her death.
Elizabeth and Franklin had at least ten known children.
According to the obituary of Franklin Bressler, published in the West Schuylkill Press & Pine Grove Herald on 25 January 1913, he was buried at Tremont, Schuylkill County.
The funeral of the late Franklin Bressler, a Civil War veteran of Shamokin was held on Monday morning. The funeral party arrived at Tremont at 11:34 a.m. and proceeded to the Reformed Cemetery, where interment was made. Rev. G. W. Spotts officiated. Members of Lincoln Post, No. 140, G.A.R. and Sons of Veterans of Shamokin, accompanied the remains from the family residence to the P. & R. Station at Shamokin. The G.A.R. acted as pall bearers at Shamokin. Funeral services were held at the family residence at Shamokin on Sunday afternoon at 3:30o’clock by the Rev. C. B. Schneder, D.D., pastor of the First Reformed Church, of Shamokin. Undertaker Farrow, of Shamokin, and H. H. Otto of Tremont, were the funeral directors. The pall bearers at Tremont were Philip Hary, Samuel Miller, Harry Miller, Christ Kleibenstein, Charles Seibert, and John Spitzner. Among the out of town relatives who attended the funeral were Mrs. Franklin Bressler and daughters Florence Bressler and Carrie Bressler, George Bressler and family, Mrs. Clarence Dilliplane, Aaron Bressler, Mrs. Charles Fegley, Shamokin; Charles Bressler and daughter, Mabel Bressler, of Beaver Springs, Pennsylvania; Mrs. Ruth Bartholomew, of Middleburg, Pennsylvania; John F. Dull, of Philadelphia; Jeff Dull, of Orwigsburg; George Reinoehl, of Tower City. The floral tributes were spray of carnations, Carrie Bressler and Florence Bressler; spray of narcisus, Mrs. Clarence Dilliplane; carnations from the children.
Another notice of his death appeared in the Pottsville Republican and Herald, 18 January 1913:
Franklin Bressler, a Civil War veteran, died at the home of his son, at Shamokin, of heart failure. He was born in Schuylkill County 56 years ago. The funeral will take place Monday with interment at Tremont.
Previously on this blog, a minimal amount of information was given about Franklin Bressler in a post entitled Additions to Civil War Veterans List.
Additional information about him is now available at his Findagrave Memorial.
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