Peter BASTRESS b: 1860 in Montgomery County d: 1932 m: Eva Viola DRESSLER. They had: Adora Viola who married David Crawford STAHL and Montgomery Randolph who married Cora Ella DIMM Esther GELNETT was from Juniata Co., and married Jacob DRESSLER. I am in contact with a GELNETT descendant. Joyce ----- Original Message ----- From: Gordon & Sherry <gljslj@penn.com> To: <PAJUNIAT-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, January 11, 1999 4:49 AM Subject: Re: Dressler >Some of the Dresslers come back into the Juniata co., PA GELNETT family. I >know the Bastress family does. Can't say about the others. > >Sherry Bish Jesberger > >---------- >> From: Joyce Lund <lundway@rockisland.com> >> To: PAJUNIAT-L@rootsweb.com >> Subject: Re: PAJUNIAT-D Digest V99 #4 >> Date: Sunday, January 10, 1999 10:24 PM >> >> Hello! >> >> Mary, I have DRESSLERS in my family but have very little info and have >> not as yet pursued that line. Here it is: >> >> I have a DRESSLER who married Charlotte Mae ZEIDERS. (Zeiders is one >> of my direct lines) >> I have a female DRESSLER who married Eli COX (Cox is both a maternal >> AND paternal direct line) >> I have a Eva DRESSLER who married Peter BASTRESS >> I have a Mary Jane DRESSLER born in Monroe Township, Juniata Co. >> Most important, my grandfather's sister (my gt aunt) married Elmer >> DRESSLER b: 1881, d: 1 Jan 1960 in an >> auto accident and is buried in Richfield, Juniata Co. >> >> That's it. If anything rings a bell, let me know. We must connect >> somewhere along the "line"! >> >> Joyce Cox Lund >> ....in the beautiful Pacific Northwest >> MITAKUYE OYASIN..... >> we are all related.......(Lakota Sioux) >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: <MARLR43@aol.com> >> To: <PAJUNIAT-L@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Saturday, January 09, 1999 3:17 PM >> Subject: Re: PAJUNIAT-D Digest V99 #4 >> >> >> >Hello Everyone. I would be willing to share any information I have >> found with >> >any of you on the following families. Benner, Watts, Snyder, >> Dressler, Naugle, >> >Felmlee. not sure last one is right. >> > >> >My gggrandfather was John F. Benner. he was born in 1844 in West >> Perry >> >Township. He married Eliza Snyder in 1866. He served with the 76th PA >> Vol. >> >Inf. Co. D of the Keystone Zoavues. He served from 1861 -1864 when he >> >reenlisted as Vet. Vol. and was discharged in the summer of 1865. >> John and >> >Eliza had eleven children. They were Henry E., Daniel, Sarah E, Annie >> A., Cora >> >P, Mabel M, Garfield K, Elisha A, John E, Oliver M, and Bertha M. >> > >> >I remembe meeting Oliver as he spent time at my parents home in >> Harrisburg >> >when I was young. He was old then. I have since found out that Johns >> parents >> >could have been one of two couples.This is where I need help. In the >> 1850 >> >census it says John Age 6 this would be right. We think he was the >> youngest >> >son of Daniel and Catherine (Felmlee) Benner (not sure of the >> spelling) or the >> >oldest son of Jacob and Sarah (Naugle) Benner. If anyone can help me >> >straighten this out I would surely appreciate it. My ggrandmother >> Annie >> >married James A Watts. I am also seeking info on his family. His >> father was >> >Samuel Watts and mother Tillie (Dressler). I believe Samuel may have >> been in >> >the Civil War also. >> >Thank you ahead of time to anyone who can help me. >> >Mary Roeder. >> > >> >______________________________ >> > >______________________________