The son of Michael & Fanny (Warfel) Ressel, in 1860 he was a laborer living in Conestoga Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. He stood 5' 5" tall and had dark hair and gray eyes.
A Civil War veteran, he enlisted at the stated age of twenty-one and mustered into federal service in Lancaster County August 22, 1864, as a private with Co. A, 203rd Pennsylvania Infantry. He became ill and hospitalized February 27, 1865, leading to a discharge by surgeon's certificate per general order July 14, 1865, from St. David's Island U.S. Hospital, New York City.
He married Catherine Ann K. Schultz in 1867 and fathered Emlen F. (b. 1868, d. 12/03/68), Emma (b. @1870 - married James H. Swain), Anna Schultz (b. 09/03/72 - married Harry A. Eshleman), Sallie (b. 08/02/74, d. 09/28/75), Mary S. (b. 03/18/77 - married Christian Giles Smith), Clara (b. @1879, d. 02/28/80), John Schultz (b. 11/11/81), and Henry Clay Schultz (b. @1883). Cause of his death is listed as "gangrene of left foot," a side effect of "diabetes."
A Civil War veteran, he enlisted at the stated age of twenty-one and mustered into federal service in Lancaster County August 22, 1864, as a private with Co. A, 203rd Pennsylvania Infantry. He became ill and hospitalized February 27, 1865, leading to a discharge by surgeon's certificate per general order July 14, 1865, from St. David's Island U.S. Hospital, New York City.
He married Catherine Ann K. Schultz in 1867 and fathered Emlen F. (b. 1868, d. 12/03/68), Emma (b. @1870 - married James H. Swain), Anna Schultz (b. 09/03/72 - married Harry A. Eshleman), Sallie (b. 08/02/74, d. 09/28/75), Mary S. (b. 03/18/77 - married Christian Giles Smith), Clara (b. @1879, d. 02/28/80), John Schultz (b. 11/11/81), and Henry Clay Schultz (b. @1883). Cause of his death is listed as "gangrene of left foot," a side effect of "diabetes."
The son of Michael & Fanny (Warfel) Ressel, in 1860 he was a laborer living in Conestoga Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. He stood 5' 5" tall and had dark hair and gray eyes.
A Civil War veteran, he enlisted at the stated age of twenty-one and mustered into federal service in Lancaster County August 22, 1864, as a private with Co. A, 203rd Pennsylvania Infantry. He became ill and hospitalized February 27, 1865, leading to a discharge by surgeon's certificate per general order July 14, 1865, from St. David's Island U.S. Hospital, New York City.
He married Catherine Ann K. Schultz in 1867 and fathered Emlen F. (b. 1868, d. 12/03/68), Emma (b. @1870 - married James H. Swain), Anna Schultz (b. 09/03/72 - married Harry A. Eshleman), Sallie (b. 08/02/74, d. 09/28/75), Mary S. (b. 03/18/77 - married Christian Giles Smith), Clara (b. @1879, d. 02/28/80), John Schultz (b. 11/11/81), and Henry Clay Schultz (b. @1883). Cause of his death is listed as "gangrene of left foot," a side effect of "diabetes."
A Civil War veteran, he enlisted at the stated age of twenty-one and mustered into federal service in Lancaster County August 22, 1864, as a private with Co. A, 203rd Pennsylvania Infantry. He became ill and hospitalized February 27, 1865, leading to a discharge by surgeon's certificate per general order July 14, 1865, from St. David's Island U.S. Hospital, New York City.
He married Catherine Ann K. Schultz in 1867 and fathered Emlen F. (b. 1868, d. 12/03/68), Emma (b. @1870 - married James H. Swain), Anna Schultz (b. 09/03/72 - married Harry A. Eshleman), Sallie (b. 08/02/74, d. 09/28/75), Mary S. (b. 03/18/77 - married Christian Giles Smith), Clara (b. @1879, d. 02/28/80), John Schultz (b. 11/11/81), and Henry Clay Schultz (b. @1883). Cause of his death is listed as "gangrene of left foot," a side effect of "diabetes."
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