Pregled posta

Marketing

Presler Family

Parents:
Napoleon & Phebe (Hile)

Children (in order of birth):
Schuyler Colfax (b. 1879)
Orpha Katura (b. 1881)
Olivia Octava (b. 1884)
Florence B. (b. 1887)
Edna Gertrude (b. 1890)
James Lawrence (b. 1893)



"NAPOLEON B. PRESLER

The above named is the only one of a large family of children who resides in Hancock county, though he has brothers and sisters in other parts of the country. His father was William M. Presler, a Pennsylvanian, who emigrated to Ohio as early as 1835 and located on one hundred and twenty acres of land in Seneca county. Before leaving his native state he had married a widow named Elmina (Boden) Crabill, with whom he resided in Seneca county until 1876, and then removed to Kansas. There he purchased one hundred and seventy acres of land and busied himself in its cultivation until the spring of 1897, when he lost his wife by death and has since lived alone on his farm. When he married Mrs. Crabill she had five children by her first husband, and subsequently became the mother of six additional.

Napoleon B. Presler, one of the sons of his father's second marriage, was born in Big Spring township, Seneca county, Ohio, February 9, 1857, and remained there until he reached his majority. August 18, 1878, he was married, in his native county, to Miss Phebe Ellen Hile, whose parents had settled in Seneca county shortly before his own father's arrival from the east. Adam Hile, father of Mrs. Presler, was born in Germany, in 1804, emigrated to Pennsylvania in early life, married a native of that state and removed to Ohio in 1834. He spent the remainder of his days in Seneca county, his death occurring there in 1885, followed by that of his wife in November of the subsequent year. The Hiles were members of the Lutheran church and had a family of nine children, of whom six are now living, including Mrs. Presler. After his marriage Mr. Presler remained in Seneca county about four years, and in 1882 removed to Putnam county, where he purchased forty acres of land and spent the three following years in its cultivation. In 1885 he came to Hancock county and bought seventy-nine acres of land in Portage township, upon which he settled, and was engaged in farming for the four following years. In 1889 he made his final move to the farm of one hundred and five acres in Amanda township which constitutes his present homestead. This land is fertile, and under Mr. Presler's good management has been made productive and profitable. He raises all the cereal crops adapted to the climate, and the usual amount and variety of stock customary in that locality. Mr. Presler has greatly improved his place since taking possession, and among the substantial additions made by him was a fine barn erected in 1892. As a citizen and neighbor Mr. Presler stands well, and has several times been called upon to fill township offices. His political affiliations are with the Republican party, of which he has been a stanch supporter from earliest manhood. Mr. and Mrs. Presler have six children : Schuyler C., Orpha K., Olivia O., Florence ., Edna G. and James L."

from
A Centennial Biographical History of Hancock County, Ohio
By Lewis Publishing Company, 1903

Napoleon Presler and Family, taken about 1890

Presler Family:

Parents:
Napoleon & Phebe (Hile)

Children (in order of birth):
Schuyler Colfax (b. 1879)
Orpha Katura (b. 1881)
Olivia Octava (b. 1884)
Florence B. (b. 1887)
Edna Gertrude (b. 1890)
James Lawrence (b. 1893)