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Mrs. Jerome Tressler

Died at her home in Waynesboro after a lingering illness, aged 59 years, 11 months, 10 days — obituary clipping preserved in a 1907–1908 account book found in a Hagerstown, Maryland estate

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At-a-glance facts

Record type

Obituary

Age at death

59 years, 11 months, 10 days

Place of death

died Monday at her home, Waynesboro

Inscription transcription

Mrs. Jerome Tressler

Mrs. Jerome Tressler died Monday at her home, Waynesboro, [Brian's note: Ohio?] after a lingering illness, aged 59 years, 11 months, 10 days. Tuesday, 11 years ago, her first husband, Claggett Kohler died. He was buried May 30th. On the same day, Mrs. Tressler will be buried. Mrs. Tressler was a daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Lewis Wertenbaker and was born near Sabillasville where she spent her girlhood. When she was grown to womanhood she was married to Mr. Kohler, son of John Kohler, Blue Ridge Summit. Some time later the young couple moved to Castine, O. [sic] where they resided four years. They then returned to Blue Ridge Summit where a number of years after, Mr. Kohler died.

Several years elapsed, after which, Oct. 17, 1877, Mrs. Kohler married Jerome Tressler near Sabillasville, who also had a number of children. They lived at the latter place five years and then moved to Frederick County, living there til seven years ago when they moved to Waynesboro.

The obituary gives no death date (only "died Monday") and no first name for the subject; the account book the clipping was kept in is dated 1907 to 1908, but no death year is stated, so none is recorded here. Sources differ on the death place: our archive's index entry says "Waynesboro Ohio" and the contributor's inline note queries "[Ohio?]", but every other place in the obituary (Sabillasville, Blue Ridge Summit, Frederick County, the Hagerstown estate) sits in the Maryland–Pennsylvania border area, suggesting Waynesboro, Pennsylvania. Both readings are preserved, and no death place is adopted into this record. Sources differ on her identity: the contributor's 1880 census find (see research notes) names Jerome Tressler's wife as Louisa, but that household was enumerated in Jackson, Sumner County, Kansas, with the wife born in Virginia, which fits the obituary's Maryland geography poorly; the census match may be a different Jerome Tressler, so the given name Louisa is not adopted into this record.

Brian's note — 1880 census find

Brian's Note - found in the online 18801 census! [sic — 1880 census]

Name / Relation / Marital Status / Gender / Race / Age / Birthplace / Occupation / Father's Birthplace / Mother's Birthplace

Jerome TRESSLER — Self, M, Male, W, 31, OH, Farmer, PA, OH

Louisa TRESSLER — Wife, M, Female, W, 24, VA, House Work, VA, VA

Beyrl TRESSLER — Dau, S, Female, W, 3, IN, OH, VA

Source Information: Census Place Jackson, Sumner, Kansas; Family History Library Film 1254398; NA Film Number T9-0398; Page Number 188D

People named in this record

  • Mrs. Jerome TresslerSubject
  • Mr. Lewis WertenbakerParent
  • Mrs. Lewis WertenbakerParent
  • Claggett KohlerSpouse
  • Jerome TresslerSpouse
  • John KohlerMentioned

Record submitted by

Brian — to the Ancestors at Rest archive

Source & citation

Source type
Transcription only
Provenance
Submitted by Brian to the Ancestors at Rest archive
Transcribed by
Brian
Last verified
2026-07-06
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Transcription only — obituary text transcribed from a newspaper clipping kept inside a 1907–1908 account book; no photograph in this record

Citation: Obituary of Mrs. Jerome Tressler of Waynesboro (first name not given; formerly Mrs. Claggett Kohler, née Wertenbaker), transcribed from a newspaper clipping found in an account book dated 1907 to 1908 from a Hagerstown, Maryland estate. Contributed by Brian to the Ancestors at Rest archive. (https://ancestorsatrest.com/records/obituaries/tressler-mrs-jerome/ : accessed [your access date]).

From an account book dated 1907 to 1908 found in a Hagerstown, Maryland estate. The account book contains three pages describing the lady's funeral, time of death, burial, preacher, doctors, and a detailed account of expenses for embalming, doctors, casket, and even a bill for digging the grave, along with the newspaper clipping of her obituary.

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