Lancaster County Family Ties

I have been working alot lately on my Ressler line - mostly because I am the most familiar with it because Grandma made a point to talk to me about it and take me to the cemeteries where her ancestors were buried in Lancaster County. Jacob Ressler who married Susanna Boehm/Beam was the son of  Revolutionary War veteran Johann "John" Roessler/Ressler, which makes me eligible to join the DAR if I choose. I have filled out the application, so time will tell if I have enough supporting documentation. A question that has been flitting around in the back of my mind for many years has to do with the naming of Abraham and Lizzie Applebach's boys - as in Sherman, Winfield Scott, and Zachary Taylor. At first I thought maybe they were all officers in the Mexican War but that only applies to Scott and Taylor. Sherman was in the Civil War. Their life dates somewhat overlap each other. Looking at Abraham's life itself, his father could possibly have been in the Mexican War but so

This is simply a collection of articles and documents that I have found on John Applebach, who was the son of Abraham & Elizabeth (Little) Applebach.  My father remembered his singing voice and that he caned seats for a living.                   1898 Lancaster, PA city directory               1909 Lancaster, PA city directory              1917 Lancaster, PA city directory              WWI draft cards (source: Ancestry.com)                        1921 Lancaster, PA city directory             1926 Marriage license                        Gravestone (Source: Find A Grave)

Source: Ancestry                              

Lancaster Intelligencer Sept. 9, 1881:

                                         click on image to enlarge Source: Ancestry.com