Augustus "August" FUSSLER, Sr.

1841 - 1919  (78 years)   Has 28 ancestors and 19 descendants in this family tree.

• Name	Augustus "August" FUSSLER
  Suffix	Sr.
  Birth	7 Apr 1841	Walnut Creek, or Swanville, Erie Co, PA
  Christening	18 Apr 1841	Erie, Erie Co, PA
  	St. John's Lutheran Church
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	Merchant and postmaster
  Death	3 Oct 1919	Fairview, Erie Co, PA
  Siblings	8 Siblings
  	1. Katharina "Catherine" Barbara FUSSLER           b. 22 May 1822, District of Bruchsal, Baden, Germany           d. 1889, Osborne, Osborne Co, KS  (Age 66 years) ▻ Georg "George" SCHUMACHER,  m. 9 Oct 1849   2. Christina FUSSLER           b. 7 Feb 1825, Baden-Württemberg, Germany           d. 24 Feb 1909  (Age 84 years) ▻ Valentin DELLAVALENTINA,  m. 14 Jun 1849 ;   Johann Nikolaus "Fred" SIPPLE,  m. 17 Jul 1842   3. Margaretha Magdalena FUSSLER           b. 9 Apr 1836, Erie, Erie Co, PA           d. 3 Feb 1918, Conneaut, Ashtabula, OH  (Age 81 years) ▻ Michael SCHUMACHER, II,  m. 24 Sep 1854   4. Louise FUSSLER           b. 6 Jan 1838, Walnut Creek, Erie Co, PA ▻ Johan KISSEL,  m. Abt 1855   5. Augustus "August" FUSSLER, Sr. (current person)           b. 7 Apr 1841, Walnut Creek, or Swanville, Erie Co, PA           d. 3 Oct 1919, Fairview, Erie Co, PA  (Age 78 years) ▻ Marie Catherine DOHNER,  m. 1864   6. Ludwig Teodor FUSSLER           b. 4 Jun 1844, Walnut Creek, Erie Co, PA           d. 17 Sep 1846, Walnut Creek, Erie Co, PA  (Age 2 years)   7. Mary O. FUSSLER           b. 1846, PA           d. 1923  (Age 77 years)   8. Johanne Maria "Jane" FUSSLER           b. 18 Sep 1846, Swanville, Erie Co, PA           d. 1850  (Age 3 years)   9. Ernst Ludwig FUSSLER\FEISLER           b. 20 Sep 1848, Millcreek Twp, Erie Co, PA           d. 26 Mar 1930, Erie, Erie Co, PA  (Age 81 years) ▻ Maria Regine "Mary" BAUER,  m. 8 Dec 1870 ;   ELLA
  Person ID	I4274	Schumacher
  Last Modified	24 Jul 2021

  
  

  Father	Ernst FUSSLER, Sr.           b. 12 Aug 1797, Friedrichstal, Freudenstadt, Baden-Württemberg, Germany           d. 12 Jul 1879, Fairview, Erie Co, PA (Age 81 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Katherine GORENFLO           b. 14 Aug 1805, Friedrichstal, Freudenstadt, Baden-Württemberg, Germany           d. 20 Sep 1848, Fairview, Erie Co, PA (Age 43 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	Abt 1821
  Family ID	F444	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Marie Catherine DOHNER           b. 31 May 1845, Mill Creek Twp, Erie Co, PA           d. 16 Oct 1923, Fairview, Erie Co, PA (Age 78 years)
  Marriage	1864	Swanville, Erie Co, PA
  Children	1. Marie Katharine FUSSLER           b. 12 Feb 1865, Erie, Erie Co, PA           d. 1932, Erie, Erie Co, PA (Age 66 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] m. Daniel E. WRIGHT (1909)   2. Harriet Lisette FUSSLER           b. 23 Jul 1866, Swanville, Erie Co, PA           d. 17 Feb 1951, Erie, Erie Co, PA (Age 84 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] m. John B. SMART   3. Emma Elizabetha FUSSLER           b. 9 Mar 1868, Erie, Erie Co, PA           d. Bef 1880, Fairview, Erie Co, PA (Age < 11 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. Ludwig "Louis" Matthies FUSSLER           b. 25 Dec 1869, Swanville, Erie Co, PA           d. 3 Dec 1940, Cranesville, Erie Co, PA (Age 70 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] m. Anna M. ALLMAN , Mabel C. BENTON   5. Cora Amelia FUSSLER           b. 26 Feb 1872, Swantown Station - Fairview - Erie, PA           d. 8 Dec 1953, Erie, Erie Co, PA (Age 81 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] m. Seth Andrew GEIST   6. Leroy Johan "Roy" FUSSLER           b. 31 May 1874, Swanville, Erie Co, PA           d. 24 Feb 1946 (Age 71 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] m. Bertha MERKLE   7. Charlotte Isebel "Lottie" FUSSLER           b. 15 Nov 1877  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] m. Ernest TEDROW (1906)   8. Jessie Lucinda FUSSLER           b. 29 Dec 1880, Fairview, Erie Co, PA           d. Jun 1965 (Age 84 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] m. Frank M. GRISWOLD (1913)   9. Lillie Christine FUSSLER           b. 7 Feb 1883, Fairview, Erie Co, PA           d. 1953 (Age 69 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   10. Scott Ernest FUSSLER\FEASLER           b. 21 Sep 1886, Fairview, Erie Co, PA           d. 10 Apr 1916, Fairview, Erie Co, PA (Age 29 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   11. Augustus FUESSLER, Jr.           b. 1887, Fairview, Erie Co, PA           d. Bef 1900, Fairview, Erie Co, PA (Age < 12 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F191	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	24 Jul 2021

  
  

• Event Map

  Christening - 18 Apr 1841 - Erie, Erie Co, PA Marriage - 1864 - Swanville, Erie Co, PA Death - 3 Oct 1919 - Fairview, Erie Co, PA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  His parents came to Erie from Baltimore, MD in 1834. He took over his father's business as a merchant in 1880 and was appoointed postmaster This is an exerpt from Nelson's Biographical Dictionary and Historical Reference Book of Erie Co, PA Vol. II - 1986 "A. Fuessler (Augustus Fussler 1841-1919), merchant and postmaster, Swanville, Erie Co, PA, was born in 1841, at Walnut Creek, near where he now resides. His parents came to Erie County from Baltimore, Md., traveling across mountains and through forests in wagons, locating in the then far West. This was in 1834. Mr. Fuessler is a son of Earnest and Catherine (Gornflo) Fuessler, natives of Germany. The former died in 1879, and the latter in 1851. This family consisted of seven children as follows: Margaret, Louisa A., Jane, Lewis (deceased), Lewis and Julius. Mr. Fuessler, in 1864, was married to Miss Mary Doner, of Fairview Twp. The issue of this union has been as follows: Mary; Hattie, wife of John Smart of Fairview Twp; Emma (deceased); Lottie; Jessie; Lillie and Scott. Mr. Fuessler is one of the oldest business men and residents of Swanville. He succeeded his father in the mercantile trade in 1880, and was appointed postmaster in 1884, and has since held the office with satisfaction, being an enterprising and influential citizen."