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Jeremiah DRESSLER
Catharine BURRIS
Lydia __?__
Maria SMEAL
NOTE:  our subject is being confused with the Jeremiah Miles DRESSLER who married Recissa Jane SEYLER, but that Jeremiah was born in 1846 and was son of John DRESSLER & Sarah MILES.  Miles & Recissa DRESSLER are in the 1880 census of Clearfield Co., PA; our subject was in the 1880 census of Juniata Co., PA (see below).
Husband:  Jeremiah DRESSLER
Birth:  21 Apr 1840, Juniata Co., PA
Death:  14 Sep 1924, Pike Twp., Clearfield Co., PA
Disposition:  buried Center Grove Cemetery, Clearfield Co., PA
Occupation:  laborer, farmer
Father:  Jacob DRESSLER
Mother:  Esther GELNETT
Marriage-1:
Wife-1:  Catharine BURRIS
Birth:  28 Mar 1848
Death:  8 Apr 1869
Disposition:  buried Dressler's Ridge Cemetery, Susquehanna Twp., Juniata Co., PA
Marriage-2:  1869/70
Wife-1:  Lydia __?__
Birth:  1844/5, PA
Occupation:  homemaker
Marriage-2:  1871/2
Wife-2:  Maria SMEAL
Birth:  14 Nov 1848, PA
Death:  8 Oct 1902
Disposition:  buried Center Grove Cemetery, Clearfield Co., PA
Occupation:  homemaker
Father:  George Verne SMEAL (1809-1859)
Mother:  Mary Elizabeth BAILEY (1828-1901)
Children with Lydia:
apparently none
Children with Maria SMEAL:
1.  Alimintie / Alemintia / Alementa DRESSLER, b. 1873/4
2.  Raraavis / Rara Avis DRESSLER, b. 1874/5
3.  George B. DRESSLER, b. 1875/6
4.  (Child) DRESSLER, b. aft. 1880
Adopted Child:
.  Cecelia / Cecilia BOAL, b. 1834/5, PA


Sources:

1.  LDS.  Family Search: Internet Genealogy Service: Pedigree Resource File (index to CDs, online at FamilySearch.org).
Jeremiah DRESSLER
Birth: 21 Apr 1840; Place: Liverpool R.D., Juniata Co., PA
Death: 14 Sep 1924; Place: Pike Twp., Clearfield Co., PA
Burial Place: Center Grove Cem., Clearfield Co., PA
Father: Jacob DRESSLER; Mother: Esther GELNETT
Spouse: Catharine BURRIS
Birth: 28 Mar 1848; Death: 8 Apr 1869
Burial Place: Dresslers Ridge UM Cem., Juniata Co., PA
Spouse: Maria SMEAL
Birth: 14 Nov 1848; Death: 8 Oct 1902
Burial Place: Center Grove Cem., Clearfield Co., PA
Submitter:  Harvey TRESSLER of Milton, PA

2a.  1870 Census Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #1 of 23):  "Susquehannah" Twp., Juniata Co., PA, p. 462A, PN 1, enumerated 11 Aug 1870, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1870 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):
4 4 Dressler Jeramiah 30 M W Laborer     Pa
             Lydia 25 F W       Pa
4 5 Shetterly John 30 M W Laborer     Pa
              Elizabeth 25 F W       Pa
              Louisa  2 F W       Pa
              Sarah  1 F W       Pa
Listed next to Jeremiah's widowed mother, Esther (GELNETT) DRESSLER, who is living with Jeremiah's married sister, Sarah (DRESSLER) STROUP

2b.  1870 Census — Maria SMEAL (æ 21) is unmarried and living with her widowed mother in Clearfield Co., PA.

3.  1880 Census (indexed at FamilySearch.org; page image online at Ancestry.com, Image #17 of 30):  Susquehanna Twp., Juniata Co., PA, Roll T9-1137, p. 361C, PN 4, SD 7, ED 134, enumerated 11 Jun 1880, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1880 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):
1880:  for an explanation of the column headings, please see
What the Numbers in the Federal Census Mean (missing columns contained no data).
1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 13 21 24 25 26
31 33 Dressler Jeremiah W M 40     / Farmer   PA PA PA
    ________ Maria W F 32 Wife   / Keeping house   PA PA PA
    ________ Alimintie W F  6 Dau /     / PA PA PA
    ________ Raraavis W F  5 Dau /     / PA PA PA
    ________ George B W M  4 Son /       PA PA PA
    Boal Cecelia W F 15 Step-Dau /   At home / PA PA PA

4.  1890 Census:  the 1890 Census Population Schedules were destroyed.

5.  1900 Census Index/Images (online at Genealogy.com, Image #11 of 33):  Curwensville Pct., Pike Twp., Clearfield Co., PA, Roll 1397 (Book 1), p. 199A, SN 6, SD 10, ED 94, enumerated 12 Jun 1900, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1900 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):
1900:  for an explanation of the column headings, please see What the Numbers in the Federal Census Mean (missing columns contained no data).
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 19 20 22 23 24 25 26 27 28
104 110 Dressler Jeremiah Head W M Apr ____ Un M 28     PA PA PA Farmer 2 Y Y Y O M F 34
    ________ Maria Wife W F Nov 1848 51 M 28 4 4 PA PA PA     Y Y Y        

6.  1910

7.  1920

8.  Perry Historians, Newport, PA, compilers.  Dressler Evangelical Churchyard (United Methodist), Susquehanna Twp., Juniata Co., PA (online at the Juniata County PAGenWeb site; contributed by Pauline Shunk):
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DRESSLER Catharine w/o Jeremiah March 28, 1848 April 8, 1869
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WorldConnect / Ancestry World Trees (online at RootsWeb.com/Ancestry.com).

.  LDS.  Family Search: Internet Genealogy Service: Pedigree Resource File (index to CDs, online at FamilySearch.org).

[There is a Nancy BOAL (indexed Nancey Boal), æ 45, living w/John & Mary DIMM in the 1850 census of Greenwood Twp., Juniata Co., PA, p. 308, Img #13 of 44.]

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