David H. Wissler
The fifty years which David H. Wissler has spent in Paint township, Fayette county, Ohio, has given his neighbors a chance to know him in every phase of his character, and that they respect him and hold him in high regard is due to the fact that he has led a life free from blame and censure. He is one of the successful farmers of his township, and has succeeded in his chosen vocation through his own courage, persistency and good management. He is a man who believes in lending what aid he can to his neighbors and to the general public, while at the same time advancing his individual interests. He has always been identified with the civic life of his community, giving his fellow citizens conscientious and efticient service.
David H. Wissler. the son of Christian and Pliza (Core) Wissler, was born January 10, 1864. on the farm where he is now living, about six miles from Bloomingburg. His farm of one hundred sixty-one acres, known as the Spring Brook farm, is on the Danville pike and is one of the most attractive farms of the township. His father, Christian Wissler, was the son of Henry and Susan (Neff) Wissler, both father and son being born in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania. Christian Wissler located in Madison county, this state, in 1855. In 1856 Henry Wissler came to Ohio and he and his son. Christian, both came to Fayette county and bought farms in Paint township. Christian Wissler and wife reared a family of five children, Charles, David H., Mrs. Evelyn Hosier, Emma and Howard, the last two named being deceased.
David H. Wissler attended the Wissler school in his home township, and then spent three years, 1881-4, in the National Normal University at Lebanon, Ohio, where he took the commercial and civil engineering courses. After the death of liis mother, in 1886, he returned jome and took over the management of the paternal estate, and at the death of his father, in 1907. he inherited the old homestead. He has never married and has always devoted himself to farming and stock raising, paying particular attention to the breeding of Shorthorn cattle and Berkshire hogs. His brother, Howard, who is now deceased, was educated at Ada, Ohio, and married Catherine Kellough, leaving his widow with two children. Wayne and Grace, who are attending school at Bloomingburg.
Mr. Wissler is a Republican in politics, and has been one of his party's leaders for many years. He is a man of high character, and enjoys to a marked degree the confidence and esteem of those with whom he has been associated. A man of nroad education, he is deeply interested in everything pertaining to the advancement of the community, and for years has been recognized as one of the progressive and representative men of his township and county. He is a man whom to know is to respect and admire, because of his sterling qualities of character and upright life.
From History of Fayette County Ohio - Her People, Industries and Institutions by Frank M. Allen (1914, R. F. Bowen & Company, Inc.)