Washington
Heisler
Born in Orwigsburg, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, United States
Ancestors 
Son of George Heisler
and Anna Maria (Yost) Heisler
Brother of
Anna (Heisler) Dreibelbis and William Heisler
Husband of
Sarah (Kurtz) Heisler
— married
1845 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Martin Luther Heisler, Newton Heisler, Henry Frank Heisler, Charles Washington Heisler, Benjamin Keller Heisler and John Clement Heisler
Died
at age 70
in Mifflinburg, Union, Pennsylvania, United States
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Biography
Washington Heisler was born on January 5, 1825, and died on April 25, 1895. He was the son of George Heisler and Maria Yost.
Self educated, he was initially in the drug and hardware business in Pottsville, Pennsylvania, entering the Lutheran ministry in 1858. He served as a minister in Jersey Shore, Pennsylvania, Salona, Pennsylvania, Mifflinburg, Pennsylvania, Tremont, Pennsylvania and Minersville, Pennsylvania. He retired in 1895.
Sources
1850 U.S. Census, Pottsville, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, pop. sch. 340 (typed), dwell. 394, fam. 412.
1860 U.S. Census, Ashland, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, pop. sch. 71 (typed), dwell. 1154, fam. 1180.
1870 U.S. Census, Mifflinburg, Union County, Pennsylvania, pop. sch. 14 (handwritten), dwell. 112, fam. 115 (listed as a minister).
1880 U.S. Census, Mifflinburg, Union County, Pennsylvania, pop. sch. 583 (typed), dwell. 117, fam. 133 (listed as a minister).
"Into the Great Beyond," Harrisburg Telegraph (Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, April 26, 1895, p.1.
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