VOL. 1, NO. 1 - OCTOBER 1913 - Dreisbach Family Journal
Foreward: A New Departure
The Significance of Family Reunions - The Rev. J. W. Lazarus, Editor
The Name of Dreisbach - The Rev. Samuel A. Bridges Stopp, Historian of the DFA
Zion's (Stone) Church, Kreidersville, Pa.
“Organized 1770, first church of logs, built 1771; second edifice of stone, still standing, erected 1836; remodelled 1870 and 1905. Close to this historic old structure lie buried many generations of the Dreisbach family. Among these may be mentioned Simon Dreisbach (born in Oberndorff, Wittgenstein, Germany, in 1698, immigrated to America in 1743, died at his home near Kreidersville in 1785), the founder of the oldest branch of the Dreisbach family in America; his sons, Yost (1721-1794) and Simon (1730-1806), both distinguished for their patriotism and active services in the War of the Revolution, the latter a member of the building committee of the original Zion's Church; Simon's son Jacob (1756-1817) and his son Jacob (1794-1825), making four generations in one line.”
The Castle of Wittgenstein - The Rev. Samuel A. Bridges Stopp
The "Why" of the Dreisbach Reunions - by Ammon P. Dreisbach, DFA President