Dreisbach-Dresbach Family Association

Rev. Simon Dresbach - 1802-1867

Rev. Simon Dresbach, great-grandson of Martin Dreisbach, was born Mar 4, 1802 in Northumberland Co., PA and  died Mar 12, 1867 in Mt. Carroll, Carroll Co., IL.  He was the son of Martin Dresbach and Lidya Spyker.  He married Frances Bowman Jan 04, 1828 in By Rev. John Winebrenner in OH.  She was born Dec 30, 1809 in Cumberland Co. PA, and died Jun 25, 1895 in Mt. Carroll, Carroll Co., IL.  She was the daughter of John Bauman and Catherine Wolff.

As a little boy, Simon moved to Ohio with the rest of the family.  In the 1820s he became a minister and returned to PA to serve.  In the 1860s he removed to IL with his family and died there 1867.  Click on the Bible pages below to see his family Bible.

Obituary of Simon Dresbach (Dreisbach)

From the "Carroll Co. Mirror", 19 Mar 1867, Ill Hist Lib, Springfield, Ill
A large concourse of friends were present last Sabbath, at the funeral rites attendant upon the burial of Elder Simon Dresbach. He was born  in Union County, Pennsylvania, March 4, 1802, being the oldest son of Martin Dresbach, Esq.  While he was but a boy his parents emigrated to Ohio--the then far West. On the journey he had the irreparable misfortune of losing his mother, whom the family buried before reaching their new home. When about sixteen years of age he was converted to the Christian faith, and connected himself with the "United Brethren in Christ"; and when twenty-one years of age he commenced his ministry as a preacher of the Gospel. He labored for some years very efficiently in his adopted State, but subsequently removed to his early home in Pennsylvania, where he was noted for his Christian zeal in the ministry, in connection with Bishop Pab of the "United Brethren", and Rev. John Winebrenner of the "Church of God".

In 1820 he was united in marriage to Miss Frances Bowman, of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania.  He lived to see his famiiy of seven children grown up around him, with many grand children to bless his old age. With the exception of one grandchild, his was the first death in the family.

For many of the latter years of his life he was sorely afflicted, and his physical frame became very feeble.    In the hopes of recruiting his health about two years ago he removed from his Eastern home to Mount Carroll, where, during his short stay with us, he won the Good opinion of the entire community.  His spirit was singularly gentile and subdued, and proved that he had long been a follower of Him who was "meek and lowly of heart". He not only had learned  to face death with calmness, but eagerly longed for the dread messenger, that he might be removed to a world where sin and sorrow, disease and pain, and doubt and fear are unknown.

He departed this life on the 12th inst. and on Sunday his funeral sermon was preached, by Elder Saacmakle of Chicago. The sympathies of the community are with the widow and his children in their affliction.

Rev. Simon Dresbach 1802-1867 and family

Simon DRESBACH
b: Mar 04, 1802 Northumberland Co., PA
Baptism: Mar 24, 1802
d: Mar 12, 1867 in Mt. Carroll, Carroll Co., IL
Burial: Oak Hill Cemetery, Mt. Carroll, IL
..  +Frances BOWMAN
b: Dec 30, 1809 Cumberland Co. PA
m: Jan 04, 1828 in By Rev. John Winebrenner in OH
d: Jun 25, 1895 in Mt. Carroll, Carroll Co., IL
Burial: 1895 Oak Hill Cemetery, Mt. Carroll, IL
Father: John BAUMAN Mother: Catherine WOLFF

.... 2   Regenia DRESBACH
b: Jun 20, 1830 Near Harrisburg, Dauphin Co, PA
d: Jun 29, 1903 in Canton, Lincoln Co, SD
........  +Henry L. SOULE
b: Oct 20, 1827 Perry Co, PA
m: Bet. 1850 - 1851 in Cumberland Co, PA
d: Oct 20, 1905 in Mt. Carroll, Caroll Co, IL

.... 2   John Martin DRESBACH
b: Nov 29, 1832 Cumberland, PA
d: Sep 19, 1895 in Mt. Carroll, Carroll, IL
Burial: Oak Hill Cemetery, Mt. Carroll, IL
........  +Alcinda SHERBEN
b: Nov 02, 1836 Cumberland, PA
m: Aug 08, 1855 in Cumberland, PA  d: Nov 04, 1892 in Carroll Co., IL
Burial: 1892 Oak Hill Cemetery, Mt. Carroll, IL
....  *2nd Wife of John Martin DRESBACH:
........  +Ellen NEWCOMER
m: Feb 12, 1895 in Mount Morris, Ogle, IL

.... 2   Henry Spyker DRESBACH
b: May 08, 1835 Cumberland Co, PA
d: 1895 in IL
........  +Amanda Sophonia GIDDINGS
b: 1840 IL
m: Oct 03, 1859
d: 1903 in IL

.... 2   Mary Elizabeth DRESBACH
b: Jul 27, 1838 Harrisburg, Dauphin Co., PA
d: Oct 02, 1906 in Mt. Carroll, Carroll Co., IL
........  +John George COLEMAN
b: Dec 22, 1831 York, PA
m: Mar 10, 1859 in York, PA
d: May 28, 1921 in Mt. Carroll, Carroll Co., IL
Father: George COLEMAN Mother: Catherine ZORGER

.... 2   William Otterbine DRESBACH
b: Jul 24, 1842 Mechanicsburg, Cumberland Co, PA
Military service: Sep 11, 1862 Civil War - Co E 1st PA Inf, Co B? 47th PA Inf
d: 1921-1923
........  +Anne Effie TUNNELL
b: May 14, 1849    m: Nov 01, 1866
d: Jan 29, 1895 in Morgan Co, IL
.... 2   Leidy Ann DRESBACH
b: Jun 01, 1845 Cumberland Co, PA
d: 1920 in Carroll Co, IL
........  +Isaiah Vansant HOLLINGER
b: 1838 PA    m: 1867 in IL
d: 1917 in Carroll Co, IL

.... 2   Thomas Ephriam DRESBACH
b: Nov 21, 1850 Cumberland Co, PA
d: 1901 in Carroll Co, IL
........  +Susan F. SUTTON
b: Sep 05, 1852 IL
m: 1875 in IL
d: Oct 09, 1925