Hasler, Henry

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• Reference Number: HASL.H087
• _FGRAVE: 12347713

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Last Friday at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Coad (Hasler) Gentry, near Bridgeport, west of Indianapolis, Henry Hasler expired suddenly from a heart attack. He had been in his usual health up to that time and had been in a jovial mood and conversed with his wife and family a short time before the attack. Mr. and Mrs. Hasler left their farm in Washington Township, north of Newberry, about four years ago and lived in Indianapolis until a few months ago.

Henry Hasler was a native of Greene County, born on February 10, 1852, on a farm in Taylor Township, this county. He was aged seventy-nine years. He was an industrious farmer and stock raiser and an honorable citizen, always standing for the best things proposed and promoted for his community.

Family/Spouse: Waggoner, Martha A.. Martha was born in 1865; died in 1898; was buried in Prairie Chapel Cemetery, Lyons, Greene County, Indiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Hasler, C.
2. Hasler, Florence was born on 1 Oct 1886 in Greene County, Illinois; died on 28 Dec 1908 in Elnora, Daviess County, Indiana; was buried in Prairie Chapel Cemetery, Lyons, Greene County, Indiana.
3. Hasler, Elmer was born in 1888.
4. Hasler, Rasho was born on 26 Aug 1891 in Lyons, Greene County, Indiana; died on 9 Oct 1918 in Camp Taylor, Jefferson County, Kentucky; was buried in Prairie Chapel Cemetery, Lyons, Greene County, Indiana.
5. Hasler, Frederick 'Fred' was born in 1893.
6. Hasler, Henry was born in 1897 in Indiana.

Henry married Collins, Sarah in 1877. Sarah was born in 1857; died in 1879; was buried in Prairie Chapel Cemetery, Lyons, Greene County, Indiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Henry married Wesnidge, Grace in 1899. Grace was born in 1882 in Indiana; died in 1946; was buried in Prairie Chapel Cemetery, Lyons, Greene County, Indiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Hasler, Coad Virginia 'Cory' was born on 25 Jul 1899 in Indiana; died on 26 Mar 2001; was buried in Ever Rest Memorial Park, Logansport, Cass County, Indiana.
2. Hasler, John 'Johny' was born in 1901 in Indiana; died on 27 Jun 1912 in Greene County, Indiana; was buried in Prairie Chapel Cemetery, Lyons, Greene County, Indiana.

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• Reference Number: HASL.C078
• _FGRAVE: 16943715
• Military Service: United States Army

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Christian Hasler
Birth
4 Jan 1821
Death
19 May 1895 (aged 74)
Burial
Scotland Cemetery
Scotland, Greene County, Indiana, USA
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Christian Hasler, a progressive and prosperous farmer, is a native of Switzerland, born in the year 1821. Together with his parents, Peter and Elizabeth (Kalb) Hasler, who crossed the Atlantic in 1845, and, being poor, started West, where land was cheap, with the determination of building for himself a home.

August 1, 1845, he located in Taylor Township, Greene County Ind., where he has since continued to reside. His mother died in 1865, and his father in 1876. Christian began for himself, a poor boy, and the characteristic traits of German people consisting of industry and frugality, has been a marked feature in his life. By the hardest of labor, he has secured a well-stocked farm of 580 acres, besides being free from debt, and with money loaned out to less fortunate neighbors.

Mr. Hasler is a Democrat in politics, and while living in his native country served four years in the regular army.

He has been twice married, by his first wife, Sarah Stone, being the father of three children; Margaret, Henry and Elizabeth. He married for his second wife, Margaret Feutz, in 1851.

Buried:
His headstone shows death year as 1998

Christian married Stone, Sarah E.. Sarah was born on 28 Dec 1828; died on 9 Aug 1859; was buried in Hasler Cemetery, Doans, Greene County, Indiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: STON.S001
• _FGRAVE: 12760035

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• Reference Number: HASL.P039
• _FGRAVE: 12760025

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Came to America in 1845.

Peter married Kolb, Elisabeth. Elisabeth (daughter of Kolb, M. and Rubin, E.) was born on 27 Oct 1791 in Lutschenthal, Verwaltungskreis Interlaken-Oberhasli, Bern, Switzerland; died on 30 Sep 1862 in Greene County, Indiana; was buried in Hasler Cemetery, Doans, Greene County, Indiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: KOLB.E001
• _FGRAVE: 12760027

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Came to America in 1845.
Christian's obituary shows her last name as Kalb (which is German for Calf)

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• Occupation: Schulmeister (School Master)
• Reference Number: HASL.C066

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The Hasler surname was initially spelled Häsler and/or Haesler

Christian married Zumbrunn, Anna in 1782 in Gsteigwiler, Canton Berne, Switzerland. Anna (daughter of Zumbrunn, C. and Borter, M.) was born in 1755 in Ringgenberg, Kanton Berne, Switzerland; died on 11 Apr 1807. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: ZUMB.A002

M. married Rubin, E.. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]