U.S. Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ -- USGenNet Inc. -- Please read the U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on the following page: --------------------------------------------------------------------- Ressegger, Mabel Robinson (1891-1936) --------------------------------------------------------------------- A History of Preston County West Virginia Biographical Department, Supplied by J. R. Cole Kingwood, W. Va., The Journal Publishing Company, 1914 by H. S. Whetsell Pages 644-645 The Beerbower Family are numerous and prominent. They are of German descent, and are of the blonde type a characteristic trait of the more ancient Germans who lived in prehistoric times, found in the barrow graves of Southern Europe, originally of the Rokitno burying grounds, where Albinism developed. The American family, living in West Virginia and in Pennsylvania, are descendants of Philip Beerbower, son of a German emigrant, who came from the city of Rotterdam in 1732. Philip Beerbower, Jr., died at the Glade Farms in 1871. His father had moved there from New York in 1808. He married Lydia Kelley. She died in 1872. George S., their oldest son, lived near Glade Farms. He was a good farmer, and a well known Christian gentleman. His wife was Catherine DeBerry, daughter of Archibald and Mary (Hazlet) De Berry, whose history can be found in another part of this work. Their children were: William, a minister in the Evangelical Lutheran Church. He was educated in Salem, Va., married Mary Marshall, of that place, in October of 1882, and by her had one child, Clyde W. He was pastor of the Brandonville circuit when he died in 1885. (2) Allen, the second son, married Rachael Chopson, and is the father of three boys: Paul and Ralph are both superintendents of coal and coking plants for the H. C. Frick Co. at Fairchance and Connelsville, Pa.; Bert, the youngest of the family, is at home. Lydia Beerbower was born August 28, 1856. In 1882, she married Milton Robinson, an educated and practical farmer who had moved from his farm near Glade Farms twenty-four years ago to Terra Alta, where he died February 8, 1906. He was a devout Christian gentle- man. Their children were: (1) Russell, who was killed on the rail- road by accident when nineteen years old; (2) Mabel Blanche, born October 9, 1890, married to Mr. Oscar E. Ressegger, a graduate of the commercial department of West Virginia Wesleyan College at Buckhannon, and died on March 27, 1912. The Resseggers are educated people. Mrs. Ressegger graduated from the Terra Alta High School when sixteen years of age, and would have graduated from her Alma Mater in June, 1912, had she continued her studies there three months longer. Mr. Ressegger is at this time building a residence on his farm near Frenchton. Mrs. Ressegger's mother, Mrs. Robinson, married the second time. Her husband is William Henry Ringer, a well-to-do farmer near Terra Alta. He is the son of John Ringer, a veteran soldier of the late Civil War and a farmer near Lenox. Mr, W. H. Ringer was born in 1847. He was formerly a devout member of the Lutheran Church, but now worships with his family with the Methodist people. --------------------------------------------------------------------- From Death Certificate, Preston County, WV #12317 FULL-NAME: Mabel B. Ressegger BIRTH-DATE: Oct. 4, 1891 BIRTH-PLACE: Terra Alta, W.Va. DEATH-DATE: August 10, 1936 DEATH-PLACE: Hopemont Sanitarium, Hopemont, Preston County, WV MARITAL-STATUS: Married (Oscar Ressegger) OCCUPATION: Housework FATHER: M. W. Robinson (born in West Virginia) MOTHER: Lydia Beerbower (born in Preston County, W.Va. CAUSE-OF-DEATH: Pulmonary Tuberculosis INFORMANT: E. R. Ressegger BURIAL: Terra Alta, W.Va. --------------------------------------------------------------------- If you've reached this file through a SEARCH, you can access other biographies for Preston County, WV by going to the following URL: http://www.us-data.org/wv/preston/bios.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------