Closson Press

Author: John P. Deeben
The Bassler & Scheese Families of Trevorton, Pennsylvania: Ancestors and Related Descendants of Frederick Schiess (1799-1875) and Matthias Bassler (1828-1889.) This work chronicles the ancestors and common descendants of Frederick Scheese and Matthias Bassler, both of whom emigrated separately from Wurttemberg, Germany to Trevorton, Northumberland, Pennsylvania in the early 1850s; in 1854 Matthias married Frederick’s daughter, Clophia Barbara Scheese. The book covers the historical background of the Scheese and Bassler descendants. Also included are separate marriage and burial listings, numerous family photographs, and reproductions of privately-held famly documents and public records from federal and local repositories (including the National Archives and the Northumberland County courthouse in Sunbury, PA). A bibliography and full name index appear at the end.