FIRST GENERATION

 

1.  Unknown TRESNER.  The name TRESNER may have been spelled FRESNER, TRUSNER, or TREASNER in Germany. There may even be some relationship to or the name may have been Dresner, as in the family listed in Schindlers List.

 

Unknown TRESNER had the following children:

 

            +2                      i.    Philip TRESNER I (born on December 15, 1761).

            +3                     ii.    Jacob TRESNER (born in 1758).

 

SECOND GENERATION

 

2.  Philip TRESNER I was born on December 15, 1761 in Prussia, Germany.  He died on August 2, 1833 in Greencaslte, Putnam County, Indiana.  Philip Tresner (I) came to the US in 1779.  Lived in Baltimore, Maryland. He moved to Kentucky in 1799.  After marrying he moved to Putnam County, Indiana in 1825.

 

He was married to Charity BELLISFIELD (daughter of Peter BELLISFIELD and Elizabeth HUFFMAN ) on April 20, 1802 in Baltimore, Maryland.  Phillip and Charity may have been married in Kentucky.  Information from Ralph D. Tresner shows this as the place of marriage.  Charity BELLISFIELD was born on November 17, 1781 in Kentucky.  She died on February 29, 1864 in Edgar County, Illinois.  In 1861 Charity Tresner moved to Illinois with her son Morgan Tresner. The name Bellisfield has been changed a number of times; the original German name was BOLLESFELDT; variations are: BELLOWSFELT, BELLISFIELD, BELLIS, BELLES, and BELLAS.  Philip TRESNER I and Charity BELLISFIELD had the following children:

 

            +4                      i.    Peter TRESNER (born in 1804).

            +5                     ii.    Margaret TRESNER (born between 1806 and 1810).

            +6                    iii.    Nancy TRESNER (born in 1812).

            +7                    iv.    Sarah (Saddie) TRESNER (born in 1816).

            +8                     v.    Philip TRESNER II (born on April 27, 1818).

            +9                    vi.    Morgan TRESNER (born on April 11, 1820).

 

3.  Jacob TRESNER was born in 1758 in Germany.  He died after 1840.

 

He was married to Betsy RICE on June 6, 1807 in Garrard County, Kentucky.  Betsy RICE was born about 1780.  Jacob TRESNER and Betsy RICE had the following children:

 

          +10                      i.    Hiram TRESNER (born in 1810).

            11                     ii.    Rachel J. TRESNER. 

            12                    iii.    Margaret TRESNER. 

            13                    iv.    Lydia Ann TRESNER. 

 

THIRD GENERATION

 

4.  Peter TRESNER was born in 1804 in Kentucky.  He died in Dade County, Missouri.

 

He was married to Barbara ALLSPAUGH on September 8, 1826 in Putnam Co., Indiana.  Barbara ALLSPAUGH died in Dade County, Missouri.

 

5.  Margaret TRESNER was born between 1806 and 1810 in Kentucky.  She died in Putnam County, Indiana.

 

She was married to Thomas GIBBS on May 29, 1827 in Garrad County, Indiana.  Thomas GIBBS died in Putnam County, Indiana.  This branch of the tree was received from T.R. Hopokins.  This is listed in documents received from Nathan Fay TRESNER.  Margaret TRESNER and Thomas GIBBS had the following children:

 

          +14                      i.    Mary Ann GIBBS.

 

6.  Nancy TRESNER was born in 1812 in Kentucky.  She died in Putnam County, Indiana.

 

She was married to Ephriam ALLSPAUGH on October 26, 1827 in Garrad County, Indiana.  Ephriam ALLSPAUGH died in Putnam County, Indiana.

 

7.  Sarah (Saddie) TRESNER was born in 1816 in Kentucky.  She died in Niangua, Missouri.  Sarah Tresner married Hiram Tresner a cousin. After Hiram Tresner died in Putnam County, Indiana Sarah moved to Edgar County, Illinois for several years and then moved to Nianqua, Missouri.

 

She was married to Hiram TRESNER (son of Jacob TRESNER and Betsy RICE ) on March 26, 1835 in Putnam County, Indiana.  Hiram TRESNER was born in 1810.  He died in 1863 in Putnam County, Indiana.  Sarah (Saddie) TRESNER and Hiram TRESNER had the following children:

 

          +15                      i.    Nancy TRESNER (born on March 20, 1848).

 

8.  Philip TRESNER II was born on April 27, 1818 in Kentucky.  He died on February 20, 1897 in Washington County, Arkansas.  Ralph D. TRESNER states Phillip TRESNER died in Fayetteville, Ark. Documents from Nathan Fay TRESNER place the death also in Washington County near Fayetteville.  He was buried in Round Mountian Cemetery.  Round Mountain Cemetery is five miles east of Fayetteville.  Philip and Laura Tresner moved to Missouri in 1848 and then back to

Putnam County.  They moved to Edgar County, Illinois in Sep 1866 and on to Labett County, Kansas, and on to Chautauqua County, Kansas in 1869.  In 1878 they moved to Washington County, Arkansas.

 

The 1860 Census list a JNO. TRESNER in Madison Twsp, Putnam County, Indiana as 42 yrs old m. to Flora S. age 40 b. Ohio.  This is probably Philip TRSNER and the name Flora could have been written instead of Laura.  They also had a daughter listed as age 7 named Laura and Laura Marie was born in 1853 making her 7 yrs old.

 

He was married to Laura Scranton WILLIAMS (daughter of William WILLIAMS and Jerusha GIELETT) on February 21, 1838 in Putnam County, Indiana.  Laura Scranton WILLIAMS was born on November 5, 1821 in Ohio.  She died in 1903 in Washington County, Arkansas.  She was buried in Round Mountain Cemetery, Arkansas.  Round Mountain Cemetery is five miles east of Fayetteville, Arkansas  Philip TRESNER II and Laura Scranton WILLIAMS had the following children:

 

          +16                      i.    Mary Jane TRESNER (born on December 16, 1836).

          +17                     ii.    Sarah Levine TRESNER (born about 1841).

          +18                    iii.    Morgan Bellisfield TRESNER (born about 1843).

          +19                    iv.    William Henry Harrison (Buck) TRESNER (born in 1843).

          +20                     v.    Charity Elizabeth TRESNER (born about 1846).

            21                    vi.    Martha A. TRESNER was born about 1848 in Indiana.  She died after 1901.

          +22                   vii.    Phillip Nelson TRESNER (born on May 4, 1851).

          +23                  viii.    Laura Marie TRESNER (born on April 13, 1853).

          +24                    ix.    Hiram Hamilton (Ham) TRESNER (born on March 13, 1854).

            25                     x.    Susie Alice TRESNER died.

            26                    xi.    Samuel Oreton TRESNER died.

 

9.  Morgan TRESNER was born on April 11, 1820 in Kentucky.  He died on May 5, 1876 in Edgar County, Illinois.  Morgan TRESNER moved to Park County, Indiana in 1853 but moved back to Putnam County in 1856.  In Nov 1861, they moved to Edgar County, Illinois.  In Sep 1866 they moved to Labette County, Kansas, but were so dissatisfied that they moved back to Illinois in Apr 1868.

 

The 1860 Census list reports Morgan TRESNER in Madison Twsp, Putnam County, Indiana as a Farmer with real estate valued at $1,000 and a personal estate of $200. At the time of this census Morgan’s mother Charity (Ella) Tresner was living at his home in Greencastle, Ind.

 

He was married to Martha Anna COPELAND (daughter of Daniel COPELAND  and Sophia PROBST ) on September 8, 1845 in Putnam County, Indiana.  Martha Anna COPELAND was born on December 25, 1828 in North Carolina.  She was buried in 1901 in Oak Grove Cemetery, Stratton Twp..  She died on July 26, 1901 in Edgar County, Illinois.  Martha Anna COPELAND moved to Putnam County, Indiana with her foster parents, Henry and Katy Carpenter in 1835.  Martha Anna's father Daniel Copeland went to South Carolina in 1830 to help subdue the slaves who had rebelled, and trying to cross a river on horse back he and several others of the Company were washed down stream and died.  Morgan TRESNER and Martha Anna COPELAND had the following children:

 

          +27                      i.    Philip M. (Phil) TRESNER (born on April 24, 1846).

          +28                     ii.    Charity E. (Ella) TRESNER (born on April 9, 1848).

          +29                    iii.    Peter H. TRESNER (born on July 14, 1850).

          +30                    iv.    William Morgan (Will) TRESNER (born on January 27, 1853).

          +31                     v.    George W. TRESNER (born in 1855).

            32                    vi.    James F. "Jim" TRESNER was born on April 7, 1858 in Putnam County, Indiana.  He died on May 7, 1919 in Murdock, Douglas Co., Illinois.  James F. TRESNER moved to Edgar county, Illinois in 1861 with his parents.  He moved to Douglas County, Illinois in 1889 but moved back

                                            to Edgar County, Illinois with his mother in 1896.  He went to Oklahoma 23 Dec 1905 and lived there several years then moved to Texas, but having lost his health and contracted asthma came to the home of his sister and brother-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. B.O. FARRIS in 1915. In Jun 1918 he went to Illinois to live with his sister, Ella THOMAS, and died at her home.

          +33                   vii.    Laura E. "Libbie" TRESNER (born on April 15, 1866).

          +34                  viii.    Sarah M. "Sadie" TRESNER (born on May 30, 1869).

 

10.  Hiram TRESNER was born in 1810.  He died in 1863 in Putnam County, Indiana.

 

He was married to Sarah (Saddie) TRESNER (daughter of Philip TRESNER I and Charity BELLISFIELD ) on March 26, 1835 in Putnam County, Indiana.  Sarah (Saddie) TRESNER was born in 1816 in Kentucky.  She died in Niangua, Missouri.  Sarah Tresner married Hiram Tresner a cousin. After Hiram Tresner died in Putnam County, Indiana Sarah moved to Edgar County, Illinois for several years and then moved to Nianqua, Missouri.  Hiram TRESNER and Sarah (Saddie) TRESNER had the following children:

 

          +15                      i.    Nancy TRESNER (born on March 20, 1848).