Husband Christian B. Niesley 1
AKA: Christian Nissley 2
Born: 15 Aug 1834 - Middlesex Twp, Cumberland Co, PA 1 2
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Father: Jacob Nissley (1797-1869) 2
Mother: Mary Miller (1802-1877) 1 2
Marriage: 12 Nov 1861 - Cumberland Co, PA 1
Wife Mary C. Merkel 3
AKA: Mary Markle 2
Born: - Lower Allen Twp, Cumberland Co, PA
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Father: Levi Merkel (1803-1876) 4
Mother: Susanna Martin (1810- ) 5
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1 M Charles Merkel Niesley 1
Born: 9 Aug 1865 - Mechanicsburg, Cumberland Co, PA 1
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General Notes: Husband - Christian B. Niesley
He attended school and assisted his father on the farm until he was seventeen, when he taught school winters and studied with a private tutor, and one year in the academy of Juniata County, Pennsylvania. At twenty-one he went to Osborn, Ohio, and taught school there one year; then engaged as manager and salesman for the Neff & Carson Nursery Company, of Dayton, Ohio, one year; then took charge of the nursery business himself for several years, extending his trade into the southern states. Having been successful he returned to Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, purchased the farm his father had selected for him, and soon after settled in Mechanicsburg. After his marriage, he was engaged in commercial, agricultural and horticultural pursuits. Mr. and Mrs. Niesley were active members of the Presbyterian Church. He was sent as commissioner to the last General Assembly at Minneapolis.
He took a lively interest in the common schools, and was director for many years. He was chairman of the Pennsylvania State Sabbath-school Association, and he was one of the organizers of the Cumberland County Sabbath-school Association, organized at Carlisle, September 13, 1873; was elected chairman of the executive committee; then president, serving three successive years, and was associated with it officially thereafter; and, seeing the great need of better preparation by the Sunday-school teachers for their responsible position, he was one of the leading spirits in establishing and conducting the Cumberland Valley Sunday-school Assembly at Williams' Grove, where some of the best normal and primary instruction was given and some of the most noted lecturers of the age were heard.
He had one of the most beautiful residences in Mechanicsburg, situated on Main Street, where he and his family resided.