Name: Abe Bresler
State Served: TN
Application Type: Soldier
Application Numbers: S15015
Application Location: Lincoln, TN
Additional info: Trigg's Battery, Arkansas Light Artillery
Note: The name Bresler, Abe appears on a Tennesse Confederate Application
Info: A photocopy of this pension application may be obtained from the Tennessee State Library and Archives. Please contact the Tennessee State Library and Archives for pricing and availability at the following address: Tennessee State Library and Archives, R
Ancestry.com. Tennessee, Civil War Confederate Pension Applications Index [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005. Original data: Tennessee State Library and Archives, comp.. Index to Tennessee Confederate Pension Applications. Nashville, TN, USA: 1964 (revised 1994).
1880 United States Federal Census
Name: A. E. Bresler
Home in 1880: Tuscumbia, Colbert, Alabama
Age: 40
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1840
Birthplace: Prussia
Relation to Head of Household: Self (Head)
Spouse's Name: Rosa
Father's birthplace: Hun
Mother's birthplace: Hun
Neighbors: View others on page
Occupation: Grocer
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Gender: Male
Household Members: Name Age
A. E. Bresler 40 w/m b. Prussia parents born Hungary Grocer
Rosa Bresler 41 w/f b. Prussia parents born Hungary wife
Agnes Manush 16 w/f niece single b. Prussia parents born Hungary
[Note: There is also a George Manush age 21 Cabinet maker living down the street as a boarder in the household of William Challen]
1900 United States Federal Census
Name: Asher E Bresler
Home in 1900: Florence, Lauderdale, Alabama
Age: 59
Birth Date: Jun 1840
Birthplace: Germany
Race: White
Ethnicity: American
Immigration Year: 1858
Relationship to head-of-house: Head
Father's Birthplace: Germany
Mother's Birthplace: Germany
Marital Status: Widowed
Residence : Florence City, Lauderdale, Alabama
Occupation: View Image
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members: Name Age
Asher E Breeton 59 w/m b. June 1840 General Merchandise
1910 United States Federal Census
Name: Asher E Bresler
Age in 1910: 69
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1841
Birthplace: Germany
Relation to Head of House: Head
Father's Birth Place: Germany
Mother's Birth Place: Germany
Spouse's Name: Margrett
Home in 1910: Florence Ward 1, Lauderdale, Alabama
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Gender: Male
Year of Immigration: 1858
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members: Name Age
Asher E Bresler 69 w/m 2nd Marriage [1906] self-employed Retail Merchant entered USA 1838
Margrett Bresler 36 w/f 2nd Marriage [1906] wife Keeping House b. Germany entered USA 1895
Jack H Wagnon 32 w/m Boarder b. Alabama
1920 United States Federal Census
about Asher E Brester
Name: Asher E Brester
[Osker E Bresler]
Home in 1920: Florence Ward 1, Lauderdale, Alabama
Age: 79 years
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1841
Birthplace: Germany
Relation to Head of House: Head
Spouse's Name: Margaret
Father's Birth Place: Germany
Mother's Birth Place: Germany
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Sex: Male
Home owned: Own
Year of Immigration: 1888
Able to read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
Image: 720
Household Members: Name Age
Asher E Brester 79 Grocer
Margaret Brester 43 wife
David S Fishman 24 Roomer
Alabama Deaths, 1908-59
about Asher E. Bresler
Name: Asher E. Bresler
Death Date: Mar 1926
Death County: Lauderdale
Volume: 14
Roll: 2
Page #: 6841
Ancestry.com. Alabama Deaths, 1908-59 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2000. Original data: State of Alabama. Index of Vital Records for Alabama: Deaths, 1908-1959. Montgomery, AL, USA: State of Alabama Center for Health Statistics, Record Services Division.
1870 United States Federal Census
Name: Abram Bresler
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1838
Age in 1870: 32
Birthplace: Prussia
Home in 1870: Tuscumbia, Colbert, Alabama
Race: White
Gender: Male
Post Office: Tuscumbia
Household Members: Name Age
Abram Bresler 32 w/m Dry Goods Merchant b. Prussia
Asher Bresler 30 w/m Dry Goods Merchange b. Prussia
Rosalie Bresler 29 w/f Keeping House b. Hungary
Bettie Bresler 22 w/f at home b. Hungary
Rosa Bresler 4 w/f b. Michigan
Aaron Bresler 2 w/m b. Alabama
Joseph Bresler 10/12 w/m b. Alabama
Jane Peet 15 b/f Nurse b. Alabama
Simon Wiss 17 w/m clerk in store b. Hungary
1880 United States Federal Census
Name: Abram Bresler
Home in 1880: Tuscumbia, Colbert, Alabama
Age: 42
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1838
Birthplace: Prussia
Relation to Head of Household: Self (Head)
Spouse's Name: Bettie
Father's birthplace: Hun
Mother's birthplace: Hun
Neighbors: living next door to his brother
Occupation: Grocer
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Gender: Male
Household Members: Name Age
Abram Bresler 42 Grocer b. Prussia parents born Hungary
Bettie Bresler 33 wife b. Prussia parents born Hungary
Rosa Bresler 14 daughter single b. Prussia
Aaron Bresler 13 son single b. Prussia
Joseph Bresler 11 son single b. Prussia
Jacob Bresler 7 son single b. Prussia
Sam Bresler 4 son single b. Prussia
Celia Bresler 2 daughter single b, Alabama
1910 United States Federal Census
Name: Abraham Bresler
Age in 1910: 72
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1838
Birthplace: Germany
Relation to Head of House: Head
Father's Birth Place: Germany
Mother's Birth Place: Germany
Home in 1910: Tuscumbia Ward 4, Colbert, Alabama
Marital Status: Widowed
Race: White
Gender: Male
Year of Immigration: 1848
Household Members: Name Age
Abraham Busler 72
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