Reisinger, J. W. H.

COL. J. W. H. REISINGER, Postmaster, Meadville, was born at Beaver, Penn., January 19, 1833, son of Charles and Providence (Roberts) Reisinger, the former a native of Pennsylvania, of German descent, the latter of Maryland, of English lineage. Charles Reisinger was a blacksmith; came to Crawford County in 1851 and died in Meadville in 1882. Our subject, the second child, was educated at Allegheny College, graduating with the degree A. B. in 1856, subsequently receiving the degree A. M. He chose teaching as his vocation, and for three years, from 1858 to 1860, inclusive, taught in the grammar schools of Evansville, Ind. He then came to Meadville. In 1862 he joined the One Hundred and Fiftieth Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, Company H; served as Captain eighteen months, then became Major of the Twenty-fifth Regiment United States Colored Troops; soon after was promoted to Lieutenant-Colonel, serving as such till the close of the war. He then went to Forest County, Penn., where he published the Bee for a year, and in 1869 moved to Franklin, same State, where he bought the Venango Citizen, which he published one year. In 1870 he again came to Meadville and bought the Meadville Republican, which he published from 1870 till January 1, 1884. Our subject was married in 1870 to Louisa E., daughter of Dr. Josiah Winans, of Tionesta, Penn., and by this union were born two children: Paul and Louisa, both now living. Mrs. Reisinger died September 29, 1875, and is buried in Greendale Cemetery. Col. Reisinger was appointed Postmaster in April, 1882, which office he still holds.

History of Crawford County, Pennsylvania: containing a history of the county, its townships, towns, villages, schools, churches, industries, etc., portraits of early settlers and prominent men, biographies, history of Pennsylvania, statistical and miscellaneous matter, Chicago: Warner, Beers & Co., 1885, page 760