David was the son of Adam Deshler, one of the first settlers.
He grew up in Whitehall Township, in his father's stone house.
In 1767 he bought land in Salisbury Township from James Allen, on which he erected a grist mill and a sawmill. This was an early part of the present-day city of Allentown, where David Deshler built the first house.
He lived in a large stone house, now called Fort Deshler or Deshler's Blockhouse. Like Fort Ralston's stone blockhouse in E. Allen Twsp, it is no longer standing).
He was the Lt. Col. of PA. Militia during the Revolutionary War and a patriot of Egypt, PA.
"Colonel David Deshler was beyond doubt the most substantial resident of Northampton town [now Allentown] in his time, and his influence helped very materially in the successful culmination of the War for Independence."*
(1776) David attended the proceedings of the Provincial
Conference in Philadelphia on June 1776 where he was made Deputy of the election for the second division of the county held at Allentown.
(1777) He was made Sub Lt.
(1778) David was made the Commissary of Supplies of
Northampton County.
(1780) Congress was unable to pay for anything, David Deshler and his colleague and neighbor, Captain John
Arndt, advanced their own money to pay for Northampton County's quota of army supplies.
(1787) David was a member of the 1787 Pennsylvania convention that ratified the United States Constitution.
*quoted from Encyclopedia of Pennsylvania Biography (Vol. 6)
Some sources spell his last name as Dresher. On this website we use the spelling as seen on the tombstone.
He grew up in Whitehall Township, in his father's stone house.
In 1767 he bought land in Salisbury Township from James Allen, on which he erected a grist mill and a sawmill. This was an early part of the present-day city of Allentown, where David Deshler built the first house.
He lived in a large stone house, now called Fort Deshler or Deshler's Blockhouse. Like Fort Ralston's stone blockhouse in E. Allen Twsp, it is no longer standing).
He was the Lt. Col. of PA. Militia during the Revolutionary War and a patriot of Egypt, PA.
"Colonel David Deshler was beyond doubt the most substantial resident of Northampton town [now Allentown] in his time, and his influence helped very materially in the successful culmination of the War for Independence."*
(1776) David attended the proceedings of the Provincial
Conference in Philadelphia on June 1776 where he was made Deputy of the election for the second division of the county held at Allentown.
(1777) He was made Sub Lt.
(1778) David was made the Commissary of Supplies of
Northampton County.
(1780) Congress was unable to pay for anything, David Deshler and his colleague and neighbor, Captain John
Arndt, advanced their own money to pay for Northampton County's quota of army supplies.
(1787) David was a member of the 1787 Pennsylvania convention that ratified the United States Constitution.
*quoted from Encyclopedia of Pennsylvania Biography (Vol. 6)
Some sources spell his last name as Dresher. On this website we use the spelling as seen on the tombstone.
David was the son of Adam Deshler, one of the first settlers.
He grew up in Whitehall Township, in his father's stone house.
In 1767 he bought land in Salisbury Township from James Allen, on which he erected a grist mill and a sawmill. This was an early part of the present-day city of Allentown, where David Deshler built the first house.
He lived in a large stone house, now called Fort Deshler or Deshler's Blockhouse. Like Fort Ralston's stone blockhouse in E. Allen Twsp, it is no longer standing).
He was the Lt. Col. of PA. Militia during the Revolutionary War and a patriot of Egypt, PA.
"Colonel David Deshler was beyond doubt the most substantial resident of Northampton town [now Allentown] in his time, and his influence helped very materially in the successful culmination of the War for Independence."*
(1776) David attended the proceedings of the Provincial
Conference in Philadelphia on June 1776 where he was made Deputy of the election for the second division of the county held at Allentown.
(1777) He was made Sub Lt.
(1778) David was made the Commissary of Supplies of
Northampton County.
(1780) Congress was unable to pay for anything, David Deshler and his colleague and neighbor, Captain John
Arndt, advanced their own money to pay for Northampton County's quota of army supplies.
(1787) David was a member of the 1787 Pennsylvania convention that ratified the United States Constitution.
*quoted from Encyclopedia of Pennsylvania Biography (Vol. 6)
Some sources spell his last name as Dresher. On this website we use the spelling as seen on the tombstone.
He grew up in Whitehall Township, in his father's stone house.
In 1767 he bought land in Salisbury Township from James Allen, on which he erected a grist mill and a sawmill. This was an early part of the present-day city of Allentown, where David Deshler built the first house.
He lived in a large stone house, now called Fort Deshler or Deshler's Blockhouse. Like Fort Ralston's stone blockhouse in E. Allen Twsp, it is no longer standing).
He was the Lt. Col. of PA. Militia during the Revolutionary War and a patriot of Egypt, PA.
"Colonel David Deshler was beyond doubt the most substantial resident of Northampton town [now Allentown] in his time, and his influence helped very materially in the successful culmination of the War for Independence."*
(1776) David attended the proceedings of the Provincial
Conference in Philadelphia on June 1776 where he was made Deputy of the election for the second division of the county held at Allentown.
(1777) He was made Sub Lt.
(1778) David was made the Commissary of Supplies of
Northampton County.
(1780) Congress was unable to pay for anything, David Deshler and his colleague and neighbor, Captain John
Arndt, advanced their own money to pay for Northampton County's quota of army supplies.
(1787) David was a member of the 1787 Pennsylvania convention that ratified the United States Constitution.
*quoted from Encyclopedia of Pennsylvania Biography (Vol. 6)
Some sources spell his last name as Dresher. On this website we use the spelling as seen on the tombstone.
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