Valentine Tressler died very suddenly at his home in Ash Grove, Sunday morning, Aug. 12,[1900] of heart trouble. Funeral and burial services were conducted by his life long friend and neighbor, Elder W. R. Storm, assisted by Rev. W. W. Barber, Monday afternoon in the presence of a very large audience at Ash Grove Church. Uncle Vol, as he was endearingly called by hundreds, was born in Adams Co., OH, Mar. 4, 1822, and moved with his parents in 1834 to the farm where he lived and died, thus being one of the first settlers in the Grove. He married Louisa Small, Dec. 25, 1849. To them were born two girls and a boy. The boy died in infancy, but the two daughters are yet living. His wife died Jan. 26, 1856 and he remained a widower until Oct. 1, 1874, when he married Catherine Yencer Imboden who survives him with three daughters and one son, another son, Millard, having died Oct. 5, 1893. Uncle Vol united with the Ash Grove Church in May 1891 under the ministry of Elder A. H. Harrell. All during his long life he was honest and straightforward, none having aught to say again him. He was even tempered, genial, and always had a friendly greeting and handshake for all. He was jolly and whole souled and looked on the bright side of life. His death cast a gloom over the entire community. His house was on the old national road and for many years, he kept a tavern, the "Black Horse Tavern" it was called in those early days and the old swinging sign of a black horse hanging out over the road is remembered by a few of the old citizens.
Valentine Tressler died very suddenly at his home in Ash Grove, Sunday morning, Aug. 12,[1900] of heart trouble. Funeral and burial services were conducted by his life long friend and neighbor, Elder W. R. Storm, assisted by Rev. W. W. Barber, Monday afternoon in the presence of a very large audience at Ash Grove Church. Uncle Vol, as he was endearingly called by hundreds, was born in Adams Co., OH, Mar. 4, 1822, and moved with his parents in 1834 to the farm where he lived and died, thus being one of the first settlers in the Grove. He married Louisa Small, Dec. 25, 1849. To them were born two girls and a boy. The boy died in infancy, but the two daughters are yet living. His wife died Jan. 26, 1856 and he remained a widower until Oct. 1, 1874, when he married Catherine Yencer Imboden who survives him with three daughters and one son, another son, Millard, having died Oct. 5, 1893. Uncle Vol united with the Ash Grove Church in May 1891 under the ministry of Elder A. H. Harrell. All during his long life he was honest and straightforward, none having aught to say again him. He was even tempered, genial, and always had a friendly greeting and handshake for all. He was jolly and whole souled and looked on the bright side of life. His death cast a gloom over the entire community. His house was on the old national road and for many years, he kept a tavern, the "Black Horse Tavern" it was called in those early days and the old swinging sign of a black horse hanging out over the road is remembered by a few of the old citizens.
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