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Below is a family biography included in the book,  Portrait and biographical record of Lehigh, Northampton and Carbon counties, Pennsylvania published in 1894 by Chapman Publishing Company.  These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary.  Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more.  There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.

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JOHN A. KRESSLY, M. D., D. D. S., who ranks among the well known and progressive members of the medical profession in Lehigh County, enjoys the confidence and good will of its residents, and it is therefore with pleasure that we present this brief outline of his history to our readers. He is at present residing in New Tripoli, and was born in the above county April 4, 1862. His parents, Israel and Eliza J. (Boone) Kressly, were natives respectively of this and Schuylkill Counties. Mrs. Kressly, now deceased, was a direct descendant of Daniel Boone, of Kentucky fame. The father is still living, making his home in Lynn Township well advanced in years.

Our subject was reared to man’s estate in this county, and received his primary education in the district schools of Lynn Township. He afterward attended the Millersburg Normal for three summer sessions, and for five years subsequently taught the public school in Lynnville, where he became a teacher of considerable note. In 1885 he entered the Pennsylvania Dental College, from which he was graduated in the spring of 1887. In the fall of that year he entered Hahnemann Medical College at Philadelphia, where he took the regular course of four terms, and graduated with the degree of M. D. In 1889 Dr. Kressly located in New Tripoli, where he soon built up a large and lucrative practice, and is now recognized as one of the most prominent physicians of northern Lehigh County.

Dr. Kressly and Miss Laura, daughter of Elias S. Snyder, were united in marriage in 1890. The lady was born in Lynn Township, and by her union with our subject has become the mother of a daughter, Roma. Socially the Doctor is identified with the Junior Order of United American Mechanics and Grand Council No. 204 at New Tripoli, of which he is now a Past Counselor. In politics he is an ardent worker in the ranks of the Republicans, and is greatly interested in the success of his party.

The Doctor is a member of the Lehigh Valley Homeopathic Medical Society, and is public spirited, liberal and enterprising. He is closely identified with the best interests of the place, and none are more active in promoting its welfare than he is. A devoted member of the Lutheran Church, he enjoys the full confidence of the church with which he is connected.

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This family biography is one of numerous biographies included in the book, Portrait and biographical record of Lehigh, Northampton and Carbon counties, Pennsylvania published in 1894 by Chapman Publishing Company. 

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