Joseph N. Risser
Biography from Biographical Annals of Lancaster County, PA, pages 1054-1055
Submitted by Pete MorozJOSEPH N. RISSER, a general farmer and also a painter in Mt. Joy township, was born Oct. 15, 1856, son of Joseph and Fanny (Nissley) Risser, the former of whom was born in Lebanon county and the latter in Mt. Joy, Lancaster county.
The father of Mr. Risser moved to the farm which the latter now occupies in 1886, and there he died Dec. 1, 1896. The mother died on her old homestead in January, 1885, aged sixty-three years, the father living to be seventy-five. They were members of the Old Mennonite Church, and were buried in Risser�s Meeting House cemetery, in Mt. Joy township. They reared a goodly family, as follows: Elizabeth, who married Christian Good, a farmer in West Donegal township; Mary N., who married Rev. Levi Ebersole, a retired farmer, in Elizabethtown; Levi N., deceased, who married Amanda Nissley, and she now lives in Elizabethtown; Anna N., deceased, wife of Levi Longenecker; Fanny N., who married Aaron Demmy, of Elizabethtown; Joseph N.; Rev. Martin H., a farmer on the old homestead and a preacher in Zion Church, who married Fanny Hosler; Amanda N., who married Benjamin Hersh, of East Donegal township; and Amos N., a farmer of Mt. Joy township, who married Emma Lehman.
Joseph N. Risser came with his father in 1886 to the present farm, which is a well cultivated tract of twenty-two acres, and here he has resided ever since. In politics he is a Republican. He is a consistent member of the German Baptist Church, and one of the most respected men in this locality. In connection with his farming, he follow his trade as painter.
On Oct. 23, 1888, in Mt. Joy, township, Mr. Risser was married to Miss Lizzie S. Stauffer, and four children have been born to this union, namely: James S., Fanny S., Ivan S. and Herman S. Mrs. Risser was born June 20, 1864, in Mt. Joy township, near Milton Grove, where her parents, John G. and Maria W. (Shelly) Stauffer, still reside. Both Mr. And Mrs. Risser have a wide circle of attached friends, and both are most highly esteemed in the community.
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