EDWIN T. KRESSI.ER, the second son of Thomas A. and Amelia Kressler, was born June 29, 1870, in North Whitehall township. He was reared upon the farm and attended the public schools. In 1893 he commenced farming as a tenant in South Whitehall Township, where he continued for thirteen years, after which he purchased the farm known as the Jeremiah Kern homestead, located West of Hoffmansville. He conducted this farm until the spring of 1913. In the fall of 1912 he sold the farm, consisting of 100 acres, to Morris Schantz. Since 1895 Mr. Kressler has been engaged in selling produce, disposing of it in Catasauqua, and Allentown, where he has an established route and still has some of his original customers. He is also a dealer in horses, handling between fifty and one hundred horses annually. He is a member of the Leather Corner Post Mutual Aid Society.

On November 9, 1882, he married Jane I. Klotz, daughter of George and Mary (Acker) Klotz.