JOSEPH L. KRESSLER, the third son of Thomas A. and Amelia Kressler, a farmer and huckster in South Whitehall Township, was born in North Whitehall Township, March 28, 1877. He was reared upon the farm and attended the public schools in Upper Macungie Township. In the spring of 1898 he commenced farming as a tenant in South Whitehall, and four years later he became a tenant on his father's farm, which consisted of 125 acres. In the fall of 1905 he purchased the homestead and continued farming it until 1908, when he purchased and moved upon his present farm near Guth's Station. This farm consists of thirty-five acres and was a Guth homestead, until the property was purchased by the Atlas Cement Company, who owned it for nine years. Mr. Kressler has a huckster route and makes weekly trips to Allentown selling butter, eggs, and other produce as the season affords. This has formed a part of his occupation since 1902. He is a member of the Lowhill Mutual Aid Society at Leather Corner Post.

On May 15, 1897, he was married to Mary L Wehr, daughter of Moses and Lydia (Peter) Wehr of Kernsville. They have a daughter, May Mary Kressler.