Deshler Descent
The Deshler's were French Huguenots who were driven into Germany during the war
of religion.
Captain David Deshler married Maria Wuster in 1711. He was aide-de-camp to Prince
Louis of Baden during the war of the Spanish Succession.
His son, Adam, was naturalized in the united states(PA) during the 1770's. He married someone
by the name of Appolonia.
Adam's son, Peter Deshler (b.1743 d.1800) married Magdalene Hickly (b.1746 d.1833)
Their son, David (b.1773 d.1860) was married to Rachael Beaver (b.1779 d.1863)
David and Rachael had a son named Edward (b.1816 d.1888) who married Eliza Stewart
(b.1815 d.1869) Their son was Charles Franklin Deshler MD (b.1843 d.1879), who was
the Assistant Surgeon at Fort Monroe the last year of the civil war. After the war,
he moved to New Jersey.
Charles became the second husband of Virginia
Wyckoff (b.1837 d.1916). Her first husband
was Tracy H. Harris. Charles and Virginia had a son, Charles Franklin II (b.1877 d.1947)
who married Lydia Roe Hartshorne (b.1871 d.1966) They had two children. Charles Franklin III and
Josephine Virgina. Josephine married James Clifton
Edgar and Went on to become a
female doctor.
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