[p. 422] In recalling the citizens of New Castle who have passed away, after living within her borders for many years and assisting in establishing her prosperity, the name of the late Adam Treser must be added to the honored list. He was born December 21, 1819, in Germany, and died at New Castle February 18, 1907.
Adam Treser was a man of considerable education. He remained in Germany until 1840, where he taught school for a time. Prior to coming to America he learned the butchering business, and when be settled at Pittsburg, Pa., he very easily found employment at his trade and continued there for twelve years. In 1852 he came to New Castle and embarked in a meat business here, which he conducted until 1865, in the meantime entering into other business enterprises. He formed a partnership with Jacob Siegle in a brewery business, which they conducted together until 1887, when Mr. Treser purchased Mr. Siegle's interest and continued the business alone until 1890. In this year, having already accumulated an ample fortune, he retired from active participation in business, although he retained his interest in public affairs to the close of his life. He delighted in offering a generous hospitality in his home and was a man of such kind manner and ready sympathy that the ties of family affection were centered largely in him, binding his wife, children and friends closely to him. As a member of the Republican party he was elected during several years to a position on the city council, where his sturdy honesty and invariable good judgment were held as invaluable.
In 1843 Mr. Treser married Catherine Kocher, who died March 8, 1903. She was a daughter of Frederick Kocher, an old and respected resident of old Pittsburg. To this marriage seven children were born, namely: Magdalena, Elizabeth and John, twins; William, Lavinia, Emma and Katherine. Of the above family five are deceased: Magdalena, Elizabeth, William, Emma and John. Miss Katherine Treser is the only member of the family still residing in the old homestead. The late John Treser married Martha Morris and they had the following children: Stanley, Norman, Flora, Elizabeth and Albert. Lavinia is the widow of Charles Streib and has the following children: William, Albert, Charles, Frank and Earl. Emma married Rev. John Miller, of Beaver Falls, and died when her son, Paul L., was but a few days old. The youth was reared in the home of his grandparents. He is a student at Harvard University, and has his home with his aunt, Miss Katherine Treser. The Treser family has been identified with the Lutheran Church for generations. Mr. and Mrs. Treser not only lived to celebrate their golden wedding, but they lived more than sixty years happily together before death intervened.
20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens Hon. Aaron L. Hazen Richmond-Arnold Publishing Company, Chicago, Ill., 1908
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