Born 6/30/1825, Dresserville, Cayuga Co., N.Y.
Died 1/18/1892 in Clarkston, Michigan.
Son of Harvey & Heldah (Gibson) Dresser.
John married Elizabeth C. Vliet . Born 2/28/1828 Oxford, New Jersey. One of William Van Buskirk Vliet's 14 children.
Children: Charles H., born 4/20/1854 in Clarkston, Mi., died in infancy; Charles C., born 7/9/1856 in Clarkston, Mi.; William H., born 10/24/1860 in Clarkston, Mi.; George E., born 6/6/1866 (drown at age thirteen in Park Lake, Clarkston, Mi.)
1860 Village of Clarkston census listed Matilda Walter, a 25 year old domestic who was born in N.Y., as a part of the dresser household.
John came to Independence Township in 1847 to teach, returning in the summer to his home in N.Y. to work for the Union Transportation Co. as a barge captain on the Erie Canal. He became a permanent resident of Clarkston in 1847/1850. In 1860 tax records listed him for the n.e. corner of N. Main & E. Washington (tax records listed 27&1/2' x 62&1/2', Dresser & Robinson ). Dr. Horace Robinson had a drugstore at that location in 1859 with Dr. Nelson Abbey. Later it became Nicholas B. Smith Drugs. Reportedly, Dresser ran a store here for a time. John Dresser also ran the inn on S. Main started by John Hertwig for a short time. He then became an insurance agent with an office in a building on the site of the Clarkston State Bank, 21 South Main. Dresser served as Postmaster 1885 - 1889; Town Clerk 1855-1856, 1873-1877 & Justice of the Peace in 1866 & 1874. He was the original treasurer of the Union Cemetery. Residence 24 E. Washington. See 12/15/1966 Clarkston News article by Constance Lektzian & the Tiffany genealogy.
