Free Genealogy Biography of Francis Blasser,
Pennsylvania Volunteer of the Civil War
Francis R. Blasser, D. V. S. Francis R. Blasser, D. V. S. was born in Shrewsbury Township, March 2, 1845, and is the youngest of the twelve children born to John and Esther (Ritchey) Blasser, natives of Pennsylvania, but of German and Scotch-Irish descent.
He was reared a farmer, but subsequently followed pump making for twenty years, both in Pennsylvania and Maryland.
In 1872 he began the study of veterinary surgery, and since 1874, has been in active practice, having met with the most flattering success, as is instanced by the fact that for the past four years he has lost but four animals in a list of 450. He has care of some of the finest trotting horses in the land, is the regular professional of the Ashland Iron Company, and also surgeon of Post 342, G. A. R. In 1866 he married Mary J. Miller, of Maryland, and has had born to him ten children--of these are living only four: Harry G., Lulu May, Della G. and William H.
In 1862 he enlisted in Company K, One Hundred and Sixty-sixth Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, 166th Regiment; was promoted to drum-major and served a term of nine months.
Source: York County, Pennsylvania Biographical History, John Gibson, Chicago: F.A. Battey Publishing Co., 1886.
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