Bio: Reisser, Ignatius Rev. (1881) 
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Surnames: Reisser, O’Conner

----Source: The History of Northern Wisconsin (Marathon County, Wis.) 1881, page 569

REV. IGNATIUS REISSER, priest, Marathon City, was born in Wurtemburg, Germany, Feb. 28, 1828. He was educated in the city of his birth, beginning at the age of fourteen years. He went from there to Munich and attended three years and graduated from the school there in 1856. He came to America and settled in Pittsburgh, Pa., Nov. 6, 1856, and took charge of St. Mary's Congregation in Allegheny, where he remained ten years. He then had charge of St. Mary's Church in Pine Creek, Pa., three and one-half years; from there he went to East Liberty, Pa., and took charge of St. Peter's Church, remaining three years. From there he went to Manchester, now Allegheny, and took charge of St. Mary's Church, until 1875, when he came to Marathon City and took charge of St. Mary's Congregation. Here he has since remained. He was ordained at Pittsburgh, Pa., Feb. 4, 1856, by the Right Rev. D. O'Conner, bishop.