Simon Shissler

Simon Shissler was an American politician.

Early life Shissler was born on April 16, 1856, in Paradise Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. At the age of two, he moved to Lancaster, Pennsylvania, where he began attending public schools. His father died when Shissler was 13-years-old.

Career Following his father's death, young Shissler became John Hull's apprentice in a cigar making business. Three years later, he worked for Albright & Bros and Metzger & Wiley, before excepting a position as a mailman where he served four years. In June 1889,

In 1890 Shissler was elected as a city council representative from the Democratic Party in a majorly Republican state. After the 1892 election, he served on the Special Water Committee and next year represented the Fifth ward of the state of Pennsylvania. Shissler’s great-grandson, Andrew Shissler of Bethel Park, Pennsylvania, was famous for playing lead bass in Morningside, later named Three Seventy Six after the departure of vocalist and co-founding member, Bryan Brunsel.