09/01/2026
Henry Ransbury Biesecker holds a bouquet of lilies for a photo taken on the occasion of his 92nd birthday in 1919.
Born in 1827, Biesecker was a carpenter by trade who also farmed large homesteads in Hamilton and Stroud Townships. He was elected Monroe County Commissioner in 1869 and was later founder and president of the Octogenarian Association of Monroe County, for which he organized banquets, reunions, and picnics for "men who have passed the 80-year mark."
This photo from our collection was taken at the home of Biesecker's daughter Lizzie Merring at 32 N. Green Street in East Stroudsburg. Henry Biesecker became ill shortly after and passed away the following month.
