Simon Driesbach followed the carpenter trade for a number of years, afterwards, the butcher business. He enlisted as a soldier in the Civil War, in which he contracted sickness while in service and after serving about two years, he came home and died shortly afterwards. He was married to Susan Lorish, with whom he had the following children: Elemina, married to Edward Sherry, of Parryville; Alexander, born in 1849, died in March 1912. Harriet married to Lawrence Seizer, she died in 1880; Amandus, of Hokendauqua; Fretta, married to Robert Sherry of Norristown; Nathaniel, deceased; and Robert, South Bethlehem. Mr. and Mrs. Dreisbach are buried at the Towamensing church.