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EARLY SETTLERS OF SANGAMON COUNTY - 1876
By John Carroll Power

These biographies were submitted by a researcher and evidently abstracted from the 1876 History of Sangamon County, IL. Errors could occur, so one should always verify the correctness by obtaining copies of vitals and performing all necessary research to document what is contained herein.




KESSLER, ADAM, was born Oct. 22, 1807, in Baden, near Heidelburg, Germany. May 10, 1839, he embarked for America, and spent the whole summer on the Atlantic ocean, arriving in the fall. He went to Ohio, and found employment in constructing one of the canals of that State. He went from there to St. Louis, Mo., and in the fall of 1840 arrived in Springfield. His parents came to this country in 1842, and died in Springfield. Adam Kessler was married, Feb., 1849, to Catherine Weis, who was born in Baden, Germany, also. They had four children--

ELIZABETH, born in Springfield, married, Jan. 27, 1870, to John C. Schuler, who was born July 22, 1846, in Duirwangen, Germany. They have four children, CATHARINE, JOHN, CONRAD and MARY, and live in Springfield.

GEORGE,

JOHN and

MARY, all reside in Sangamon county, Mrs. Catharine Kessler died in 1859, ??nd Mr. Kessler was married, Nov., 1859, ??o Mrs. Mary Giesler, whose maiden name was Hies. They have six children--

CHRISTINA, ADAM, BARBARA, EMMA, MARY and FREDERICK, and reside in Springfield.

Mr. Kessler was for many years engaged in horticulture and market gardening, by which he has acquired a competence. In the summer of 1870 he visited Germany, returning in the fall of that year.




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