of Montgomery County, Ohio · documented from the public record
The family in the record
Joseph Kessler 1767 – 1840
parentsUlrich Kessler
Joseph Kessler⚭ Mary Steel
childrenJohn B. Kessler
Their story
What the record says
Great-great-grandfather of Dr. William H. Kessler.
Born Philadelphia February 17, 1767.
Married February 4, 1787 to Mary Steel of North Carolina.
Died August 21, 1840 in Montgomery County, Ohio, buried in old cemetery near Union.
Farmer and wagon-maker.
Dunkard minister.
With son John B. made the first windmills constructed in Montgomery County.
Father listed as Ulrich Kessler (inferred from family line).
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