Anthony Cornelius Kesler

3 June 1855–24 June 1926 (Age 71)
Franklin, Virginia, United States

The Life Summary of Anthony Cornelius

When Anthony Cornelius Kesler was born on 3 June 1855, in Franklin, Virginia, United States, his father, Stephan Kesler Jr, was 24 and his mother, Sophia Sink, was 24. He married Virginia Adalene Young on 25 December 1884. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Virginia, United States in 1855 and Endicott, Franklin, Virginia, United States in 1870. He died on 24 June 1926, in Ferrum, Franklin, Virginia, United States, at the age of 71.

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Family Time Line

Anthony Cornelius Kesler
1855–1926
Virginia Adalene Young
1859–1935
Marriage: 25 December 1884
Mary Catherine Kesler
1885–1930
John Robert Kesler
1887–1976
Stephen Henry Lewis Kesler
1889–1982
George Benjamin Kesler
1891–1984
Sally Pearlie Keisler
1893–1983
Bessie V Kesler
1895–1915
James Samuel Kesler
1897–1970
Pirl Kesler
1900–
Sam Kesler
1902–

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    25 December 1884
    • Children

    (9)

    +4 More Children

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

    (14)

    +9 More Children

    World Events (8)

    1861 · The Battle of Manassas
    Age 6
    The Battle of Manassas is also referred to as the First Battle of Bull Run. 35,000 Union troops were headed towards Washington D.C. after 20,000 Confederate forces. The McDowell's Union troops fought with General Beauregard's Confederate troops along a little river called Bull Run. 
    1863
    Age 8
    Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
    1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii
    Age 20
    In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.

    Name Meaning

    German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): variant of Kessler .

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

    Possible Related Names

    Kessler

    Sources (19)

    • A. C. Kesler in entry for Jno R. Kesler, "Virginia Births and Christenings, 1584-1917"
    • Anthony Kesler in household of Stephen Kesler, "United States Census, 1870"
    • A. C. Kesler in entry for Stephen Kesler and Minnie Akers, "Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940"

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