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, in Franklin, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Endicott, Franklin County, Virginia, United States in 1870 and Brown Hill District, Franklin County, Virginia, United States for about 20 years. He died on 24 June 1926, in Ferrum, Franklin County, Virginia, United States, at the age of 71.
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German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): variant of Kessler .
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