When Frederick Kesler was born on 20 January 1816, in Meadville, Crawford, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Frederick Kesler, was 26 and his mother, Mary Sarah Lindsey, was 25. He married Emeline Parker on 19 May 1836, in Burlington, Des Moines, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 8 daughters. He lived in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States in 1845. He registered for military service in 1862. He died on 12 June 1899, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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By 1829 Venus, Illinois had grown sufficiently and in 1832 was one of the contenders for the new county seat. However, the honor was awarded to a nearby city, Carthage. In 1834 the name Venus was changed to Commerce because the settlers felt that the new name better suited their plans. But during late 1839, arriving members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints bought the small town of Commerce and in April 1840 it was renamed Nauvoo by Joseph Smith Jr., who led the Latter-Day Saints to Nauvoo to escape persecution in Missouri. The name Nauvoo is derived from the traditional Hebrew language. It is notable that by 1844 Nauvoo's population had swollen to around 12,000 residents, rivaling the size of Chicago at the time. After the Latter-Day Saints left the population settled down toward 2,000 people.
German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): variant of Kessler .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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