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Below is a family biography included in The History of Jasper County, Missouri published by Mills & Company in 1883. These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary. Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more. There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.
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BENJAMIN F. KESSLER, farmer and stock-raiser, was born in the Shenandoah Valley, Va., Feb. 12, 1832, and there raised. His father (John) was a farmer by occupation, and died in 1872. The subject of this sketch was married in Dec, 1860, to Amanda T. Wing, who was born in LaSalle county, Ill., in 1844. The oldest child is dead. The names of the others are as follows: Julia E., Josephine V., Lydda J., Alfretta, Luella G., Effie, Ivy, and George F. Mrs. Kessler is a member of the M. E. Church. She went to Illinois in 1856, to La Salle county, and immigrated to Jasper county, Mo., in 1867. Mr. Kessler owns a fine farm of 200 acres, with about 150 acres improved, and five acres of fine orchard, bearing some 200 bushels the past season. The farm is one mile south of Fidelity. This is one of the best kept farms and the finest soil in the county, and is located in section 16, township 27, range 31, of Jackson township. Mr. Kessler is one of the hard-working, industrious, and thrifty farmers of Jasper county, Mo., and brings the boys and girls up to work; is also a genial man and commands the respect of all.
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