| Peter Kessler born about 1785 Frederick, Maryland married Anna Schmitt Aug. 03,1805 Their children were; Matthias kessler6/29/1820, David Kessler2/1823, Jacob Smith Kessler10/26/1812-6/12/1863 and a female Kessler born in 1810 PAand female born 1825 PA Matthais AND Elizabeth (Hawk) Kessler Matthias Kessler b. June 29 ,1820 Tyrone Township, Blair Co. Penn. d. 3/31/1903 /Cambria Co.,Penn. married Three times, Wife #1 was Nancy Coleman, born in 1820 in Antes Twp. Huntingdon Co.( now Blair Co.) PA.She died before 1862 in PA. She was the daughter of (John Coleman and Elizabeth Shaw),Matthais and Nancy married about 1842. in Antes Twp., Blair Co. PA. Children of Matthais and Nancy (Coleman) Kessler were: Anne Elizabeth Kessler b. 1839 Antis Township, Huntingdon Co. (now Blair Co.) d. 1893 Cambria Co. Pa.(possible alternate dates, b Oct.1842 d.Sept.10,1915 Bellwood, Blair Co. PA) m.David Hollis Margaret J. Kessler b.1844 Antis Twp.,Huntingdon Co. (now Blair Co.) d. before 1860 White Twp.,Cambria Co.,Pa Isaiah P. Kessler (Isiah)b. May 1849 d. 11/20/1878 Pa.(alt. dates found b. 4/20/1850 d.5/20/1878) Almira Kessler b. 1855 spouse George Miller b. 1855 Thomas Kessler b.1857 White Twp. Cambria Co. Pa. d. before 1903 John Coleman Kessler b. 1846 d. 1921(alt. info found, name,a.k.a Coleman John Kessler b.1847 PA d.1921 PA m. Matilda Rebecca Noel Wife # 2 was Elizabeth Hawk b. abt1839 Penn. d. 1893 Cambria Co. Penn. buried Pleasant Hill cemetary,Cambria Co., Penn. Daughter of George and Elizabeth Hawk. married about 1861 children of Matthais Kessler and Elizabeth Hawk Mary S. Kessler B.11/24/1862 Cambria Co., PA (my g.g. grandmother) Elizabeth Hawk; Ellen Rebecca Kessler, Matthais H. Kessler Mary S. Kessler, my g.g. grandmother, born Nov. 1862 Cambria Co. Penn. spouse Michael J. Noel g.g. grandfather children MaryNoel 1898, Elizabeth Noel 1882. Rebecca M. Noel 1883-1957 m. John Howard Dunn my g.grandparents Henry B, Noel 1885, Michael John Noel 1889 - 1958 m. Minnie S. Rickard 1901 - 1980. Sarah A. Noel 1891. Caroline (Carrie)A. Noel 1893 Philip R. Noel 1896 - 1932 m. Gertrude Shope., Steward Noel 1899 Matias Noel. John Howard Dunn,(1879) and Rebecca Noel, my great grandparents had 10 children; Earl J.Dunn, Raymond j. Dunn, Florence M. Dunn, Ethel R. Dunn, Vera E. Dunn, Philip A. Dunn Oscar James Dunn (a.k.a James Oscar Dunn )my grandfather Arline Dunn, Frank Dunn, Phoebe Dunn Oscar James Dunn married Edith Pearl Daugherty 1/3/1925 They had 1 son William J. Dunn He left this family, changed his name to James Oscar Dunn and married my grand mother, Alice Arahbell Peters. James Oscar Dunn and Alice Arahbell Peters Dunn had 2 daughtersPatsy Ruth Dunn ( my mother) and Florence Mary Dunn m. Norman Severson, 3 sons Britt, Wade, Timothy Patsy Ruth Dunn m. Clark Harvard Johnson (my parents) 4 children, Ronald , Dennis, Kathy,(me) and Mary ( notes on Matthais )Matthais Kessler was a pvt. in theCivil War, Co. I, 205th PA Inf. Volunteers |