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Family: William Amos Kessel / Ruth Parsons (F1341)

• Father | Male William Amos Kessel

  
  

  Born	14 Jun 1843	Jackson County, West Virginia, USA
  Died	27 Oct 1900	Jackson County, West Virginia, USA
  Buried		Jackson County, West Virginia, USA
  Married	22 Feb 1866  [1]	Jackson County, West Virginia, USA  [1]
  Father	Job Kessel | F1318 Group Sheet
  Mother	Frances Bowles | F1318 Group Sheet

  
  

  Mother | Female Ruth Parsons

  
  

  Born	20 Mar 1848	Jackson County, West Virginia, USA
  Died	10 May 1920
  Buried		Jackson County, West Virginia, USA
  Father	William M Parsons, Jr | F785 Group Sheet
  Mother	Susannah Bonnett | F785 Group Sheet

  
  

  Child 1 | Male Albert Maywood Kessel

  
  

  Born	1866	West Virginia, USA
  Died	1946
  Buried

  
  

  Child 2 | Male Austin Addison Kessel

  
  

  Born	27 Dec 1869	Jackson County, West Virginia, USA
  Died	26 Oct 1951
  Buried		Jackson County, West Virginia, USA
  Spouse	Bernice Iona King | F11681
  Married	11 Mar 1906	Jackson County, West Virginia, USA

  
  

  Child 3 | Female Forrest Rose Kessel

  
  

  Born	14 May 1872	Jackson County, West Virginia, USA
  Died	14 Jul 1954
  Buried		Jackson County, West Virginia, USA
  Spouse	Adam Board | F11644
  Married	31 Aug 1908	Jackson County, West Virginia, USA

  
  

  Child 4 | Male John Walter Kessel

  
  

  Born	26 Mar 1876	West Virginia, USA
  Died	1 Dec 1961
  Buried		Jackson County, West Virginia, USA
  Spouse	Stella May Casto | F17979
  Married	3 Jan 1906	Jackson County, West Virginia, USA

  
  

  Child 5 | Female Frances Laverna 'Verny' Kessel

  
  

  Born	21 Jul 1878	Jackson County, West Virginia, USA
  Died	15 Dec 1955	Kanawha County, West Virginia, USA
  Buried		Jackson County, West Virginia, USA
  Spouse	William M Davis | F27138
  Married	24 Jul 1907	Jackson County, West Virginia, USA

  
  

  Child 6 | Female Geneva Locke Kessel

  
  

  Born	1882
  Died	1941
  Buried

  
  

  Child 7 | Male Early E Kessel

  
  

  Born	6 Nov 1885
  Died	30 May 1897
  Buried		Jackson County, West Virginia, USA

  
  

  Child 8 | Male Kenna Edison Kessel

  
  

  Born	1885	Jackson County, West Virginia, USA
  Died	16 Nov 1946	Kanawha County, West Virginia, USA
  Buried

  
  

• Notes

  1870 Mill Creek, Jackson, WV # 90 William A, 26 Ruth, 23 Albert, 3 Austin A, 6/12 1880 E.D. 43, Jackson, West Virginia Wm A. KESSEL Self M M W 37 VA Ruth KESSEL Wife F M W 32 VA Albert KESSEL Son M S W 13 WV Austin KESSEL Son M S W 10 WV Rose KESSEL Dau F S W 8 WV Walter KESSEL Son M S W 4 WV Verny KESSEL Dau F S W 2 WV 1910 Ripley, Jackson, WV # 163 Kessel, John W 34 m1 - 4y Ruth mother 62 wd 8-7 children "Jackson County West Virginia Past and Present 1990" p 277, states of the eight children: They all remained in the vicinity except Albert who went to Texas.

  
  

• Sources

  [S17] Marriage Records, Jackson Co, WV.