West Virginia Pioneers
Elmore H Kessel
1838 - 1909 (71 years)-
Name Elmore H Kessel Born 13 Feb 1838 Virginia, USA 
[1, 2] Gender Male Died 6 Mar 1909 [3] Person ID I4399 WVPioneers Last Modified 12 Jul 2017
Father George Kessel, b. 22 Jan 1804, Virginia, USA , d. 1884 (Age 79 years) Mother Delilah Casto, b. Abt 1804, Virginia, USA , d. 15 May 1872, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA (Age ~ 68 years) Married 23 Mar 1826 Mason, Mason County, West Virginia [4] Notes
Marriage Record
Date: 3/26/1826 by Jonathan Wright
Place: Mason, West Virginia, United States
George Kessel
Delila Casto
http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=12175752&Type=Marriage
1830 Mason, VA
George Kessel
1m 0-5 [Levi]
1m 20-30
1f 0-5 [Mariah Elizabeth]
1f 20-30
1840 Jackson Co VA
3m 0-5 Jacob , Elmore
1m 5-10 Levi
1m 20-30
1f 5-10 Margaret
1f 10-15 Elizabeth
1f 20-30
1850 Jackson Co VA # 476-481
Kessel/Kesler Geo 47 M Farmer Va
Kesler Delila 47 F Va
Kesler Elizabeth 23 F Va
Kesler Levi 20 M Farmer Va
Kesler Margaret 16 F Va
Kesler Jacob 13 M Va
Kesler Elmore 10 M Va
Kesler William 8 M Va
Kesler Abram 4 M Va
Kesler Reuben 3 M Va
Casto George 12 M Va
Kiger Christian A 2 F Va
1860 Jackson Co WV pg 36
George, 56
Delila, 56
Elmore, 21
Abraham, 14
B J (f), 12
George CASTO, 19
1870 Jackson Co WV Mill Creek # 136 (next to Levi)
George W, 66
Delilah, 66
1880 E.D. 43, Jackson, West Virginia
Andrew PAINTER Self M M W 30 VA
Christina PAINTER Wife F M W 33 VA
James PAINTER Son M S W 6 WV
Mary PAINTER Dau F S W 2 WV
George KESSEL GFather M W W 76 VA
Occ: Stone Mason Fa: VA Mo: VA
Betty K McIntyre:
George Jr. lived on upper Parchment on what was "then" called the Abbie (Abraham) Wolfe farm on Wolfe Creek (Mason County 1850 census).
"Jackson County West Virginia Past and Present 1990", page 277 gives a list of 10 children from a family Bible
Family ID F1499 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Harriett Eliabeth Johns, b. 1839, Giles County, Virginia, USA , d. Aft 1910 (Age > 72 years) Married 24 Oct 1861 Jackson County, West Virginia, USA [5] Notes
1870 Jackson Co WV Mill Creek Dist # 131
Elmore 32
Harriet, 32
George L, 7
Mary M, 5
Virginia B, 2
Blankenship, Winter (Minter?), 34, F/L
1900 Union, Putnam, WV all WVWVWV
Kessel, Elmore 2/1838 m 38y
Harret E wif e7/1836 m 38y 8/7 children
Okey D son 11/187? 26 s
Barthel F son 8/1876 23s
Kelvy K son 8/1881 118
____, Lucy G 9/1889 10 [does not look like 'daughter, and looks like a different surname. Bottom of page and black.]
Betty K McIntyre:
Elmore served in the Home Guard during the Civil War. Elmore and Harriett are buried in the Moss Chapel Cemetery, near the original gate, in un-marked graves.
Children 1. Infant Kessel, d. Yes, date unknown 2. George Lightburn Kessel, b. 10 Oct 1862, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA , d. 2 Apr 1964, Kanawha County, West Virginia, USA (Age 101 years)3. Mary Minerva Kessel, b. Abt 1865, West Virginia, USA , d. Yes, date unknown4. Virginia Belle Kessel, b. 7 Mar 1868, Hogg. WV , d. 2 Nov 1962, Putnam County, West Virginia, USA (Age 94 years)5. Guy Winton, d. Yes, date unknown 6. Okey Dennis Kessel, b. Nov 1873, West Virginia, USA , d. Yes, date unknown7. Barthel Franklin Kessel, b. 4 Aug 1876, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA , d. 1 Dec 1943, Dunbar, Kanawha, West Virginia, USA (Age 67 years)8. Kenna Kelvy Kessel, b. 17 Aug 1881, Putnam County, West Virginia, USA , d. 7 Dec 1965, Kanawha County, West Virginia, USA (Age 84 years)Family ID F7121 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Born - 13 Feb 1838 - Virginia, USA 
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