Name Info

Susannah WILSON 1818-1893
Fathers:MATHEW,JAMES,WILLIAM

Search.........Person
Gender.........female
PAF-ID.........09122120
Age............75y 1m 22d
Fam-Group......WILSON
Fam-ID.........WILSON
Citizenship....US born
Status.........deceased
Last-Marital...married

#Marriages.....1
#Divorces......0
#Sources.......7
#Events........1
#Images:.......7
#Comments......0
#Siblings......4
#Children......5

Person-Type....A
Immigrant?.....no
Immig-Known?...no
Parent?........mother
Spouse?........wife
Sibling?.......sister
Child?.........daughter
Twin...........no
Adopted?.......

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Religion.......Methodist
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Burial.........Philipsburg Cemetery

Parents and Siblings
  1. Parent: MATHEW WILSON, male, born:1777-01-14 Mill Creek Estates (Huntingdon) Pennsylvania, died:1864-12-28 (87y 11m 14d) Zanesville (Muskingum) Ohio, Anc:1, Dad:JAMES WILSON, Mom:{_?_} WILSON, #M:2, #Cmnts:2, #SrcDocs:18
  2. Parent: HANNAH MEREDITH, female, born:1779-08-09 Pennsylvania, died:1849-08-01 (69y 11m 23d) Zanesville (Muskingum) Ohio, Anc:1, #M:1, #Cmnts:2, #SrcDocs:6
  3. Sibling: Benjamin Franklin WILSON, male, born:1808-10-22 Mill Creek Estates (Huntingdon) Pennsylvania, died:1892-02-11 (83y 3m 20d) Delavan (Tazewell) Illinois, Dad:MATHEW WILSON, Mom:HANNAH MEREDITH, #M:1, #SrcDocs:8
  4. Sibling: MATTHEW MEREDITH WILSON, male, born:1810-05-12 Huntington Harbour (Huntingdon) Pennsylvania, died:1886-01-10 (75y 7m 29d) Xenia (Greene) Ohio, Anc:1, Dad:MATHEW WILSON, Mom:HANNAH MEREDITH, #M:1, #Cmnts:2, #SrcDocs:9
  5. Sibling: William WILSON, male, born:1812-09-10 Mill Creek Estates (Huntingdon) Pennsylvania, died:1876-05-27 (63y 8m 17d) Delavan (Tazewell) Illinois, Dad:MATHEW WILSON, Mom:HANNAH MEREDITH, #M:1, #SrcDocs:6
  6. Sibling: Mary Jane WILSON, female, born:1816-01-22 Mill Creek Estates (Huntingdon) Pennsylvania, died:1910-04-29 (94y 3m 7d) Washington Court House (Fayette) Ohio, Dad:MATHEW WILSON, Mom:HANNAH MEREDITH, #M:1, #SrcDocs:8

Spouse(s) and Children
  1. Marriage: 1839-10-03 Muskingum county Ohio
  2. Spouse: Leonard G. Kessler, male, born:1818-03-18 Lewistown (Mifflin) Pennsylvania, died:1902-05-01 (84y 1m 13d) Philipsburg (Centre) Pennsylvania, #Cmnts:1, #SrcDocs:8
  3. ..Child: Juanita Loraine Kessler, female, born:1845 ?Philipsburg (Centre) Pennsylvania, died:1901-1935 (56y 0m 0d) ?Philipsburg (Centre) Pennsylvania, Dad:Leonard G. Kessler, Mom:Susannah WILSON, #SrcDocs:4
  4. ..Child: Mary Hannah Kessler, female, born:1849-03-06 ?Philipsburg (Centre) Pennsylvania, died:1895-01-22 (45y 10m 16d) ?Philipsburg (Centre) Pennsylvania, Dad:Leonard G. Kessler, Mom:Susannah WILSON, #Cmnts:1, #SrcDocs:4
  5. ..Child: Ellen Wilson Kessler, female, born:1850 ?Philipsburg (Centre) Pennsylvania, died:1901-1940 (51y 0m 0d) ?Pennsylvania, Dad:Leonard G. Kessler, Mom:Susannah WILSON, #SrcDocs:4
  6. ..Child: Susannah WILSON
  7. ..Child: Caroline Watson Kessler, female, born:1860-04 ?Philipsburg (Centre) Pennsylvania, died:1901-1950 (40y 9m 0d) ?Philipsburg (Centre) Pennsylvania, Dad:Leonard G. Kessler, Mom:Susannah WILSON, #Cmnts:1, #SrcDocs:3

Events
Birth
: 1818-11-09, Age:75y 1m 22d, Mill Creek Estates, Huntingdon county, Pennsylvania
Married
: 1839-10-03, Age:75y 1m 22d, Muskingum county Ohio, Official:Rev. George F. Miles, Role:bride, The couple lived in Ohio at the time of their marriage but soon moved back to her birth county of Huntingdon Pennsylvania and later northwest to Philipsburg, Centre county, Pennsylvania., ImageID: W__0407
Church
: 1840 , Age:75y 1m 22d, Mill Creek Estates, Huntingdon county, Pennsylvania, Methodist Episcopal Church, Methodist, early member
Census
: 1850 , Age:75y 1m 22d, Brady, Huntingdon county, Pennsylvania, Role:census federal, Leonard G. Kessler age 32 b.PA merchant Susanna age 31 b.PA, Juniatta age 5 b.PA, Hannah age 3 b.PA, and William [?]Waggvins age 17 b.PA clerk, and Elizabeth Shoupe age 21 b.PA. [Unknown who these last two people are or how they are related to the Kesslers].
Livedin
: 1851 , Age:75y 1m 22d, Brady, Huntingdon county, Pennsylvania, At some point after Susannah married Leonard Kessler in 1839 in Muskingum county Ohio, where she lived with her parents and siblings, Susannah and Leonard moved back to Pennsylvania, the state in which they both were born.
Census
: 1860 , Age:75y 1m 22d, Petersburg, Huntingdon county, Pennsylvania, Role:census federal, Leonard Kessler lumberman age 42 b.PA, Susannah age 41 b.PA, children Juniata age 16, Hannah Mary age 13, Ellen age 8 Caroline age 1.
Census
: 1870 , Age:75y 1m 22d, Philipsburg, Centre county, Pennsylvania, Role:census federal, Leonard Kessler age 52 b.PA [and on the next census page...] Susan age 52 b.PA, Nellie age 21 b.PA, Ellen age 19 b.PA, ImageID: W__0409,W__0410
Census
: 1880 , Age:75y 1m 22d, Philipsburg, Centre county, Pennsylvania, Role:census federal, L.G. Kessler age 61 merchant b.PA parents born in Germany, Susan age 60 b.PA as were parents, Mollie H age 24 b.PA, Ellie W age 22 b.PA, Currie W age 20 b.PA
Death
: 1893-12-31, Age:75y 1m 22d, Philipsburg, Centre county, Pennsylvania
Burial
: 1894-01 , Age:75y 1m 22d, Philipsburg, Centre county, Pennsylvania, Philipsburg Cemetery, The cemetery marker for Susannah and Leonard is over six feet tall., ImageID: W__0411
Obit
: 1894-01-03, Age:75y 1m 22d, Philipsburg, Centre county, Pennsylvania, Susannah had quite a long obituary with much of it being the flowery rhetoric of the time period. It said her health had been failing for about a year. Her Presbyterian Methodist minister, Rev. Dr. Miller, was with Susannah on Christmas Day as they knew her death was soon. The obituary mentioned that Susannah was the daughter of Matthew Wilson, esq. of Huntingdon county Pennsylvania who later moved to Janesville [sic, Zanesville] shortly before Susannah married Leonard G. Kessler on October 03, 1839. Susannah and Leonard moved to Philipsburg in 1859 where he opened the store where he still worked when Susannah passed away. Susannah and their children moved to Philipsburg in 1860. Leonard and Susannah were active members of the M.E. Church in Philipsburg. The obituary does mention the couple's first child, Frederick, died in early infancy and was buried in Mill Creek (Huntingdon). The obituary mentions their three daughters, Junie [sic] Loraine, Mary H, Ellen and Caroline but does not mention the daughter Mollie who maybe had died by then. The obituary also mentions Susannah's sister Mary (Wilson) Stutson of Zanesville was the only surviving member of their family and was a Susannah's bedside for Susannah's last few months. Lastly, the obituary said her pall bearers were her grandsons Charles, Harry, Frederick and Lorenzo Loraine., ImageID: W__0432
Census
: 1900 , Age:75y 1m 22d, Philipsburg, Centre county, Pennsylvania, Role:census federal, Leonard Kessler age 82 b.03-__-1818 PA dry goods merchant owned his own home parents b.PA, Carrie age 40 b.04-__-1860 PA not married, servant Rose Nelson age 17. This family lived at 122 East [?]Presquesle Street.

Places In
Muskingum county Ohio
Philipsburg (Centre) Pennsylvania
Brady (Huntingdon) Pennsylvania
Mill Creek Estates (Huntingdon) Pennsylvania
Petersburg (Huntingdon) Pennsylvania

General

Research

Susannah is probably the woman from the Wilson family bible pictures that has the pre-stamped name and address of the photographer of: J. Haines, Philipsburg PA. Joseph Haines was a photographer in Philipsburg from 1871 until 1897.


Image(s) - hover Image IDs to popup full text
W__0015 - Probably Susannah (Wilson) Kessler [J. Haines]
W__0407 - Marriage of Susannah Wilson and Leonard G. Kessler
W__0408 - 1860 Census for Petersburg, Huntingdon county, Pennsylvania with Leonard Kessler
W__0409 - 1870 Census for Philipsburg, Centre county, Pennsylvania with Leonard Kessler
W__0410 - 1880 Census for Philipsburg, Centre county, Pennsylvania with Leonard Kessler
W__0411 - Headstone of the Leonard Kessler and Susannah Wilson
W__0432 - Obituary of Susannah (Wilson) Kessler


Sources
Wilson Family Bible pictures, circa 1870

family, parents
as wife


Data Issues
AncFlags between Spouses Mismatched

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