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Descendants of Bensheim Kessinger


Generation No. 4


5. DEWITT CLINTON4 KESSINGER (ADAM T3, JOHN GEORG2, BENSHEIM1) He married MARY ANN FITTERHAFF 1898.

Notes for D
EWITT CLINTON KESSINGER:
Had six children

More About D
EWITT CLINTON KESSINGER:
Military service: Bet. April 25, 1861 - June 01, 1863, Company C Civil War. Received pension for injuries sustained
Occupation: Iron Molder
Residence: Loch Haven, PA
     
Children of D
EWITT KESSINGER and MARY FITTERHAFF are:
  i.   ALBERT5 KESSINGER.
  ii.   JOSEPH KESSINGER.
  iii.   ELIZABETH KESSINGER.
  iv.   ELSIE KESSINGER.
  v.   5 KESSINGER.
  vi.   6 KESSINGER.


6. THOMAS M4 KESSINGER (ADAM T3, JOHN GEORG2, BENSHEIM1) was born 1823 in Lancaster, PA ???, and died 1911 in Mill Hall, PA. He married MAGDELENA T KESSINGER. She was born September 19, 1825, and died May 01, 1889 in Mill Hall, PA.

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HOMAS M KESSINGER:
Burial: Cedar Hill Cemetery near Mill Hall, PA
Military service: Bet. 1861 - 1865, Served in Civil War 149th Reg Penna Vol. Inf
Occupation: Iron Molder
Residence: Mill Hall, PA

More About M
AGDELENA T KESSINGER:
Burial: Cedar Hill Cemetary next to Elizabeth Hunsicker in the Kessinger plot
     
Child of T
HOMAS KESSINGER and MAGDELENA KESSINGER is:
  i.   LILLY5 KESSINGER, b. October 09, 1859; d. October 26, 1859, Mill Hall, PA.
  More About LILLY KESSINGER:
Burial: Cedar Hill Cemetary next to Elizabeth Hunsicker in the Kessinger plot


7. JOSEPH ROSS4 KESSINGER (ADAM T3, JOHN GEORG2, BENSHEIM1) was born March 18, 1834, and died 1904 in Hublersburg, PA. He married JULIA ANN HELLER, daughter of PETER HELLER and SARAH SWINEHART. She was born August 16, 1838 in Hublersburg, PA, and died 1915.

Notes for J
OSEPH ROSS KESSINGER:
When Joseph was about 21 or 22 he moved to Hublersburg, Pennsylvania (1856-1857). He was a cabinet and chair maker. He worked at Owl Hollow Iron Foundry, owned by George Schwartz and Mr. Beck. This firm made plows and castings for farm implements. In 1863 Joseph Kessinger and a Mr. Search took the foundry from Schwartz and operated along with manufacturing furniture (in one year cleared three thousand dollars). Mr. Schwartz took the foundry in 1864 and operated until 1882 when Joseph Kessinger rented it for three years. The foundry was located at the rear of the church parsonage in 1876.

When Joseph was seven years old he worked on the canal and became a captain when he was 16 or 18.

The following comments are taken from the Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, published by J.H. Beers & Co., Chicago, IL, 1898.

JOSEPH ROSS KESSINGER is one of the enterprising merchants of Hublersburg, Centre county, and his activity in business has been of material benefit to the village as well as to himself. Gifts of money may be used in beautifying or adorning a town, but the real benefactors of a corporate community are those who promote its business interests, for prosperity depends upon the exchange of commodities, whereby men are employed, and thus secure the means of establishing homes and caring for their families. Mr. Kessinger is a wide-awake, enterprising business man, and well deserves mention among the representative citizens of Centre county.
Our subject was born in Clinton county, March 18, 1834, and is a son of Adam and Elizabeth (Hunsicker) Kessinger. The father was born in Lancaster county, Penn., and was married there to Miss Hunsicker, a native of Switzerland, who came to America when about fifteen years of age. About 1828 they removed to Centre county, and Mr. Kessinger built the Lamar furnace for the firm, of Kurtz & Irvin. He finally located in Mill Hall, Clinton county, where his death occurred in 18 5 8. Just thirty-six years before, to the day and hour, he was married, and bv that union were born ten children: (1) DeWitt Clinton wedded Miss Mary Ann Fetterhaff, and has six children. He served through the Civil war, and now receives a pension in compensation for injuries sustained. His trade is that of an iron molder, and he lives in Lock Haven, Penn. (2) Thomas M. also served in the Civil war; he was an iron molder, but is now retired; he is married, and resides in Mill Hall. (3) Joseph R. is the next in order of birth. (4) Francis M., who is married and has a family of six children, served throughout the Civil war, and is now a traveling salesman for the house of Strickler & Co., of Mifilinburg, Penn. (5) Fannie R. is the widow of George Roffe. of Mill Hall, Penn., and has a family of eight children. (6) Mary P. is the wife of George Bowers, an axe maker of Mill Hall, where they live with their family. (7) Jacob G. was killed in the battle of Cold Harbor during the war of the Rebellion. Three of the children died in infancy.
Under the parental roof Mr. Kessinger, the subject of this review, spent the days of his boyhood, and is indebted to the common schools for his educational privileges. Like his father, he learned the foundry business, becoming a proficient workman in that line. His life has been a busy and useful one, and from humble surroundings he has steadily worked his way upward to a position of affluence, overcoming the difficulties, and obstacles in his path by resolute and honorable purpose. . He is-now engaged in merchandising in Hublersburg, and his enviable reputation as a straightforward business man insures him a liberal patronage.

On May 22, 1857, Mr. Kessinger married Miss Julia, daughter of Peter Heller, a prominent citizen, who served for more than thirty years as justice of the peace of Walker township, Centre county. They have eight children: (i) William E., who was born October 30, 1858, and is an iron molder by trade, wedded Mary Tucker, and has eight children; (2) Thomas L., born October 6, 1862, is also an iron molder by trade, but is now assisting his father in the store; (3) Laura B. is the wife of James H. Rathmell, a bookkeeper residing in Germantown, near Philadelphia, Penn.; (4) Harvey A., born May 27, 1866, married Minnie M. Decker, by whom he has a daughter, and now resides in Pitcairn, Penn., where he follows. the machinist's trade; (5) George C., an iron molder, married Gertrude Struble, and has two children; (6) Sarah J. is the wife of Joseph Emerick, a farmer of Walker township, Centre county, by whom she has two children; (7) Maud A., born in July, 1878, and (8) Arthur D., born in August, 1883, are still at home.
In his political views Mr. Kessinger is a Republican. Both he and his wife hold member- ship in the Methodist Church, and are people of sterling worth. He is a self-made man, industrious and intelligent, his sterling worth gaining him the confidence of all, while his genial man- ner has made him a popular citizen.


More About J
OSEPH ROSS KESSINGER:
Burial: family plot, Presbyterian cemetery, Hublersburg, PA
Occupation 1: Bet. 1858 - 1876, Iron Foundry Molder
Occupation 2: Bet. 1841 - 1852, Canal Boat Captain
Occupation 3: Bet. 1852 - 1858, Home Builder
Residence: Mill Hall, PA and then moved to Hublersburg, PA
     
Children of J
OSEPH KESSINGER and JULIA HELLER are:
12. i.   WILLIAM EMORY5 KESSINGER, b. October 30, 1859; d. November 05, 1926.
13. ii.   THOMAS LOUIS KESSINGER, b. October 06, 1862; d. November 16, 1946.
14. iii.   ELORA BLANCH KESSINGER, b. June 11, 1864, Hublersburg, PA; d. July 31, 1946.
15. iv.   HARVEY AUSTIN KESSINGER, b. May 29, 1866; d. July 28, 1934, Pitcairn, PA.
16. v.   GEORGE CLEMENT KESSINGER, b. July 10, 1868, Hublersburg, PA.
17. vi.   SARAH JOSEPHINE KESSINGER, b. June 13, 1870, Hublersburg, PA; d. December 31, 1941, Cedar Hill Cemetery near Mill Hall, PA.
18. vii.   MAUD ARABELLE KESSINGER, b. January 18, 1878, Hublersburg, PA.
19. viii.   ARTHUR DALE KESSINGER, b. August 14, 1883, Hublersburg, PA; d. June 05, 1949, Prospect Park, PA.


8. FRANCIS M4 KESSINGER (ADAM T3, JOHN GEORG2, BENSHEIM1)

More About F
RANCIS M KESSINGER:
Military service: Civil War
Occupation: Traveling Salesman
Residence: Mill Hall, PA
     
Children of F
RANCIS M KESSINGER are:
  i.   JOHN5 KESSINGER.
  More About JOHN KESSINGER:
Residence: Roanoke, VA

  ii.   TILL KESSINGER.
  iii.   LAURA KESSINGER.
  iv.   LIOL KESSINGER, m. UNKNOWN LYBERGER.
  More About UNKNOWN LYBERGER:
Occupation: Lawyer
Residence: Mifflenburg, PA

  v.   E KESSINGER.
  vi.   F KESSINGER.


9. FANNIE R4 KESSINGER (ADAM T3, JOHN GEORG2, BENSHEIM1) She married GEORGE ROFFE.

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ANNIE R KESSINGER:
Residence: Mill Hall, PA
     
Children of F
ANNIE KESSINGER and GEORGE ROFFE are:
  i.   MAGGIE5 ROFFE, m. UNKNOWN WILSE.
  More About UNKNOWN WILSE:
Residence: Roaring Springs, PA

  ii.   LIZZIE ROFFE, m. UNKNOWN BOSWELL.
  More About UNKNOWN BOSWELL:
Residence: Mill Hall, PA

  iii.   FANY ROFFE.
  iv.   ASH ROFFE.
  v.   JOHN ROFFE.
  vi.   FRED ROFFE.
  vii.   JOE ROFFE.
  viii.   BILL ROFFE.



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