Kessler, Edward bio

History of Fulton County, Illinois; together with Sketches of its Cities, Villages and Townships, Educational, Religious, Civil, Military, and Political History; Portraits of Prominent Persons and Biographies of Representative Citizens. Chas. C. Chapman & Co., Peoria, Illinois, 1879, page 954, Woodland Township
Edward Kessler, farmer, sec. 3; P. O., Astoria; for the past 10 years Mr. K. has been a resident of Woodland tp.; he was born in Pa., on the 16th of October, 1830; his father, Samuel Kessler, was a native of Pa., where he married Miss Lydia Emick. Edward grew to manhood in Pa., where he was united in marriage to Miss Lucinda Wolfrum, by whom he had 4 children. Dec. 6, 1865, Mrs. Kessler died, and in 1867 he was united in marriage to Miss Polly Strammel, by whom he had 6 children, 4 of whom are living in this township.