1.3.1.6.4 Thomas Andrew Kessler (1849-1906)

 

1.3.1.6.4 Thomas Andrew Kessler (2 Oct 1849-2 Mar 1906)

Thomas was still living at home in 1880. In 1886 he was appointed constable of Frederick County District 15. He married Elizabeth C. ‘Lizzie’ Whalen Kessler (Nov 1853-2 Jul 1928) in 1890. They resided at 113 East Patrick Street in Frederick and had no children. He died of “consumption” (tuberculosis) at the age of 56. His wife, Lizzie, was living in an Asylum in 1920. She died in 1928 and was buried at Mount Olivet Cemetary in Frederick.

  • 1850: Jefferson, Frederick County, Md. (16/24 7 Aug) Andrew Kessler 32 (farmer), Lauretta S. 34, Isabella 12, Amelia 8, Edwin M. 5, Thomas A. 2
  • 1860: Jefferson, Frederick County, Md. (19/38 20 Jul) Andrew Kessler 42 (farmer), Laura 44, Isabella 22, Laura 18, Edwin 15, Thomas 11, Eugenia 9, Franklin 5, William 1, Darnell William 23 (laborer)
  • 1870: Jefferson, Frederick County, Md, )13/38 29 Jul) Andrew Kessler 53 (farmer), Loretta S. 54, Edwin M. 25, Thomas A. 21, Virginia E. 18, John F. 15, William A. 11, Emma Lighter 19, Jacob Martial 64 (plus four blacks – Mima 45, Joanna 18, Mountjoy 15, & Charles 13
  • 1880: Jefferson, Frederick County, Md. (17/33 15 Jul) Andrew Kessler 63 (farmer), Lauretta 63, Thomas 30, John 24, William 21, William Figgins 44, Isabel Figgins 40, Jemima Celicia 59, Charles Davis 20, Cora Speaks 6
  • 1900: 123 E. Patrick Street District 0007 Frederick, Frederick County, Md. (37/44 Jun 15) Mary E. Whalen 43 (Feb 1857), Ellen A. 52 (sister Dec 1847), Hannah N. 33 (sister Mar 1867) …. Thomas Kessler 49 (Dec 1849), Lizzie C. 46 (Nov 1853), Joseph Jones 13 (black, servant) Note: There were three Whalen sisters, close in age. Mary E. was born in 1856, Lizzie in 1858, and Hannah N. in 1862.
  • 1910: 301 E. Patrick Street District 0052 Frederick, Frederick County, Md. (18/23 Apr 25) Mary Hobbs Whalen 40, Elizabeth C. Kessler 38 (sister-dressmaker), Hanna N. Whalen 36 (sister) Note: Ages are too young compared to 1910 Census, but these are the right people. Not sure how this happened.
  • 1920: Montevue Asylum, District 0056 Frederick, Md. (8/32 Jan 20) Lizzie Whalen 68 (inmate)