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     According to Mary Klinger, Klingers from the Odenwald, Hesse, Germany, p. 362, Charles was the illegitimate son of Nathan Kessler and Christina Miller. This is evidenced, apparently, by a baptismal record listing Nathan as the father and Christina, daughter of John and Maria Miller, as the mother. The sponsor was George Leubold, husband-to-be of Christina Miller. Nathan latter married Lucinda Schoffstall and "all his property was in her name, never mentioning a son Charles Henry Kessler." (Id.)
Age at death: 73 years, 5 months 18 days. Charles Henry Kessler was born on 18 September 1866, Keiffers, Schuylkill County, PA.^1,2 He married Mary Elizabeth Erdman. Charles Henry Kessler died on 5 March 1940, Lykens Township, Dauphin County, PA, at age 73.^3,2
Newspaper obituary:
Well Known Erdman Resident Died Tues.
Charles Henry Kessler, age 74 years, died Tuesday morning at his home at Erdman. He was member of Klinger's Lutheran Church at Erdman.
Mr. Kessler was a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Kessler and was a lifelong resident of Erdman, where he had conducted a store and saw mill for many years.
Survivors are the following children: Mrs. Ellen Umholtz, Oscar, Charles. Moses, Sinary, George, Harry, Luther, Lloyd, and Ezra Kessler, all of Erdman; William Kessler of Shamokin and Guy Kessler of Tower City. Thirty-two grandchildren and five great grandchildren also survive.
Funeral services will be held from the residence at 10:00 o'clock Saturday morning with further services in Klinger's Church. Rev. Dr. D. I. Sultzbach pastor of the Sacramento Lutheran Parish will officiate and interment will be made in the cemetery adjoining the church.
Elizabethville Echo, March 7, 1940, Page 1.⁴
He was buried on 9 March 1940, at Zion (Klinger's) Church Cemetery, Erdman, Dauphin County, PA.^5,2