Frederick Kesler

Frederick Kesler (1816–1899) was an early member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Born in Meadville, Crawford Co., Pennsylvania. Son of Frederick Kesler and Mary Lindsay.[1][2] He married Jane Elizabeth Pratt (October 27, 1837 – November 23, 1912).[2] He was baptized in 1835. Kesler was a bodyguard of Joseph Smith, served as a major in the militia corps of the Great Salt Lake Military District, was a justice of the peace, and director of the penitentiary.[3][4][5] He was also a bishop for many years, major in the Nauvoo Legion, mill builder, and an associate of Brigham Young from Nauvoo.[6]

Frederick Kesler was a major in the Nauvoo Legion

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References
  1. "Frederick Kesler – Biography".
  2. Pratt, Orson, Brief Abstract of Genealogy and Ancestry of Jared Pratt, Unpublished manuscript, Orson Pratt Collection, Historical Department Archives of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Salt Lake City, Utah, archived from the original on February 23, 2020, retrieved February 9, 2012
  3. Hull, Thomas (1899), Events of the Month, vol. 2, The Improvement Era, p. 719
  4. "Re-organization of the Militia". Deseret News. April 29, 1857.
  5. The Frederick Kesler Papers, J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
  6. Young, Brigham, and Everett L. Cooley. Diary of Brigham Young, 1857. Tanner Trust Fund, University of Utah Library, 1980 page 11. found online at:https://collections.lib.utah.edu/details?id=328944


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