Abraham Kessler: JEM Genealogy

Generation: 1

Abraham Kessler was born on 25 Jan 1778 in Frederick, Frederick, Maryland, USA; died on 8 Jun 1857 in Fincastle, Botetourt, Virginia, USA.

Abraham married Catherine (Catey) Hepler on 20 Oct 1800 in , Botetourt, Virginia, USA. Catherine was born on 17 Dec 1781 in , Lehigh, Pennsylvania, USA; died on 25 Oct 1861 in , Botetourt, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

2. Elizabeth Betty Kesler was born on 15 Oct 1814 in , Botetourt, Virginia, USA; died on 22 Aug 1898 in Talcott, Summers, West Virginia, USA; was buried on 25 Aug 1898 in , Summers, West Virginia, USA.

Generation: 2

Elizabeth Betty Kesler

(1.Abraham¹) was born on 15 Oct 1814 in , Botetourt, Virginia, USA; died on 22 Aug 1898 in Talcott, Summers, West Virginia, USA; was buried on 25 Aug 1898 in , Summers, West Virginia, USA.

Other Events and Attributes:

Residence: 1850, , Botetourt, Virginia, USA
Residence: 1860, , Mercer, West Virginia, USA; Residence Post Office: Princeton
Residence: 1870, Beaver Pond, Princeton, Mercer, West Virginia, USA
Residence: 1880, Talcott, Summers, West Virginia, USA; Marital Status: Widowed; Relation to Head: Self

Elizabeth married William David Motley on 12 Apr 1838 in , Botetourt, Virginia, USA. William (son of David James Motley and Elizabeth Pendleton) was born on 18 Mar 1802 in Motley, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA; died on 23 Apr 1860 in , Mercer, West Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

3. Grizzelle P Motley was born in 1839 in , Botetourt, Virginia, USA; died in 1926 in , Boyd, Kentucky, USA.
4. America Catherine Motley was born on 20 Sep 1840 in , Botetourt, Virginia, USA; died on 23 Apr 1907 in Huntington, Cabell, West Virginia, USA; was buried in Huntington, Cabell, West Virginia, USA.
5. Horatio D Motley was born on 31 Jul 1842 in , Mercer, West Virginia, USA; died on 10 Aug 1928 in , Hamilton, Ohio, USA.
6. Nancy F Motley was born on 3 Mar 1847 in , , Virginia, USA; died on 9 May 1925 in , Summers, West Virginia, USA.
7. Rufina Florentine Motley was born on 3 Mar 1847 in , Botetourt, Virginia, USA; died on 2 Oct 1931 in Elk City, Beckham, Oklahoma, USA.

Generation: 3

Grizzelle P Motley

(2.Elizabeth², 1.Abraham¹) was born in 1839 in , Botetourt, Virginia, USA; died in 1926 in , Boyd, Kentucky, USA.

Other Events and Attributes:

Residence: 1850, , Botetourt, Virginia, USA
Residence: 1860, , Mercer, West Virginia, USA
Residence: 1870, Piketon, Pike, Kentucky, USA
Residence: 1880, Louisa, Lawrence, Kentucky, USA
Residence: 1900, Louisa, Lawrence, Kentucky, USA
Residence: 1910, Louisa, Lawrence, Kentucky, USA

Grizzelle married William M Blankenship in 1865 in , Mercer, West Virginia, USA. William (son of Arthur Moseley Blankenship and Catherine Wertz) was born about 1840 in , , Virginia, USA; died on 30 Jan 1884 in , Ohio, Kentucky, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

8. Bernice Joy Blankenship was born on 28 Mar 1866 in , Mercer, West Virginia, USA; died about 1938.
9. Mary Catharine Blankenship was born on 2 May 1868 in , , Kentucky, USA; died on 2 Apr 1937 in Louisa, Lawrence, Kentucky, USA.
10. Dolly Blankenship was born about 1869 in , , Kentucky, USA.
11. Minnie M Blankenship was born in 1871 in , , Virginia, USA; died on 21 Jul 1938 in , Cabell, West Virginia, USA.
12. Elizabeth "Lizzie" Blankenship was born in January 1872 in , , Kentucky, USA; died in 1954.
13. Horratio "Rash" D Blankenship was born on 2 May 1874 in , , Kentucky, USA; died on 23 Dec 1966.
14. Alice Gray Blankenship was born on 3 Apr 1876 in , , West Virginia, USA; died on 25 Aug 1945 in Huntington, Cabell, West Virginia, USA.
15. Monia Blankenship was born about 1878 in Potter, Lawrence, Kentucky, USA.
16. Monia Blankenship was born on 20 Nov 1878 in Louisa, Lawrence, Kentucky, USA; died on 9 Sep 1957 in Louisa, Lawrence, Kentucky, USA.
17. William Arthur Blankenship was born on 14 May 1880 in Potter, Lawrence, Kentucky, USA; died on 10 Aug 1964 in , Lawrence, Kentucky, USA.

Grizzelle married Solomon Williamson on 28 Mar 1900 in , Lawrence, Kentucky, USA. Solomon was born about 1832. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

America Catherine Motley

(2.Elizabeth², 1.Abraham¹) was born on 20 Sep 1840 in , Botetourt, Virginia, USA; died on 23 Apr 1907 in Huntington, Cabell, West Virginia, USA; was buried in Huntington, Cabell, West Virginia, USA.

Other Events and Attributes:

Residence: 1850, , Botetourt, Virginia, USA
Residence: 1860, Peterstown, Giles, Virginia, USA
Residence: 1870, Pearisburg, Giles, Virginia, USA
Residence: 1880, Pearisburg, Giles, Virginia, USA
Residence: 1900, Huntington, Cabell, West Virginia, USA

America married George Washington Toney on 17 Apr 1855 in , Mercer, West Virginia, USA. George (son of Jonathan Toney and Elizabeth Caperton) was born on 14 Sep 1830 in Glen Lyn, Giles, Virginia, USA; died on 15 Sep 1911 in Huntington, Cabell, West Virginia, USA; was buried in Huntington, Cabell, West Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

18. Henry A Toney was born in 1856 in , Mercer, West Virginia, USA; died in 1860 in , Mercer, West Virginia, USA.
19. Elizabeth Letcher Toney was born on 11 May 1858 in Glen Lyn, Giles, Virginia, USA; died on 18 Jan 1950 in Huntington, Cabell, West Virginia, USA; was buried in Huntington, Cabell, West Virginia, USA.
20. Kitty Alois was born about 1873 in , , Virginia, USA.

Horatio D Motley

(2.Elizabeth², 1.Abraham¹) was born on 31 Jul 1842 in , Mercer, West Virginia, USA; died on 10 Aug 1928 in , Hamilton, Ohio, USA.

Other Events and Attributes:

Residence: 1850, , Botetourt, Virginia, USA
Residence: 1860, , Mercer, West Virginia, USA
Residence: 1870, Beaver Pond, Princeton, Mercer, West Virginia, USA
Residence: 1900, Spencer, Montgomery, Kentucky, USA
Residence: 1910, Ezel, Morgan, Kentucky, USA
Residence: 1920, Ezel, Morgan, Kentucky, USA

Horatio married Dimia Alsy "Alice" Ferguson on 3 Feb 1870 in , Pike, Kentucky, USA. Dimia was born on 4 Apr 1842 in , , Kentucky, USA; died on 14 Dec 1907 in Ezel, Morgan, Kentucky, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

21. Robert Lee Motley was born on 8 Sep 1871 in , , Virginia, USA; died on 2 Feb 1940 in , Morgan, Kentucky, USA.
22. James William Motley was born on 5 Oct 1875 in Ezel, Morgan, Kentucky, USA; died on 7 Mar 1964 in , Hamilton, Ohio, USA.
23. John Pickett Motley was born in May 1878 in , , Kentucky, USA; died on 26 Jun 1971 in Oakland, Coles, Illinois, USA.
24. Oscar H Motley was born on 30 Jan 1883 in , , Kentucky, USA; died on 6 Nov 1933 in , Menifee, Kentucky, USA.
25. Ninnie Motley McNabb was born on 13 Sep 1886 in , , Kentucky, USA; died on 11 Feb 1986 in Paris, Edgar, Illinois, USA.
26. Minnie F Motley was born in Sep 1887 in , , Kentucky, USA.

Nancy F Motley

(2.Elizabeth², 1.Abraham¹) was born on 3 Mar 1847 in , , Virginia, USA; died on 9 May 1925 in , Summers, West Virginia, USA.

Other Events and Attributes:

Residence: Talcott, Summers, West Virginia, USA
Residence: 1850, , Botetourt, Virginia, USA
Residence: 1860, , Mercer, West Virginia, USA
Residence: 1870, Beaver Pond, Princeton, Mercer, West Virginia, USA
Residence: 1880, Talcott, Summers, West Virginia, USA; Marital Status: Na; Relation to Head: Daughter
Residence: 1900, Talcott, Summers, West Virginia, USA
Residence: 1910, Talcott, Summers, West Virginia, USA
Probate: 11 Jun 1925, , Summers, West Virginia, USA

Nancy married John Joseph Giuvitte on 14 Jan 1894 in , Cabell, West Virginia, USA. John was born in Apr 1855 in , , , Italy; died on 10 Feb 1938 in , Monroe, West Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Rufina Florentine Motley

(2.Elizabeth², 1.Abraham¹) was born on 3 Mar 1847 in , Botetourt, Virginia, USA; died on 2 Oct 1931 in Elk City, Beckham, Oklahoma, USA.

Other Events and Attributes:

Residence: 1850, , Botetourt, Virginia, USA
Residence: 1860, , Mercer, West Virginia, USA; Residence Post Office: Princeton
Residence: 1870, Piketon, Pike, Kentucky, USA
Residence: 1880, , Montague, Texas, USA

Rufina married Joseph Warren VanVactor on 13 Jul 1865 in , Mercer, West Virginia, USA. Joseph was born on 29 Dec 1835 in , Loudoun, Virginia, USA; died on 9 Jan 1898. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

27. Cora Bee VanVactor was born on 13 Jul 1865 in , Mercer, West Virginia, USA; died on 11 Jun 1949 in Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas, USA.
28. Toney Lee Van Vacter was born on 23 Dec 1866 in , Mercer, West Virginia, USA; died in 1945.
29. Benjamin Bree "Bennie" Van Vacter was born on 13 Oct 1868 in , Pike, Kentucky, USA; died on 4 Apr 1941 in , Beckham, Oklahoma, USA.
30. Venny Vannacter was born about 1869 in , , Kentucky, USA.
31. John Bunyan VanVacter was born on 24 Oct 1870 in , Pike, Kentucky, USA; died on 24 Oct 1960 in Elk City, Beckham, Oklahoma, USA.
32. Nora Kate Van Vactor (Cope) was born on 01 Oct 1872 in Hannibal, Marion, Missouri, USA; died on 16 Mar 1956 in Corpus Christi, Nueces, Texas, USA.

Generation: 4

Bernice Joy Blankenship

(3.Grizzelle³, 2.Elizabeth², 1.Abraham¹) was born on 28 Mar 1866 in , Mercer, West Virginia, USA; died about 1938.

Other Events and Attributes:

Name: Bomia Blankenship
Name: Burness D Blankenship
Birth: Abt 1866, , , Virginia, USA
Residence: 1870, Piketon, Pike, Kentucky, USA
Residence: 1880, Louisa, Lawrence, Kentucky, USA

9.	Mary Catharine Blankenship (3.Grizzelle³, 2.Elizabeth², 1.Abraham¹) was born on 2 May 1868 in , , Kentucky, USA; died on 2 Apr 1937 in Louisa, Lawrence, Kentucky, USA. Other Events and Attributes: Residence: 1870, Piketon, Pike, Kentucky, USA Residence: 1880, Louisa, Lawrence, Kentucky, USA

10.
Dolly Blankenship (3.Grizzelle³, 2.Elizabeth², 1.Abraham¹) was born about 1869 in , , Kentucky, USA.
Other Events and Attributes:
Residence: 1870, Piketon, Pike, Kentucky, USA

11.	Minnie M Blankenship (3.Grizzelle³, 2.Elizabeth², 1.Abraham¹) was born in 1871 in , , Virginia, USA; died on 21 Jul 1938 in , Cabell, West Virginia, USA. Other Events and Attributes: Residence: 1880, Louisa, Lawrence, Kentucky, USA Residence: 1910, Louisa, Lawrence, Kentucky, USA

12.	Elizabeth "Lizzie" Blankenship (3.Grizzelle³, 2.Elizabeth², 1.Abraham¹) was born in January 1872 in , , Kentucky, USA; died in 1954. Other Events and Attributes: Residence: 1880, Louisa, Lawrence, Kentucky, USA

13.	Horratio "Rash" D Blankenship (3.Grizzelle³, 2.Elizabeth², 1.Abraham¹) was born on 2 May 1874 in , , Kentucky, USA; died on 23 Dec 1966. Other Events and Attributes: Residence: 1880, Louisa, Lawrence, Kentucky, USA

14.	Alice Gray Blankenship (3.Grizzelle³, 2.Elizabeth², 1.Abraham¹) was born on 3 Apr 1876 in , , West Virginia, USA; died on 25 Aug 1945 in Huntington, Cabell, West Virginia, USA. Other Events and Attributes: Residence: 1880, Louisa, Lawrence, Kentucky, USA

15.	Monia Blankenship (3.Grizzelle³, 2.Elizabeth², 1.Abraham¹) was born about 1878 in Potter, Lawrence, Kentucky, USA. Other Events and Attributes: Residence: 1880, Louisa, Lawrence, Kentucky, USA

16. Monia Blankenship (3.Grizzelle³, 2.Elizabeth², 1.Abraham¹) was born on 20 Nov 1878 in Louisa, Lawrence, Kentucky, USA; died on 9 Sep 1957 in Louisa, Lawrence, Kentucky, USA.
17. William Arthur Blankenship (3.Grizzelle³, 2.Elizabeth², 1.Abraham¹) was born on 14 May 1880 in Potter, Lawrence, Kentucky, USA; died on 10 Aug 1964 in , Lawrence, Kentucky, USA.
18. Henry A Toney (4.America³, 2.Elizabeth², 1.Abraham¹) was born in 1856 in , Mercer, West Virginia, USA; died in 1860 in , Mercer, West Virginia, USA.

19.

Elizabeth Letcher Toney

(4.America³, 2.Elizabeth², 1.Abraham¹) was born on 11 May 1858 in Glen Lyn, Giles, Virginia, USA; died on 18 Jan 1950 in Huntington, Cabell, West Virginia, USA; was buried in Huntington, Cabell, West Virginia, USA.

Other Events and Attributes:

Residence: 1870, Pearisburg, Giles, Virginia, USA

20.
Kitty Alois (4.America³, 2.Elizabeth², 1.Abraham¹) was born about 1873 in , , Virginia, USA.
Other Events and Attributes:
Residence: 1880, Pearisburg, Giles, Virginia, USA

21.	Robert Lee Motley (5.Horatio³, 2.Elizabeth², 1.Abraham¹) was born on 8 Sep 1871 in , , Virginia, USA; died on 2 Feb 1940 in , Morgan, Kentucky, USA. Other Events and Attributes: Residence: 1920, Ezel, Morgan, Kentucky, USA

22. James William Motley (5.Horatio³, 2.Elizabeth², 1.Abraham¹) was born on 5 Oct 1875 in Ezel, Morgan, Kentucky, USA; died on 7 Mar 1964 in , Hamilton, Ohio, USA.

23.	John Pickett Motley (5.Horatio³, 2.Elizabeth², 1.Abraham¹) was born in May 1878 in , , Kentucky, USA; died on 26 Jun 1971 in Oakland, Coles, Illinois, USA. Other Events and Attributes: Residence: 1900, Spencer, Montgomery, Kentucky, USA Residence: 1910, Ezel, Morgan, Kentucky, USA

24.	Oscar H Motley (5.Horatio³, 2.Elizabeth², 1.Abraham¹) was born on 30 Jan 1883 in , , Kentucky, USA; died on 6 Nov 1933 in , Menifee, Kentucky, USA. Other Events and Attributes: Residence: 1900, Spencer, Montgomery, Kentucky, USA

25. Ninnie Motley McNabb (5.Horatio³, 2.Elizabeth², 1.Abraham¹) was born on 13 Sep 1886 in , , Kentucky, USA; died on 11 Feb 1986 in Paris, Edgar, Illinois, USA.
26.
Minnie F Motley (5.Horatio³, 2.Elizabeth², 1.Abraham¹) was born in Sep 1887 in , , Kentucky, USA.
Other Events and Attributes:
Residence: 1900, Spencer, Montgomery, Kentucky, USA

27.

Cora Bee VanVactor

(7.Rufina³, 2.Elizabeth², 1.Abraham¹) was born on 13 Jul 1865 in , Mercer, West Virginia, USA; died on 11 Jun 1949 in Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas, USA.

Other Events and Attributes:

Residence: 1870, Piketon, Pike, Kentucky, USA
Residence: 1880, , Montague, Texas, USA
Residence: 1900, , Montague, Texas, USA
Residence: 1910, , Montague, Texas, USA
Residence: 1920, , Montague, Texas, USA
Residence: 23 Jan 1933, , , Texas, USA

Cora married Austin G Prestwood in 1881 in , Montague, Texas, USA. Austin was born on 4 Dec 1856 in , Sumter, Alabama, USA; died on 5 Mar 1889 in Bowie, Montague, Texas, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

33. John W "Bud" Prestwood was born in May 1883 in , Montague, Texas, USA; died on 10 Mar 1904 in , , Texas, USA.
34. Jessie Prestwood was born on 15 Sep 1885 in Bowie, Montague, Texas, USA; died on 24 Oct 1962 in , Imperial, California, USA.

Cora married Samuel Franklin "Sam" Heath on 31 Aug 1891 in , Montague, Texas, USA. Samuel (son of Richard F Heath and Rachel Kincaid) was born on 15 Oct 1843 in Warren, Marion, Missouri, USA; died on 6 Apr 1925 in Bowie, Montague, Texas, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

35. Nora Belle Heath was born on 24 Jul 1892 in , Montague, Texas, USA; died on 12 Jan 1999 in Austin, Travis, Texas, USA.
36. Hermia Heath was born in Feb 1894 in , Montague, Texas, USA.
37. Norman Edward Heath was born on 19 Sep 1898 in , Montague, Texas, USA; died on 3 Apr 1979 in Bowie, Montague, Texas, USA.
38. William Heath was born in 1899 in , , Texas, USA.
39. Thelma B Heath was born about 1901 in , Montague, Texas, USA.
40. Orville F Heath was born on 24 Feb 1904 in , Montague, Texas, USA; died on 28 Jun 1991 in Wichita Falls, Wichita, Texas, USA.
41. Joella "Jo" Heath was born about 1906 in , Montague, Texas, USA.

28.	Toney Lee Van Vacter (7.Rufina³, 2.Elizabeth², 1.Abraham¹) was born on 23 Dec 1866 in , Mercer, West Virginia, USA; died in 1945. Other Events and Attributes: Residence: 1870, Piketon, Pike, Kentucky, USA Residence: 1880, , Montague, Texas, USA

29.	Benjamin Bree "Bennie" Van Vacter (7.Rufina³, 2.Elizabeth², 1.Abraham¹) was born on 13 Oct 1868 in , Pike, Kentucky, USA; died on 4 Apr 1941 in , Beckham, Oklahoma, USA. Other Events and Attributes: Residence: 1870, Piketon, Pike, Kentucky, USA

30.
Venny Vannacter (7.Rufina³, 2.Elizabeth², 1.Abraham¹) was born about 1869 in , , Kentucky, USA.
Other Events and Attributes:
Residence: 1880, , Montague, Texas, USA

31.	John Bunyan VanVacter (7.Rufina³, 2.Elizabeth², 1.Abraham¹) was born on 24 Oct 1870 in , Pike, Kentucky, USA; died on 24 Oct 1960 in Elk City, Beckham, Oklahoma, USA. Other Events and Attributes: Residence: 1880, , Montague, Texas, USA

32.	Nora Kate Van Vactor (Cope) (7.Rufina³, 2.Elizabeth², 1.Abraham¹) was born on 01 Oct 1872 in Hannibal, Marion, Missouri, USA; died on 16 Mar 1956 in Corpus Christi, Nueces, Texas, USA. Other Events and Attributes: Residence: 1880, , Montague, Texas, USA

Generation: 5

33.	John W "Bud" Prestwood (27.Cora⁴, 7.Rufina³, 2.Elizabeth², 1.Abraham¹) was born in May 1883 in , Montague, Texas, USA; died on 10 Mar 1904 in , , Texas, USA. Other Events and Attributes: Residence: 1900, , Montague, Texas, USA

34.	Jessie Prestwood (27.Cora⁴, 7.Rufina³, 2.Elizabeth², 1.Abraham¹) was born on 15 Sep 1885 in Bowie, Montague, Texas, USA; died on 24 Oct 1962 in , Imperial, California, USA. Other Events and Attributes: Residence: 1900, , Montague, Texas, USA

35.	Nora Belle Heath (27.Cora⁴, 7.Rufina³, 2.Elizabeth², 1.Abraham¹) was born on 24 Jul 1892 in , Montague, Texas, USA; died on 12 Jan 1999 in Austin, Travis, Texas, USA. Other Events and Attributes: Residence: 1900, , Montague, Texas, USA

36.	Hermia Heath (27.Cora⁴, 7.Rufina³, 2.Elizabeth², 1.Abraham¹) was born in Feb 1894 in , Montague, Texas, USA. Other Events and Attributes: Residence: 1900, , Montague, Texas, USA Residence: 1910, , Montague, Texas, USA

37.	Norman Edward Heath (27.Cora⁴, 7.Rufina³, 2.Elizabeth², 1.Abraham¹) was born on 19 Sep 1898 in , Montague, Texas, USA; died on 3 Apr 1979 in Bowie, Montague, Texas, USA. Other Events and Attributes: Residence: 1900, , Montague, Texas, USA Residence: 1920, , Montague, Texas, USA

38.
William Heath (27.Cora⁴, 7.Rufina³, 2.Elizabeth², 1.Abraham¹) was born in 1899 in , , Texas, USA.
Other Events and Attributes:
Residence: 1910, , Montague, Texas, USA
39.
Thelma B Heath (27.Cora⁴, 7.Rufina³, 2.Elizabeth², 1.Abraham¹) was born about 1901 in , Montague, Texas, USA.
Other Events and Attributes:
Residence: 1910, , Montague, Texas, USA

40.	Orville F Heath (27.Cora⁴, 7.Rufina³, 2.Elizabeth², 1.Abraham¹) was born on 24 Feb 1904 in , Montague, Texas, USA; died on 28 Jun 1991 in Wichita Falls, Wichita, Texas, USA. Other Events and Attributes: Residence: 1910, , Montague, Texas, USA Residence: 1920, , Montague, Texas, USA

41.	Joella "Jo" Heath (27.Cora⁴, 7.Rufina³, 2.Elizabeth², 1.Abraham¹) was born about 1906 in , Montague, Texas, USA. Other Events and Attributes: Residence: 1910, , Montague, Texas, USA Residence: 1920, , Montague, Texas, USA