Jackson Co, IL Bios
| Kessel, Frederick | Birth date | 21 Feb 1832 Prussia | 1878 HX |
| Kessel, William | Death date | ||
| Suoothouse, Gertrude | Cemetery | ||
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| Marriage date | 08 Jan 1858 | ||
| Rickels, Regina | Birth date | ||
| Rickels, Wm of Prussia | Death date | ||
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| Children | Robert 16 Mar 1862, Albert F 20 Jan 1865-05 Dec 1889, Alfred 02 Jan 1867, Edward J 14 May 1872 & Leo August 09 Nov 1877 |
| NOTES | Fred's father served 5 yrs in Frederick the Great's War of 1815 |
| Fred's family came to the US in 1857, his father died 10 Aug 1858, his mother 20 Jan 1892, their children were Wm, Johanna, August, Minnie, Harmon, John, Julius, Albert & Emily (all came to US except Wm) |
| Kimmel, Philip Sr | Birth date | 04 May 1832 Somerset Co, PA | |
| Kimmel, Abraham | Death date | ||
| Heiple, Elizabeth | Cemetery | ||
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| Will, Mary Gertrude | Birth date | ||
| Will, Daniel | Death date | ||
| Graeff, Magdalena | Cemetery |
| Children | Mary Ann, James Madson, Elizabeth, Daniel Webster, Henry Clay, Eliza, Joseph, Julia, John Quincy Adams, Sarah & Josiah |
| NOTES | twin sister was Sarah. Settled in 1841 Somerset Twp Jackson Co. He was a Commissioner of the JC Court |
| NOTES | original member of Zion Lutheran Church |
| King, Freeman | Birth date | 1840 Somerset Co, PA | 1878 HX |
| King, Charles | Death date | ||
| Mary Ann | Cemetery | ||
| Military service | Civil War--18th IL Inf | ||
| Marriage date | 23 Apr 1865 Jackson Co, IL | ||
| Butcher, Catherine | Birth date | ||
| Butcher, John | Death date | ||
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| Children | 3 boys & 2 girls |
| NOTES | 1841 his parents came to Jackson Co. Charles died in 1843 and Mary remarried to Peter Bowlby, she died 04 Nov 1866. His parents had 5 children, the other 4 died young. |
| In 1853 to 1860, Freeman carried the mail from Murphysboro to Marine |