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Frederick Kesler

Frederick Kesler

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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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  1. [1]
    "Frederick Kesler – Biography".
  2. [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    Pratt, Orson, Brief Abstract of Genealogy and Ancestry of Jared Pratt, Unpublished manuscript, Orson Pratt Collection, Historical Department Archives of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Salt Lake City, Utah, archived from the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
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    Hull, Thomas (1899), Events of the Month, vol. 2, The Improvement Era, p. 719
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    "Re-organization of the Militia". Deseret News. April 29, 1857.
  5. [5]
    The Frederick Kesler Papers, J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
  6. [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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