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- ^ a b Pratt, Orson, Brief Abstract of Genealogy and Ancestry of Jared Pratt, Unpublished manuscript, Orson Pratt Collection, Historical Department Archives of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Salt Lake City, Utah, archived from the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