In 1795 Christopher Kessler came to Philadelphia from Germany and eventually located in Botetourt County, Virginia. He had two children, Archie and Elizabeth. Archie married Catherine Peck in 1853, and as he was opposed to slavery he was compelled to leave
there in 1860. He and his wife and two children, after many ardships, reached the "Promised Land" in Kentucky District and resided there until after the end of the Civil War, when he moved to Greenbrier County and spent the remainder of his life there. He had a family of twelve children, of whom four were doctors. Dr. Dan, Dr. Kent and Dr. Mart Kessler were born in Nicholas County; Dr. Joe was born in Greenbrier County, and are credited with performing the first major surgical operation in this county by removing a large tumor from a man named Spencer at his home where Richwood is now located.
Source: The History of Nicholas County, West Virginia
By William Griffee Brown, 1954
He had the following children:
M i Archie KESSLER. F ii Elizabeth KESSLER.
Archie KESSLER [Parents] married Catherine PECK on 1853.
Catherine PECK married Archie KESSLER on 1853.
Jacob KESSLER [Parents] was born 1797. He died 1881. Jacob married Catherine BRUGH on 1816 in Botetourt County, VA.
KESSLER, KESTLER, KETTLERS, (Kettle-makers) German.
The Kesslers came from Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany. There were also soldiers of than name in the Hessian Army who were given grants of land, and settled in Maryland. In the early history of the county Jacob Kessler, and brother Frederick, settled in what is now Mountain Cove District in Fayette County. Frederick purchased 250 acres of
land from Joseph Malcolm in 1827. In 1850 his widow and heirs conveyed to John R. McCutcheon, who had married Sally Kessler, the tract since know as the John R. McCutcheon farm.
Source:The History of Nicholas County, West Virginia
By William Griffee Brown, 1954
Catherine BRUGH [Parents] married Jacob KESSLER on 1816 in Botetourt County, VA.
They had the following children:
i KESSLER was born 1817. KESSLER died 1830. ii KESSLER was born 1820. iii KESSLER was born 1822. F iv Sarah KESSLER was born 1821 and died 1874. M v Henry KESSLER was born 1828. M vi Daniel O. KESSLER was born 1825. M vii John KESSLER was born 1833. F viii Catherine KESSLER was born 1836. F ix Magdaline KESSLER was born 1838. M x Jacob KESSLER was born 1839.
John KESSLER [Parents] was born 1833. He married Mary Jane Davidson CARNEY on 1867.
Mary Jane Davidson CARNEY married John KESSLER on 1867.
Elisha B. TAYLOR married Catherine KESSLER on 1863.
Catherine KESSLER [Parents] was born 1836. She married Elisha B. TAYLOR on 1863.
Jacob KESSLER [Parents] was born 1839. He married Mary F. NEIGHBORS on 1864.
Mary F. NEIGHBORS married Jacob KESSLER on 1864.
John Rodgers MCCUTCHEON was born 1810 in Greenbrier Co. VA. He died 1880 in Kessler's Cross Lanes, Nicholas Co. WV. John married Sarah KESSLER on 1840.
Sarah KESSLER [Parents] "Sallie" was born 1821. She died 1874. Sallie married John Rodgers MCCUTCHEON on 1840.
They had the following children:
M i Henry MCCUTCHEON was born 1842. M ii Dr. Rufus MCCUTCHEON was born 1844. F iii Elizabeth MCCUTCHEON was born 1846. F iv Sabrina MCCUTCHEON was born 1848. M v Allen MCCUTCHEON was born 1850. F vi Lucinda MCCUTCHEON was born 1852. F vii Nannie Evaline MCCUTCHEON was born 1853. M viii Newton O MCCUTCHEON was born 1855. M ix Rev. John Lewis MCCUTCHEON was born 1857. F x Sallie Viola MCCUTCHEON was born 1859.
Isaac WISEMAN married Elizabeth.
Elizabeth married Isaac WISEMAN.
They had the following children:
M i William WISEMAN. M ii John WISEMAN.
William WISEMAN [Parents] married Mary RAMSEY.
WISEMAN, English.
Isaac Wiseman leads the record of the "Wiseman Family in America," published by Dr. B.W.S. Wiseman of Indiana in 1910. According to this record Isaac Wiseman came from Pennsylvania to Rockingham County, Virginia soon after the Revolution, then to Monroe County. He and his wife, Elizabeth, were buried in Rehoboth Churchyard near Union. His son, John, was ordained a Methodist minister by Bishop Asbury and
was in the Continental Army with Washington at Valley Forge. William, a son of Isaac, seems to have remained in Monroe. He married Mary Ramsey.
Source:The History of Nicholas County, West Virginia
By William Griffee Brown, 1954
Mary RAMSEY married William WISEMAN.
They had the following children:
M i Isaac Ward WISEMAN.
Isaac Ward WISEMAN [Parents].
Isaac Ward Wiseman, son of William, was raised in the family of Bartholomew Ramsey. He was a soldier in the company of his cousin, J. Riley Ramsey, in the Civil War. He married and lived in Nicholas County near Mt. Nebo for several years, but died at the home of his daughter, Rebecca Hawkins, in Fayette County. His son, William Wiseman, married Barbara Odell, daughter of Jacob Odell. He had two children: Nicholas Wiseman and Rebecca Ann Bailes. Nicholas Wiseman married Nancy Elizabeth McCutcheon. His two sons, William Johnson Wiseman and Perry N. Wiseman, are well known as citizens of the County. Wm. Johnson Wiseman served a term as Assessor of the County. Perry N. Wiseman was a successful teacher, Clerk of the County Court, and State Senator from his district.
Samuel Wiseman, grandson of pioneer Isaac, was born in Monroe County, came to Nicholas County and commissioned a justice in 1822. Two of his sons, Alexander and John N., were born in Monroe County but came to Nicholas County and were well known citizens. A daughter of Samuel, Isabel Jane, married Matthew Hughes; another daughter, Margaret, married Perry Odell.The Wiseman family is related to many of the early families of the County.
Source: The History of Nicholas County, West Virginia
By William Griffee Brown, 1954
He had the following children:
F i Rebecca WISEMAN. M ii William WISEMAN.