His birth record in Jackson Co., WV, has the wrong parents listed for some reason.
Obituary:
From an unknown newspaper:
Thomas Kessel, 80, a resident of Hancock county most of his life died Friday at 3 p.m. at his home on route 2 near Pughtown following a long illness.
He was a member of the Pughtown Presbyterian church.
Mr. Kessel is survived by four sons, Edward [sic: Edgar] Kessel of Cleveland, D. W. Kessel of Hollidays Cove, B. M. Kessel of Detroit, and K. K. Kessel of Weirton; three daughters, Mrs. Alice Allison of Chester, Mrs. Helen Pugh at home, and Mrs. A. S.[Lois] Bischoff of Milton, W. Va; two brothers, P. W. Kessel of Alliance and H. M. Kessel of Salem, 14 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held in the home Monday at 2 p.m. by Rev. Calvin T. Weimer, pastor of the Chester Presbyterian church. Burial will be in the Pughtown Union cemetery.
Friends may call at the home.
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Name: He was born Pleasant Upton Kessel, but when he left Jackson County, WV, to come to Hancock County, someone said, "You look more like a Tom." Everyone called him Tom after that, and he signed his documents, including his will, as Thomas Kessel.
Obituary:
From an unknown newspaper:
Thomas Kessel, 80, a resident of Hancock county most of his life died Friday at 3 p.m. at his home on route 2 near Pughtown following a long illness.
He was a member of the Pughtown Presbyterian church.
Mr. Kessel is survived by four sons, Edward [sic: Edgar] Kessel of Cleveland, D. W. Kessel of Hollidays Cove, B. M. Kessel of Detroit, and K. K. Kessel of Weirton; three daughters, Mrs. Alice Allison of Chester, Mrs. Helen Pugh at home, and Mrs. A. S.[Lois] Bischoff of Milton, W. Va; two brothers, P. W. Kessel of Alliance and H. M. Kessel of Salem, 14 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held in the home Monday at 2 p.m. by Rev. Calvin T. Weimer, pastor of the Chester Presbyterian church. Burial will be in the Pughtown Union cemetery.
Friends may call at the home.
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Name: He was born Pleasant Upton Kessel, but when he left Jackson County, WV, to come to Hancock County, someone said, "You look more like a Tom." Everyone called him Tom after that, and he signed his documents, including his will, as Thomas Kessel.
His birth record in Jackson Co., WV, has the wrong parents listed for some reason.
Obituary:
From an unknown newspaper:
Thomas Kessel, 80, a resident of Hancock county most of his life died Friday at 3 p.m. at his home on route 2 near Pughtown following a long illness.
He was a member of the Pughtown Presbyterian church.
Mr. Kessel is survived by four sons, Edward [sic: Edgar] Kessel of Cleveland, D. W. Kessel of Hollidays Cove, B. M. Kessel of Detroit, and K. K. Kessel of Weirton; three daughters, Mrs. Alice Allison of Chester, Mrs. Helen Pugh at home, and Mrs. A. S.[Lois] Bischoff of Milton, W. Va; two brothers, P. W. Kessel of Alliance and H. M. Kessel of Salem, 14 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held in the home Monday at 2 p.m. by Rev. Calvin T. Weimer, pastor of the Chester Presbyterian church. Burial will be in the Pughtown Union cemetery.
Friends may call at the home.
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Name: He was born Pleasant Upton Kessel, but when he left Jackson County, WV, to come to Hancock County, someone said, "You look more like a Tom." Everyone called him Tom after that, and he signed his documents, including his will, as Thomas Kessel.
Obituary:
From an unknown newspaper:
Thomas Kessel, 80, a resident of Hancock county most of his life died Friday at 3 p.m. at his home on route 2 near Pughtown following a long illness.
He was a member of the Pughtown Presbyterian church.
Mr. Kessel is survived by four sons, Edward [sic: Edgar] Kessel of Cleveland, D. W. Kessel of Hollidays Cove, B. M. Kessel of Detroit, and K. K. Kessel of Weirton; three daughters, Mrs. Alice Allison of Chester, Mrs. Helen Pugh at home, and Mrs. A. S.[Lois] Bischoff of Milton, W. Va; two brothers, P. W. Kessel of Alliance and H. M. Kessel of Salem, 14 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held in the home Monday at 2 p.m. by Rev. Calvin T. Weimer, pastor of the Chester Presbyterian church. Burial will be in the Pughtown Union cemetery.
Friends may call at the home.
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Name: He was born Pleasant Upton Kessel, but when he left Jackson County, WV, to come to Hancock County, someone said, "You look more like a Tom." Everyone called him Tom after that, and he signed his documents, including his will, as Thomas Kessel.
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