Austin A. Kesinger Sr. (abt. 1885 - 1915)

Born about 1885 in Plough Gultch, Spokane County, Washington

Ancestors

Died 16 Apr 1915 at about age 30 in Spokane, Spokane County, Washington

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Biography

From 1900 US Census, Spokane Co., WV: "William A Kesinger Head M 42 Iowa Eliza Kesinger Wife F 40 West Virginia Austin Kesinger Son M 15 Washington Ethel Kesinger Daughter F 13 Washington Henry Kesinger Son M 7 Washington Virginia Kesinger Daughter F 3 Washington"

From 1910 US Census, Opportunity, Spokane Co., WA: "Albert Keissinger Head M 52 Iowa Eliza Ann Keissinger Wife F 49 West Virginia Austin A Keissinger Son M 23 Washington Hewey Keissinger Son M 17 Washington Virginia Bell Keissinger Daughter F 12 Washington Nellie C Keissinger Daughter F 8 Washington James C Odell Nephew M 15 Washington"

Austin married Mary A. Runyon (remarried to Otis Oakley following Austin's death). Son, Austin A. Kesinger, Jr., b. 1915, is listed on the 1920 and 1930 US Census for the Oakley's.

Sources

• "Descendants of Richard Dotson", http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~wvpioneers/dotsondescendants.html

• United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMPT-NQG : accessed 14 November 2015), Virginia Kesinger in household of William A Kesinger, Mica, Moran, Richland, and Saltese Precincts, Spokane, Washington, United States; citing sheet 1A, family 8, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,241,751.

• United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MGJP-88W : accessed 14 November 2015), Albert Keissinger, Opportunity, Spokane, Washington, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 135, sheet 7A, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,375,682.

• Washington, Death Certificates, 1907-1960," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N3LG-J7V : accessed 11 November 2015), Albert Kesinger in entry for Austin A. Kesinger, 16 Apr 1915; citing Spokane, Spokane, Washington, reference 366, Bureau of Vital Statistics, Olympia; FHL microfilm 1,992,326.

• Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Kesinger&GSfn=Austin&GSmn=A&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSob=n&GRid=142397007&df=all&