Cornelius was born about 1825 in Rowan County, North Carolina, the of known children and sons of Christian Elizabeth Eller Kesler.
On 29 Jul 1845, when he was about twenty years old, Cornelius married Anne Catherine Hartman in Salisbury, Rowan County, North Carolina, and they had six known children, three sons and three daughters:
Sophia Elizabeth (Kesler) Kluttz,
William H A Kesler
Mary Luretta (Kesler) Agner
Henry A Kesler
Barbara Lavina (Kesler) Poole
Lewis Alexander Kesler
On 30 March 1893, when he was in his late sixties Cornelius died of unknown causes in Rowan County, North Carolina.
From Findagrave.com
Cornelius Kesler
Birth: 1825; Death: Mar. 30, 1893.
Family links: Parents: Christian Kesler (1783 - 1843), Elizabeth Eller Kesler (1785 - 1843); Spouse: Annie C. Hartman Kesler (1827 - 1906); Children: Lewis Alexander Kesler (1867 - 1947); Siblings: Elizabeth Kesler Bumgarner (1809 - 1890), Mary M. Kesler Wyatt (1829 - 1904).
Burial: Union Lutheran Church Cemetery, Salisbury, Rowan County, North Carolina, USA[1]
The Eller Chronicles, Vol XI: 1, Sp. Ed., February 1997. Compiled by Louise Barringer File and Peggy Agner Troutman and computerized by J Gerald Eller in 1997.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Cornelius by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Cornelius: