William
Kessinger
Born in Hart, Kentucky, United States
Ancestors 
Son of Jacob Kessinger
and Rebecca Clendenan
Brother of
Susan Kessinger, James A. (Kesinger) Kessinger, Issac W. Kessinger, Henry Kessinger, Daniel Kessinger, Henry Kessinger, Amos Kessinger, Cecelia Kessinger [half], Cynthia Kessinger [half], Mary Kessinger [half], Jesse Kessinger, John Kessinger [half], Elizabeth Kessinger and William Kessinger
Husband of
Elizabeth (McBride) Kessinger
— married
25 Nov 1835 in Greene, Illinois, United States
Descendants 
Father of
Willis Franklin Kessinger
Died
at about age 38
in Veracruz, Veracruz, Mexico
Profile last modified
| Created 16 Mar 2014
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Biography
William was a soldier in the Mexican War of 1847. He died and was buried near Buena Vista in 1847. A memorial marker is at Elmwood Cemetery, Litchfield, Montgomery, Illinois.[1]
According to Find A Grave, his wife was Elizabeth McBride, b 28 May 1818 in Tennessee and d 14 Oct 1882 at Litchfield, Montgomery, Illinois.
They were the parents of Willis Franklin Kissinger, 1841-1904.
Sources
Acknowledgments
Kessinger-83 was created by Julie Whiteside through the import of Julie's Family Tree 1_2014-03-13.ged on Mar 13, 2014.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with William 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 William:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with William 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 William:
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~1.56%
Mellisa Kessinger
:
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member mknunley
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~0.78%
Julie (Whiteside) Miller :
23andMe, GEDmatch M143927 [compare]
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A186357 [compare], Ancestry member baybeeb
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch F338223 [compare], FTDNA kit #338223
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~0.78%
Elaine (Vincent) Parsley :
23andMe, GEDmatch RK7976973 [compare]
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~0.78%
Toni Boone :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A285233 [compare], Ancestry member toniraska1
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~0.78%
Judi (Norene) Corbin :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member judic9999
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~0.78%
Freddy Parsley :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A386123 [compare], Ancestry member larrybratcher70
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~0.78%
Olive (Short) Chandler :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member 57bunhead
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~0.78%
Michael Palumbo :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch GB3609026 [compare]
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~0.78%
Nancy (Knight) Moore :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch FC6622559 [compare], Ancestry member lacroix2
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~0.78%
Estelle (Lindsey) Wheat :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T018927 [compare], FTDNA kit #442018
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~0.78%
Glenn Meredith :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T897682 [compare], FTDNA kit #132911
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Autosomal DNA Test, GEDmatch HV4835157 [compare]
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~0.78%
Ralph Goff :
Autosomal DNA Test, GEDmatch LL888466 [compare]
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