Grace Mae Rains and Chauncey Alfred Kessler

CHAUNCEY ALFRED KESSLER, son of AMANDA STAMBAUGH and CHARLES E. KESSLER, was born December 6, 1886 in Somerset, Wabash, Indiana,^{456, 8} and died August 29, 1968 in Wabash, Wabash, Indiana.^{456, 4931} He is buried in Mississinewa Memorial Cemetery, Wabash, Wabash, Indiana.⁴⁵⁶

He married GRACE MAE RAINS on June 21, 1916 in Kentucky.¹²³⁴⁶ She was born May 27, 1893 in Chattanooga, Hamilton, Tennessee,^{56, 12347} and died December 20, 1973 in Green Bay, Wisconsin.^{56, 12347} She is buried in Allouez Catholic Cemetery, Green Bay, Brown, Wisconsin.⁴⁵⁶

• Descendant Reports
  • Georg Michael Romich Descendant Report (Ancestor of Chauncey A. Kessler)
  • John Heilman Descendant Report (Ancestor of Chauncey A. Kessler)
  • Felix Stambach Descendant Report (Ancestor of Chauncey A. Kessler)
  • Jacob Meyer Descendant Report (Ancestor of Chauncey A. Kessler)

Children of GRACE MAE RAINS and CHAUNCEY ALFRED KESSLER:

1. EVELYN VIRGINIA KESSLER, b. October 2, 1917, Tremont, Ohio;⁴⁵³² m. CARL JOSEPH GERLACH on May 29, 1938¹²³⁴⁹; d. July 9, 1979, Green Bay, Brown, Wisconsin.¹²³⁴⁸
2. JAMES RUDOLPH KESSLER, b. December 31, 1919, Tremont, Ohio;⁷³⁷⁷ d. January 28, 1945, Luzon, Philippines.¹²³⁵⁰

Marriage Announcements and News

Pineville Sun, May 19, 1916¹²³⁴⁶

Mr. and Mrs. James T. Rains announce the engagement of their daughter, Miss Grace Mae, to Mr. Chancey Alfred Kessler, of Lafontaine, Ind. The wedding will take place at the home of the bride-elect's parents June 21st at 8 o'clock a. m.

Obituaries

Chronicle Tribune, August 30, 1968¹²³⁴³

Chauncey Kessler

LAFONTAINE — Services for Chauncey Kessler, 81, LaFontaine, will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at Somerset Christian Church, the Rev. Keith Watkins officiating.

Mr. Kessler, a retired mail carrier, died at 5:30 a.m. Thursday in a Wabash nursing home. Burial will be in Mississinewa Memorial Cemetery. Friends may call at Eddingfield Mortuary after 1 p.m. today.

Surviving are his wife, Grace; one daughter, Mrs. Carl Gerlach, Green Bay, Wis.; one sister, Miss Agness Kessler, LaFontaine, and 11 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.

Green Bay Press-Gazette, December 21, 1973¹²³⁴⁷

Mrs. Grace Kessler

Mrs. Grace Kessler, 80, 1032 S. Jackson St., died Thursday evening in a local convalescent home. The former Grace Rains was born in Chattanooga, Tenn. She was a member of the American Gold Star Mothers of Wabash, Ind. Mrs. Kessler was preceded in death by her husband, Chauncey, 1939 and also by one son, James R. Kessler, in 1945.

Survivors are one daughter Mrs. Carl (Evelyn) Gerlach, Green Day; 11 grandchildren, and 11 great-grandchildren.

Friends may call at Schauer and Schumacher East Side Funeral Home after 4 p.m. today. Wake service at 8 this evening. Funeral Mass at 10 a.m. Saturday at the funeral home with the Rev. David Rondou officiating. Burial in Allouez Cemetery.

Census Records

Date	Location	Enumerated Names
June 1, 19002993	Noble, Wabash, Indiana	Charles E. Kessler Amanda Stambaugh Chauncey Alfred Kessler Eva Virginia Kessler Agnes Kessler
January 9, 19202996	Noble, Wabash, Indiana	Charles E. Kessler Amanda Stambaugh Chauncey Alfred Kessler
April 26, 19302997	Waltz, Wabash, Indiana	Amanda Stambaugh Chauncey Alfred Kessler