Biography

01/10/1855 - 08/31/1940

KESSLER, Frederick A., a Representative from Pike County; born, January 10, 1855 in Berlin, Germany; merchant; elected, school director; elected, sheriff, Pike County (1890-1892); elected as a Democrat to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1896 and 1898; not a candidate for reelection to the House (1900); proprietor, grocery store; died August 31, 1940 in Matamoras, Pike County, Pennsylvania; interred, Laurel Grove Cemetery, Port Jervis, New York.