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SOURCE: History of St. Clair County, Mich.
        by Arthur St. Clair
        A. T. Andreas & Co., Chicago - 1883

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         HENRY KESSEL, dealer in groceries and provisions, corner 
       of Eighth and White streets. He was born in Germany August 
       3. 1839. He emigrated to the United States in 1854. and 
       came to Port Huron in 1858. He worked for JAMES BEARD and 
       W. L. BANCROFT for many years. In 1872, he engaged in the 
       grocery and provision trade, and since then, for the past 
       eleven years, has successfully carried on the business here. 
       He owns the corner he occupies; and also owns several other 
       houses and lots. He is a member of the Board of Estimates, 
       and also holds church offices. He married Miss ANNIE HAWS, 
       from Buffalo, N.Y., May 23,1865. She was born March 25. 1843, 
       and died January 21, 1878, and left six children - HENRY, 
       born January 27. 1866; MINNIE, born December 10, 1867; 
       EDWARD, born June 3. 1869; ADAM, born May 12, 1870; LENA, 
       born August 4, 1872, and died December 24, 1881; CHARLIE, 
       born June 3, 1875; JOSEPH, born January 20, 1878. He married
       MARY SHECK, a native of Germany, October 28, 1878. They have 
       two children - LAURA, born August 3, 1879; LOUISE, born 
       November 25, 1880.
       
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