John Earl Kessler, b: 1920 -

^{1939 - 1945 World War II}
^{1945 Atomic bomb detonated (Hiroshima)}
^{1950 Korean War begins}
^{1964 - 1973 Vietnam War}
^{1969 Armstrong first person on the moon}

^{1903 Wright brothers 1st plane flight}
^{1908 Ford produces Model T}
^{1913 Edison invents movies w/sound}
^{1914 - 1918 World War I}
^{1929 The Great Depression begins}

^{1861 - 1865 Civil War, North vs. South}
^{1867 Alaska Territory purchased}
^{1869 Transcontinental Railroad complete}
^{1879 Edison invents phono/light bulb}
^{1898 Spanish-American War}


			^{Charles Henry Kessler}^{b.1866 Lykens Township, d.1940 ,}

		^{George Earl Kessler}^{b.1899 Lykens Township, d.1941 ,}	^{Mary Elizabeth Erdman}^{b.1867 Klingerstown Gap, d.1938}

^{Infant Kessler}^{b.1940 d.1940}	^{John Earl Kessler}^{b.1920 , d.2009}

^{Jean Ellen Kessler}^{b.1941 , d.}		^{Annie Ellen Martz}^{b.1899 d.1979}

^{Leroy John Kessler}^{b.1943 , d.}

^{Nancy Caroline Kessler}^b.1944 d.

	^{Ruth Arlene Schultz}^{b.1923 d.1974 Geisinger Medical Center,}