Catherine Christinna Kessinger1,2,3,4

Family Chart
ID# 8983, (1858 - 1902)
FatherRansom A. Kessinger5,6,7 (3 Sep 1832 - 28 Oct 1912)
MotherSarah J. Peacock6,7,8 (12 Jul 1832 - 9 Mar 1923)

Key Events:

Birth: 28 Nov 1858, Pearl Twp., Pike Co., Illinois9,10,11
Marriage: 18 Mar 1882, Pike Co., Illinois, Dr. Franklin Lock (26 Dec 1858 - Feb 1889)12,13
Marriage: about 1890, James R. Smith (Oct 1849 - )14,15
Death: 1902, South McAlester, Indian Territory16,17
Burial: Hess Cemetery, Pearl, Pike Co., Illinois18

Copyright Notice

Narrative:

     Catherine Christinna Kessinger was born on 28 Nov 1858 in Pearl Twp., Pike Co., Illinois.9,10,11
     She appeared on the 1860 Federal Census of Pearl Twp., Pike Co., Illinois, in the household of her parents, Ransom A. Kessinger and Sarah J. Peacock.19 She appeared on the 1870 Federal Census of Pearl Twp., Pike Co., Illinois, in the household of her parents.20
     She appeared on the 1880 Federal Census of Pearl Twp., Illinois in the household of her parents, Ransom A. Kessinger and Sarah J. Peacock, with her daughter Jeanette.21
     Catherine married first Dr. Franklin Lock on 18 Mar 1882 in Pike Co., Illinois.12,13
     Her husband died in Feb 1889.22,23
     Catherine married second James R. Smith about 1890.14,15
     Catherine and James appeared on the 1900 Federal Census of South McAlester, Indian Territory, enumerated 27 Jun 1900, reporting that they owned their home. Their daughter May was listed as living with them.24
     Catherine died in 1902 in South McAlester, Indian Territory.16,17 She was buried in Hess Cemetery, Pearl, Pike Co., Illinois.18

Children:
     Child with an unknown partner:

Children:
     There were no children with Dr. Franklin Lock

Children:
     Child with James R. Smith:

  • May Smith27 (Apr 1893 - )

Citations

  1. [S3236] Kessinger, probate papers, 1914, Pike County Clerk/Recorder, will, shows name as Catharine Kessinger.
  2. [S3139] R. Kenssinger household, 1860 U.S. Census, Pike Co., Illinois, shows name as Catherine Kenssinger.
  3. [S3137] Ransom Kessinger household, 1880 U.S. Census, Pike Co., Illinois, shows name as Christina Kessinger.
  4. [S1195] Illinois State Archives, Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, 1763–1900, online, record for Franklin Lock and Christianna E. Kessinger, citing license no. 1301.
  5. [S3236] Kessinger, probate papers, 1914, Pike County Clerk/Recorder, will, article Ninth.
  6. [S3145] Portrait and Biographical Album of Pike and Calhoun Counties, pg 422.
  7. [S3139] R. Kenssinger household, 1860 U.S. Census, Pike Co., Illinois, shows them apparently living as parent and child.
  8. [S3138] Ransom Kissinger household, 1870 U.S. Census, Pike Co., Illinois, shows them apparently living as parent and child.
  9. [S3195] Overman, Overman Kessinger Bennett Plumley Lingenfelter families, shows date, township, county, and state.
  10. [S3197] James R. Smith household, 1900 U.S. Census, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory, shows month, years, age 42, and state.
  11. [S3139] R. Kenssinger household, 1860 U.S. Census, Pike Co., Illinois, shows age 2 and state.
  12. [S1195] Illinois State Archives, Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, 1763–1900, online, record for Franklin Lock and Christianna E. Kessinger, citing license no. 1301, shows date and county.
  13. [S3145] Portrait and Biographical Album of Pike and Calhoun Counties, pg 422, shows her as the widow of Dr. Lock.
  14. [S3197] James R. Smith household, 1900 U.S. Census, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory, shows marreid 10 years.
  15. [S3195] Overman, Overman Kessinger Bennett Plumley Lingenfelter families, shows married.
  16. [S3195] Overman, Overman Kessinger Bennett Plumley Lingenfelter families, shows year, town, and territory.
  17. [S3236] Kessinger, probate papers, 1914, Pike County Clerk/Recorder, will, shows her as deceased.
  18. [S3195] Overman, Overman Kessinger Bennett Plumley Lingenfelter families.
  19. [S3139] R. Kenssinger household, 1860 U.S. Census, Pike Co., Illinois.
  20. [S3138] Ransom Kissinger household, 1870 U.S. Census, Pike Co., Illinois.
  21. [S3137] Ransom Kessinger household, 1880 U.S. Census, Pike Co., Illinois.
  22. [S3195] Overman, Overman Kessinger Bennett Plumley Lingenfelter families, shows month and year.
  23. [S3145] Portrait and Biographical Album of Pike and Calhoun Counties, pg 422, shows his wife as his widow.
  24. [S3197] James R. Smith household, 1900 U.S. Census, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory.
  25. [S3137] Ransom Kessinger household, 1880 U.S. Census, Pike Co., Illinois, shows Christina as his daughter (single) and Jeanette as his granddaughter.
  26. [S3148] William Waggoner and Jeanette Cobb, Marriage License, application.
  27. [S3197] James R. Smith household, 1900 U.S. Census, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory, shows the child as daughter of Catherine's husband, and that the parents had been married longer than the age of the child.