Messler, Benjamin W.

Born: 1808-01-02 Maryland

Died: 1871-01-26 Fulton County, Illinois

Flourished: Fulton County, Illinois

In 1837, Messler married Mary E. Cline in Ohio, where they lived until 1842, when they settled permanently in the town of Cuba in Fulton County, Illinois. Messler was employed as a farmer. In 1850, he owned $1,200 worth of real estate. By 1860, Messler had accumulated $2,000 in real estate, with a personal estate of $200.

Portrait and Biographical Album of Fulton County, Illinois (Chicago: Biographical, 1890), 692-93; U.S. Census Office, Seventh Census of the United States (1850), Centre, Fulton County, IL, 305; U.S. Census Office, Eighth Census of the United States (1860), Putnam, Fulton County, IL, 302; Gravestone, Cuba Cemetery, Cuba, IL.