Mesler, Cornelius

Born: 1798-10-07 Morris County, New Jersey

Died: 1854-07-07 Sangamon County, Illinois

Flourished: 1830-1854 Sangamon County, Illinois

In 1822, Mesler married Phebe Shepard in Newark, New Jersey. In 1830, they moved to Sangamon County, Illinois, where they settled on a farm near the Sangamon River. In 1850, Mesler owned $1,600 worth of real estate.

John Carroll Power and S. A. Power, History of the Early Settlers of Sangamon County, Illinois (Springfield, IL: Edwin A. Wilson, 1876), 519; U.S. Census Office, Seventh Census of the United States (1850), Sangamon County, IL, 287.