John C. Fessler
John G. Fessler was born in Baden, Germany, December 1, 1820. He engaged as a hand on the vessel known as the George Victoria in 1836, which ran on the river Rhine from Strasburg to Metz, which business he followed about seven years. In the summer of 1843 he left the vessel. In November, 1843, he married Miss Salome Kaiser, of Baden, Germany, born February 21, 1821. On the 1st of December, 1843, Mr. and Mrs. Fessler left their native country for America, and landed at New Orleans in January, 1844, and from there they came to Ohio, reaching Cincinnati February 12th, same year, where they remained until January, 1849, when they came to Shelby County and purchased the farm on which they have since resided. He now owns a good farm of eighty acres, with good improvements, which is the result of his own labor. He reared a family of ten children, all of whom are yet living, viz., Caroline, George, Salome, John F., Malinda, Jacob, David, Rosanna, Michael, and Mary M.
From History of Shelby County, Ohio; R. Sutton & Co, Philadelphia PA, 1883