Imperial County CA Archives Biographies.....Kessling, Adolph 1856 - 
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Author: F. C. Farr (editor, 1918)

ADOLPH KESSLING.—After a long and varied career, during which he has traveled
extensively and devoted his energies to numerous lines of endeavor, Adolph
Kessling is now one of the leading business men of Calexico, where his
progressive and enterprising methods have won success. Mr. Kessling is a native
of Germany and was born January 4, 1856. He acquired his education in the
schools of his native land and at the age of twenty he went to Russia, where he
spent five years. In December, 1881, he came to America. Early in life he
learned the meat business and after his arrival in this country he worked in the
coal mines for a time. He then followed mining and prospected in Nevada,
California, Arizona and Mexico. In Kansas City he worked in the packing houses
and also found employment on the railroads. In Southeastern Missouri he worked
at his trade for two years and in Texas he engaged in business for himself. Mr.
Kessling was married in Kansas City, Missouri, and removed to Texas the
following year. He married Paulina Hausler in December, 1886. Seven children
were born of this union, two of whom are dead. The living are Hulda, wife of
Charles Freer, residing in Texas; Adolph, Albert, William and Edwin. The latter
is attending school in Brenham, Texas. In March, 1905, Mr. Kessling came to
Imperial Valley. He worked for a time and also did much prospecting in this
locality and crossed the Colorado Desert from many points. In 1910 he engaged in
the meat business in a small way. The business has grown and Mr. Kessling was
obliged to change his location three times. He now has one of the most modern
markets in the Valley and does a wholesale as well as retail business. Mr.
Kessling has forty acres of highly cultivated land in the Valley. Fraternally he
is a member of the K. of P. of Calexico.

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THE HISTORY
OF
IMPERIAL COUNTY
CALIFORNIA
EDITED BY
F. C. FARR

IN ONE VOLUME
ILLUSTRATED
Published by ELMS AND FRANKS
BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA 1918


Printed by Taylor & Taylor, San Francisco


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