Kiessel, Margaret Verne, approximately 1909-1985
Person
Biography
Margaret Chatelain Kiessel was born about 1909 in Michigan and died in Oregon around 1985. She was the granddaughter of Henry W. Cansdell. She owed several of Henry W. Cansdell's letters which were later donated by Ruth Kiessel.
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Henry Cansdell Collection
Collection — Box 1 of 1: [Barcode: 31141024409562]
Identifier: RH-A-494
Scope and Contents
The collection is composed of 40 letters and 5 drawings/maps, the majority of them written by Henry William Cansdell (1808-1868) to his wife and daughters while he was in the Civil War and stationed in Tennessee, Wisconsin, Mississippi, and Alabama. The letters were written between December 1861 and 1864, with two other letters written in 1870.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1861-1864, 1870