The 1857 Minnesota census showed Frenk Messler (age 29, born in Germany, blacksmith) living in Chaska, Carver County, Minnesota.

The 1860 United States census showed Frank Messler (age 31, born in Germany, blacksmith) married to Catherine (age 22, born in Germany) and living in Chaska, Carver County, Minnesota. Children Sybilla (age 2, born in Minnesota) and Mary Ann (age 4 months, born in Minnesota) also lived with the couple.

We are informed that Frank Meissler, blacksmith, has sold out house and shop to Mr. Herring,
wagon-maker who intends to increase his facilities for that business, and set up on a larger scale.
Mr. Hank (Henk), who goes into business with him, takes charge of the blacksmithing department. They have both contemplated locating at Carver, but this purchase we suppose settles the question, and Chaska will doubtless soon be able to boast of having a good stirring firm of wagon builders. We hope to see them turn out a wagon every week. (The Valley Herald, Saturday, September 5, 1863, Page 3)

Town Officers. Town Treasurer. Frank Meissler. (Minnesota Gazetteer and Business Directory for 1865, Groff & Bailey, Saint Paul, 1865, Page 40)

Quite an important sale took place this week of lots in block 36. Seven lots including a house which, three years ago, was perhaps worth $300, was sold for $1,050. Mr. G. Lee was the owner and Frank Meissler is the purchaser. (The Valley Herald, Saturday, January 7, 1865, Page 3)

Frank Meisler has just completed a new Blacksmith Shop in front of Mr. Howes house on the hill; this makes three Blacksmith Shops that we have in town. (The Valley Herald, Saturday, June 17, 1865, Page 3)

The 1875 Minnesota census showed Frank Miseler (age 47, born in Prussia) married to Kate (age 37, born in Germany) and living in Chaska, Carver County, Minnesota. Children Phillip (age 11, born in Minnesota), Frank (age 13, born in Minnesota), Kate (age 9, born in Minnesota), Mary (age 3, born in Minnesota), and Hubert (age 1, born in Minnesota) also lived with the couple.

The 1885 Minnesota census showed Frank Meissler (age 58, born in Germany) married to Catharine (age 46, born in Germany) and living in Chaska, Carver County, Minnesota. Children Phillip (age 21, born in Minnesota), Catharine (age 18, born in Minnesota), Maria (age 12, born in Minnesota), and Hubert (age 10, born in Minnesota) also lived with the couple.

The 1900 United States census showed Frank Miesler (age 73, born in May 1827 in Germany, farmer) married to Catharina (age 65, born in May 1835 in Germany) and living in Chaska, Carver County, Minnesota. Frank lived with his son Philip (age 36, born in March 1864 in Minnesota) and Philip’s family.

Frank Mieseler (son). A native of Carver county and ever actively devoted to its welfare and advancement, Frank Mieselor of Dahlgren township, has made his citizenship useful, his record giving him a high place in the esteem and good will of the general public. Mr. Mieseler was born in the town of Chaska November 6, 1861, and is a son of Frank and Katharine (Wagner) Mieseler, the former born near Cologne, Prussia, and the latter in Pennsylvania. Coming to Carver county in early life they were married here. Their first home was in Chaska, where the father worked several years at his trade of blacksmith. He then bought a tract of land in the northwestern part of Dahlgren township, which he sold after farming and improving it for five or six years. He then purchased a farm near Chaska on which he passed the remainder of life, dying December 26, 1907. The mother’s death occurred July 13, 1909. Five of their children grew to maturity, and of these Frank was the oldest. Frank Mieseler was reared and educated in Carver county, where his life has been passed as a successful farmer. He has taken an active part in the public affairs of Dahlgren township, having served as township clerk and for ten years was school treasurer. He was one of the promoters of the Carver County Creamery company at Augusta, of which he has been president, and which he has served as secretary and manager during the last fourteen years. The creamery was purchased in 1898 from the Poppitz company, and under a progressive and vigorous management has been conducted successfully ever since.

Mr. Mieseler owns two farms amounting to 256 acres of good land in Dahlgren and Chaska townships, which he has brought to a high state of cultivation and productiveness and, improved with good buildings. He was married in Carver, Minnesota, in May, 1887, to Miss Crescentia Gestach, who was born in Dahlgren township December 16, 1863, and is a daughter of John and Afra (Schneider) Gestach. Mr. and Mrs. Mieseler have four children, Frank J., John A., George H. and Edmund J. All are members of Guardian Angel Catholic church at Chaska. (Compendium of History and Biography of Carver and Hennepin Counties, Minnesota, R. J. Holcombe and William H. Bingham, Henry Taylor & Company, 1915, Page 313)

Again the relentless messenger – Death, has invaded our ranks, and again it is one of the rugged pioneers who have been called away. Frank Mieseler, one of the pioneer settlers of this township passed away at Asbury hospital, Minneapolis, on Thursday, Dec. 26th, 1907, after having been operated upon for an affection of the bladder. Frank Mieseler was born on the 11th day of May 1825 at Harsdheim, Kreis Sleiden, Regierungsbezirk Aachen, near Cologne, Germany, and was 82 years, 6 months and 15 days of age at the time of his death. He emigrated to this country in the year 1851, and came to Minnesota in 1854, settling in the then frontier village of Chaska, where he opened an operated the first blacksmith shop, which he subsequently sold to Jos. Winninghoff. He was joined in wedlock to Miss Catherine Wagner in 1857. Later the couple moved on to a farm in Dahlgren, and about thirty years ago settled upon the farm in Chaska town, where he resided ever since. Some weeks ago he was taken sick and medical aid summoned, and it was apparent from the first that an operation was necessary to prolong his life. Accordingly, he was taken to Asbury hospital where he underwent the operation, and seemed to have had stood the ordeal well, when he began to fail and on Thursday he quetly (quietly) breathed the last. He was a man of integrity, a man whose word was as good as a bond, and carried with it the conviction of unrighteousness and noble character. He led an exemplary life, and numbered his friends by the score. To his family he was kind and considerate, and they have lost a noble husband and father in his death, and the community one of its most esteemed pioneer citizens, who helped to pave the way thru the early wilderness, and lent might and main to develop the country into the most successful community we now boast of. The funeral was held from the Guardian Angel Catholic church on Sunday afternoon at three o’clock and was very largely attended. Rev. Fr. Guido read the last sad rites. The remains were laid to rest in the Catholic cemetery. The deceased is survived by his aged wife, and five children namely: Frank of Dahlgren; Philip, of Chaska; Hubert of De Graff; Mrs. Hubert Rief, Chaska; and Mrs. John Wey, Brewster, all of whom were present at the funeral and to whom the Herald extends the heartfelt sympathy of the entire community in their sad bereavement. (The Weekly Valley Herald, Thursday, January 2, 1908, Page 1)