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Source:
History of Lower Scioto Valley, Ohio
Chicago: Inter-State Publishing Co.
1884

Marion Twp. -
ALLEN H. KELLER was born in Scioto Township, Jackson County, July 21, 1835, and is a son of Zenos and Mary (McDowell) Keller, the former born in Jefferson County, Ohio, Oct. 17, 1803, and the latter Mar. 22, 1802, in Westmoreland County, Pa.  They were married in Jackson County, Ohio, Aug. 18, 1825, and purchased a farm in that county, where they resided till Mr. Keller's death, which occurred June 22, 1878.  His widow now resides with our subject, who was married Mar. 13, 1858, to Lucretia Dixon, who was born in Jackson County, Mar. 7, 1834, and is a daughter of Abraham and Phoebe (Graham) Dixon, who came from Pennsylvania to Ohio in an early day.  This union was blessed with six children, of whom three are living - Milton M., Nora O. and Cora E.  Sarah M., Empson D. and Wallace C. are deceased.  After his marriage Mr. Keller removed to his farm in Scioto Township, Jackson County, where he farmed till 1875, after which he was engaged as a teamster in Portsmouth for three years.  He then returned to his farm in Jackson County, where he resided till 1883, when he came to his present farm in Marion Township, Pike County.  Mr. Keller and his family are members of the Free-Will Baptist church.
Source: History of Lower Scioto Valley, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: Inter-State Publishing Co. - 1884 - Page 814
Waverly - Pee Pee Twps. -
JOHN KENT, son of Daniel and Ann (Cowley) Kent, was born in Wiltshire, England, Dec. 17, 1819.  In 1832 the family came to Ohio and settled in Cleveland.  At the age of fourteen he went to work on the Ohio Canal and worked in the different capacities from driver to captain during the summer seasons for seven years.  He was married in 1841 to Temperance Bennett, a native of Ohio.  Out of a family of fourteen children, four are living - William Daniel, Edward Oscar (in business with his father), Henry Hill and John Truman.  In March, 1846, he came to Waverly and began the stone-cutting business with his brother-in-law, Samuel S. Bennett.  they remained together eight years, since when Mr. Kent has continued the business with the exception of four years, from 1866 till 1870, when he held the office of Treasurer of Pike County.  About 1849 he was elected Justice of the Peace, and, with the exception of the four years as County Treasurer, served in that capacity thirty-four years.  About 1849 he was also elected Mayor of the corporation of Waverly, and served till 1854.  Mr. Kent was a Whig in politics till 1854, but since then he voted the Democratic ticket till the fall of 1882, when he voted the Prohibition ticket.  His father, Daniel Kent, reared a family of five children to maturity, three of whom are now living - William, Susan (wife of T. W. Steele, of Chicago), and John.  Mr. Kent died of cholera at Cleveland, July 27, 1854, a daughter having died of the same disease two days previous.  Mr. Kent died at her son's residence at Waverly, May 18, 1855.
Source: History of Lower Scioto Valley, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: Inter-State Publishing Co. - 1884 - Page 764
Waverly - Pee Pee Twps. -
GEORGE KERNS, sons of John and Jane (Jackson) Kerns, was born in Lancaster County, Pa., Dec. 4, 1827.  He remained at home till his marriage, Apr. 17, 1850, with Mary Burk, who was born and reared in Pike County, and daughter of William Burk, one of the oldest settlers in the county.  They have two children - Maria J., wife of Charles A. Cave, residing in Washington, Fayette County, and Annie, at home.  One daughter - Isabella - died in 1863, aged nine years.  In April,1851, he moved with his father to Fairfield County, where they farmed together five years.  Jan. 21, 1856, he returned to Pike County and located in Pee Pee Township, three miles from Waverly, where he engaged in the coopering business, in which he continued till 1872, meeting with good success.  In 1871 he was elected County Auditor, which position he filled four years.  From 1875 till 1879 he was engaged in the mercantile business, and on the 9th of February he entered upon his duties as Probate Judge, and is now serving on his second term.  During his residence in the township he served as Assessor in 1867-'68.  He also served as Township Trustee two years and as Assessor one year after his term in the Auditor's office had expired.  Jacob Kern, our subject's grandfather, came from Germany with his wife and located in Pennsylvania, being among the early settlers of that State.  They had eleven or twelve children, all born in Pennsylvania.  John, the father of our subject, being one of the youngest, was born in 1790.  He was reared in his native State, and about 1824 married Jane Jackson.  They reared a family of three children, all natives of Pennsylvania.  In Oct, 1831, Mr. Kerns removed to Fairfield County, Ohio where he remaind over nine years.  Apr. 1, 1841, he located five miles west of Waverly, Pee Pee Township, Pike County.  After residing here ten years, returned to Fairfield County, remaining there about seven years, when he moved to Champaign County, where he spent the remainder of his days.  His death occurred in the spring of 1865.
Source: History of Lower Scioto Valley, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: Inter-State Publishing Co. - 1884 - Page 765
Union Twp.-
WILLIAM KIRPATRICK was born Jan. 3, 1823, in Scioto County, and was reared on a farm in Pike County.  He was married Sept. 15, 1847, to Martha Bennett, who died Sept. 15, 1852, aged twenty-eight years, leaving two children - John B. and Harriet.  Aug. 4, 1853. Mr. Kirkpatrick was married to Catherine James, who was born Sept. 5, 1833, a daughter of John and Cynthia James who were natives of Virginia, of German descent.  Six children have been born to them, - James W., Alonzo C., Charles H., Eliza M. (wife of Carl James), Byrd R. and William P., Mr. and Mrs. Kirkpatric, have always been members of the Methodist Episcopal church for many years.  He was formerly a White in politics, but now affiliates with the Republican party.  His parents, J. H. and Harriet S. Kirpatrick, were natives of Virginia, having been born there  June 8, 1800, and May 31, 1800, respectively.  They came to Ohio in teh early day, where the father died Jne 11, 1876, and the motehr May 22, 1871.
Source: History of Lower Scioto Valley, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: Inter-State Publishing Co. - 1884 - Page 823

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