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OSCAR C.
KERLIN, D. D. S. One of the popular citizens and
successful dentists of Greenville, Ohio, is Dr. Kerlin, who
was born in Wayne county, Indiana, in 1861, and is a son of
William K. and Hannah B. (Jefferis) Kerlin, also natives of that
county, the former born March 2, 1832, and latter November 28, 1830.
They were married on the 1st of December, 1853. More extended
mention is made of this worthy couple on another page of this
volume.
Dr. Kerlin spent the first four years of his
life in the county of his nativity and in March, 1865, was brought
by his parents to Harrison township, Darke county, Ohio, where the
father was engaged in agricultural pursuits for a few years. In 1870
the family removed to Greenville, where the Doctor attended the
public schools conducted by Professor J. T. Martz, and later
graduated at the Greenville Commercial College. He began his
business career as a bookkeeper for Rody Ryan, a railroad
contractor, with whom he remained six years, and on the expiration
of that time commenced the study of dentistry under the instruction
of Dr. Little, of Greenville. Subsequently he entered the
dental department of the University of Michigan, at Ann Arbor, where
he was graduated with the class of 1889. Immediately after his
graduation he opened an office in Versailles, Darke county, where he
remained twelve months, and then returned to Greenville and formed a
partnership with his former preceptor, Dr. Little, with whom
he was engaged in practice for three years. Since then he has been
alone. He has a well equipped office, supplied with all the latest
appliances known to the profession, for he is progressive and
enterprising and keeps well informed on the latest discoveries and
theories made in the science of dentistry. He has built up a large
practice, which is constantly increasing, and his patronage comes
from the best class of people.
November 26, 1896, Dr. Kerlin married Miss
Avarilla K. Fahnestock, who traces her ancestry back to Germany.
Her parents were Rev. James and Rachel A. (Worley) Fahnestock,
and her maternal grandparents were Rev. Caleb and Elizabeth
(Adams) Worley. The Doctor and his wife have two sons: Oscar
R., born November 4, 1897, and William Worley, born
November 2, 1899. Fraternally Dr. Kerlin is a member of
Champion Lodge, No. 742, and Greenville Encampment, No. 90, I. O. O.
F.
Source:
A Biographical History of Darke County, Ohio,
Compendium of National Biography - Illustrated - Publ. Evansville,
Ind. - 1900
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