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Source:
History of Highland
County, Ohio
by Rev. J. W. Klise -
Publ. Madison,
Wis.,
Northwestern Historical Association
1902
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| JOSEPH KARNES
Source: History of Highland County, Ohio by Rev.
J. W. Klise - Publ. Madison, Wis., Northwestern
Historical Association - 1902 ~ Page 357 |
| ISAAC KAUFMANN
Source: History of Highland County, Ohio by Rev.
J. W. Klise - Publ. Madison, Wis., Northwestern
Historical Association - 1902 ~ Page 358 |
EZEKIEL
KELLEY, a native of Maryland, who came to
Ohio among the early settlers of Ross county, was
one of the notable pioneers of Highland, coming in
about 1797, carrying one end of a chain in the first
survey all the way around the county, and receiving
for his services, $10.50. Later he bought a
farm, which is yet in the possession of his
descendants. He was married in Virginia to
Susan Stitt, and they made their home on Little
Rocky fork, three miles south of Hillsboro. In
1807 he helped raise the first log cabin in the town
of Hillsboro. At this pioneer home he reared a
large family of children: Ezekiel,
Michael, John, James, William, Aaron, Thomas, Polly,
Peggie, and Betsy. His death
occurred at eighty years of age, and his wife's at
about the same age.
Source: History of Highland County, Ohio by Rev.
J. W. Klise - Publ. Madison, Wis., Northwestern
Historical Association - 1902 ~ Page 359 |
JEREMIAH KERR,
of Greenfield, is a native of Ross county, where he
was actively engaged for many years in the live
stock industry as a buyer and shipper. His
father, James Kerr, was born in Franklin
county, Pa., in 1786, and was of Scotch-Irish
descent. He was a soldier of the war of 1812,
and took part in the early settlement of buckskin
township in which section of Ross county he arrived
from Chambersburg, Pa., in 1815. All that part
of the country was as yet virtually a wilderness,
there being but sparse population and few
improvements. James Kerr, however, with
the resolution that distinguished the pioneers, set
to work without delay in cutting, hewing, and
clearing until in the course of years the wilderness
was changed to a fine farming community. On
his farm he toiled and planned after the manner of
farmers, reared a large family and fulfilled all the
duties of a good citizen until his death, which
occurred in 1870. He was a member of the
Presbyterian church. A number of years before
he came to Ohio, there had arrived in Buckskin
township from Pennsylvania a pioneer named Robert
Cunningham who bought land and ranked as one of
the first settlers. Among his children was a
daughter named Nancy who became the wife of
James Kerr and by him the mother of a large
family, among them Jeremiah Kerr, and was
born on the old farm in Ross county, attended the
neighborhood schools between busy seasons and was
still attended the neighborhood schools between busy
seasons and was still a boy when the civil war cloud
burst over the country. In August, 1863, he
enlisted in Company D, Fourth Ohio independent
battalion, with which he served until it was
mustered out in March, 1864. The command saw
service in Eastern Kentucky, Western Tennessee and
Southwestern Virginia with headquarters at
Cumberland Gap. After his release from
military service, Mr. Kerr returned to his
Ohio home. In 1875, he was married to Clara
B., daughter of Dr. Robinson Smith of
Highland county, and they have four children.
Source: History of Highland County, Ohio by Rev.
J. W. Klise - Publ. Madison, Wis., Northwestern
Historical Association - 1902 ~ Page 360 |
| HENRY KIBLER
Source: History of Highland County, Ohio by Rev.
J. W. Klise - Publ. Madison, Wis., Northwestern
Historical Association - 1902 ~ Page 361 |
| JOSEPH BARRETT KLECKNER
Source: History of Highland County, Ohio by Rev.
J. W. Klise - Publ. Madison, Wis., Northwestern
Historical Association - 1902 ~ Page 362 |
| JULIUS N. KNAUER
Source: History of Highland County, Ohio by Rev.
J. W. Klise - Publ. Madison, Wis., Northwestern
Historical Association - 1902 ~ Page 363 |
| NORTON M. KNOTTS
Source: History of Highland County, Ohio by Rev.
J. W. Klise - Publ. Madison, Wis., Northwestern
Historical Association - 1902 ~ Page 364 |
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