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BIOGRAPHIES
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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