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Biographies
Source: History of Preble County, Ohio -
her people, industries and institutions
by R. E. Lowry
With Biographical Sketches of Representative Citizens and
Genealogical Records of Old Families
Illustrated
1915
B. F. Bowen & Company, Inc.
Indianapolis, Indiana
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JOHN J. KAYLER |
JOHN
J. KAYLER. Among the successful, self-made men of
Preble county, Ohio, whose efforts and influence have
contributed to the progress and prosperity of this county,
John J. Kayler, a farmer and stockman and expresident of the
Preble County Fair Association, occupies a conspicuous place.
Being ambitious from the first, Mr. Kayler has surmounted
difficulties and has arisen to a prominent position in the
commercial, agricultural and financial circles of his community.
Not only this, but he has won the confidence and esteem of those
with whom he has had relations in either a business or social
range and for yeas has been considered one of the representative
citizens of Preble county. Early in life, Mr. Kayler
realized that there is a definite purpose in life and that no
honor is worth while which is not founded on worth and no
achievements of any consequence that are not founded on
unremitting zeal. His life and labors have been worthy in
every respect, because they have contributed to a proper
understanding of the life and the problems of the community in
which he lives.
John J. Kayler, one of the leading factors in
the Preble County Fair Association for twenty-five years and the
proprietor of "Lowery Hill" farm, consisting of two hundred and
sixty acres, four and one-half miles north of Eaton, was born on
the farm he now owns Nov. 17, 1849. He is the son of
William and Rebecca (Delawter) Kayler, the former whom was
born in Rockingham county, Virginia. At the age of six
William Kayler came with his parents to Ohio and here grew
to manhood. He married Rebecca Delawter, the
daughter of Jacob Delawter. John Kayler, the
father of William Kayler, came to Preble county, Ohio,
from Virginia, settling in 1815 on the farm which Mr. Kayler
now owns. William Kayler was a prominent worker in
the Lutheran Church and throughout his life was an active and
influential Democrat. He died in 1876, his wife dying in
1892. They were the parents of eleven children, three of
whom died in infancy, Matilda, Levi and Franklin;
Josiah and Elizabeth died after reaching mature
years. Six are still living, Mary J., the wife of
Samuel Kesler; Malinda, the widow of Francis Harshman;
Sarah, the wife of Henry Ehler; Laura, the wife of
Frank Dalrymple; Nora, the wife of George Ehler,
and John J.
John J. Kayler was reared on the home farm where he
now lives, and was educated in the public schools. He
obtained a certificate to teach school early in life. He
remained with his father until his marriage at the age of
twenty-seven, on Oct. 28, 1875, to Sarah V. Dalrymple,
who was the daughter of John Dalrymple and was reared in
Preble county, Ohio.
To John J. and Sarah V. (Dalrymple) Kayler
were born six children, two of whom are now living, Estie,
who married Tresie Morris; Bertie, the wife of Wilbur
McMechan, of Campbellstown, Ohio; Benjamin L., who
died at the age of thirty-three; Charles who died at the
age of twenty-eight, and Maude, the wife of Alvin
House, who died at the age of eighteen. The mother of
these children died Dec. 31, 1908, and Mr. Kayler
married, secondly, Oct. 28, 1910. Gertrude Thompson,
to which union four children have been born, Paul, born
in November, 1911; Wilson, born Oct. 23, 1912; Leonard,
born Oct. 14, 1913, and John J., Jr., born Apr. 3, 1915.
Mr. and Mrs. Kayler are members of the First
Christian church at Eaton, Ohio. Mr. Kayler is a
member of Waverly Lodge, No. 143, Knights of Pythias, and served
as a member of the building committee of this lodge. He is
also a past chancellor of this lodge, and his two sons,
Charles and Benjamin, also were past chancellors.
Mr. Kayler is a member of Bolivar Lodge, Free and
Accepted Masons, of Eaton, and of the Independent Order of
Foresters, of which he was a charter member. Politically,
he is a Democrat and served for many years as a justice of the
peace. He has been the main spring of the Preble County
Fair Association for many years, and is at present a member of
the executive committee. Mr. Kayler is a general
stock raiser. He is known as a great friend of the
children and aside from his own family, reared Ora Noaks
and Lovie Wolf.
In 1914 the state of Ohio gave a
trip to Washington, Philadelphia and New York to the boy who
raised the most corn on an acre of land, and to the girl who
could bake the best bread. Mr. Kayler accompanied
the winners of these prizes on this trip and enjoyed the trip
immensely. Mr. Kayler is a popular and
representative citizen of Preble county and his life has been
filed with good works.
Source: History of Preble County, Ohio - Illustrated -
1915 - B. F. Bowen & Company, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana - Page
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