Family Group Sheet for Alfred Brunson KEPHART (1842-1921)

Husband: Alfred Brunson KEPHART

Born: 25 Jul 1842
Place: Dubuque Co., IA
Married: 26 Dec 1867
Place: Dubuque Co., IA
Died: 21 Dec 1921
Place: Lakefield, MN
Husband's Father: Naugle KEPHART
Husband's Mother: Susan JONES

Wife: Mary Brown MEYERS

Born: 3 Jun 1849
Place: Dubuque Co., IA
Died: 28 Aug 1936
Place: Lakefield, MN
Wife's Father: Henry M. MEYERS
Wife’s Mother: Sarah KNEPPER

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Children

1. Bertha KEPHART

Born: 23 Apr 1869
Place: Dubuque Co., IA
Spouse: Herbert Eugene PALMER
Married: 30 Nov 1898
Died: 5 Dec 1962

2. Lottie KEPHART

Born: 9 Mar 1871
Place: Dubuque Co., IA
Spouse: George Edward BLAKEY
Married: 21 Nov 1894
Died: 27 May 1964

3. Leroy KEPHART

Born: c. 1872
Place: Dubuque Co., IA
Died: Bef 1885

4. Wilthorn "William" KEPHART

Born: 13 Feb 1873
Place: Dubuque Co., IA
Spouse: None
Died: 31 Aug 1961

5. Levi Naugle KEPHART

Born: 10 Jun 1876
Place: Dubuque Co., IA
Spouse: Carrie Mae BROWN
Married: 16 Nov 1904
Died: 13 Jul 1968

6. Mable Della KEPHART

Born: 22 Oct 1878
Place: Dubuque Co., IA
Spouse: Roscoe W. BROWN
Married: 28 Jun 1898
Died: 17 May 1899

7. Roscoe Conklin KEPHART

Born: 13 Mar 1881
Place: Dubuque Co., IA
Spouse: Clara VILMO
Married: 7 Jul 1909
Died: 9 Jan 1965

8. George W. KEPHART

Born: c. 1883
Place: Dubuque Co., IA
Died: Bef 1895

9. Mary Ella KEPHART

Born: 1 Mar 1886
Place: Jackson Co., MN
Spouse: Earnest PEARSON
Married: 26 Dec 1906
Died: 15 Mar 1981

10. George Earl KEPHART

Born: 15 Apr 1888
Place: Jackson Co., MN
Spouse: Clara Martha ROST
Married: 20 Dec 1911
Died: 23 Jan 1944

11. Verly Mae KEPHART

Born: 21 Jan 1891
Place: Jackson Co., MN
Spouse: Reinholdt Robert ROST
Married: 8 Nov 1911
Died: 20 Apr 1989

12. Alfred KEPHART

Born: c. 1893
Place: Jackson Co., MN
Died: Bef 1900

1885 MN Census: A. B. KEPHART and Jessie Pearson Families

The Pearson family that appears below the Kepharts is notable in that Earnest E. Pearson (5 yrs old in 1885) married (Mary) Ella Kephart (not yet born in 1885) on 26 Dec 1906.


Detail of 1885 MN Census. Image courtesy of Ancestry.com.

A. B. [Alfred Brunson] Kephart 42 M
Mary Kephart 30 F
Bertha Kephart 16 F
Lottie Kephart 14 F
Willie [Wilthorn/William] Kephart 12 M
Levi Kephart 9 M
Mabel [Della] Kephart 7 F
Roscoe Kephart 4 M
George W. Kephart 2 M
Joseph Myers 28 M

Source Information: Ancestry.com. Minnesota Territorial and State Censuses, 1849-1905 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007. Original data:

• Minnesota Historical Society. Minnesota State Population Census Schedules, 1865-1905. St. Paul, MN, USA: Minnesota Historical Society, 1977. Microfilm. Reels 1-47 and 107-164.
• Minnesota. Minnesota Territorial Census Schedules, 1849-1855. St. Paul, MN, USA: Minnesota Historical Society, 2000. Microfilm.
• Minnesota. Minnesota 1857 Territorial Census. Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul, MN, USA.

Alfred Brunson and Mary KEPHART's Children

Alfred Brunson and Mary KEPHART's children (c. 1890). Image courtesy of Verla Williams.
Front row: Earl, Ella. Middle row: Lottie, Della, Bertha. Back row: Levi, Will, Ross.

1895 MN Census: A. B. KEPHART Family

Detail of 1895 MN Census. Image courtesy of Ancestry.com.

Kephart, A. B. [Alfred Brunson] 52 M
Kephart, Mary 46 F
Meyer[s], Joe 33 M
Meyer[s], Geo. 31 M
Kephart, Bertha 25 F
Kephart, Wilthorn 22 M
Kephart, Levi 19 M
Kephart, Mabel 16 F
Kephart, Roscoe 14 M
Kephart, Ella 9 F
Kephart, Earl 7 M
Kephart, May 5 F
Kephart, Alfred 2 M

Source Information: Ancestry.com. Minnesota Territorial and State Censuses, 1849-1905 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007. Original data:

• Minnesota Historical Society. Minnesota State Population Census Schedules, 1865-1905. St. Paul, MN, USA: Minnesota Historical Society, 1977. Microfilm. Reels 1-47 and 107-164.
• Minnesota. Minnesota Territorial Census Schedules, 1849-1855. St. Paul, MN, USA: Minnesota Historical Society, 2000. Microfilm.
• Minnesota. Minnesota 1857 Territorial Census. Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul, MN, USA.

1900 US Federal Census: Alfred B. KEPHART Family

Detail of 1900 US Federal Census. Image courtesy of Ancestry.com.

Kephart, Willie 27 M Head
Kephart, Alfred B 57 M
Kephart, Mary B 50 F
Kephart, Levi N 23 M
Kephart, Roscoe 18 M
Kephart, Mary [Ella] 14 F
Kephart, George [Earl] 12 M
Kephart, Verlie [Mae] 9 F

Source Citation: Year: 1900; Census Place: Middletown, Jackson, Minnesota; Roll T623_771; Page: 4B; Enumeration District: 112.

Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1900 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004. Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900. T623, 1854 rolls.

Alfred Brunson and Mary KEPHART Family Portrait

Alfred Brunson and Mary KEPHART family portrait (1916). Image courtesy of Verla Williams.
Front row: Bertha, Alfred, Mary, and Mae. Back row: Lottie, Will, Levi, Ross, Earl, and Ella.

Roscoe Conklin and Clara (Vilmo) KEPHART

Roscoe "Ross" and Clara (Vilmo) KEPHART (Date unknown). Image courtesy of Verla Williams.


Ross and Clara KEPHART (Date unknown). Image courtesy of Verla Williams.

Family Group Sheet for Roscoe Conklin KEPHART (1881-1965)

Husband: Roscoe Conklin KEPHART

Born: 13 Mar 1881
Place: Dubuque Co., IA
Married: 7 Jul 1909
Place: Jackson, MN
Died: 9 Jan 1965
Place: Aitkin, MN
Buried: Jackson, MN
Husband's Father: Alfred Brunson KEPHART
Husband's Mother: Mary Brown MEYERS

Wife: Clara Elizabeth VILMO

Born: 4 Feb 1889
Place: Manistee, MI
Died: 16 Feb 1964
Place: Lakefield, MN
Buried: Jackson, MN
Wife's Father: Otto VILMO
Wife’s Mother: Elizabeth OELKE

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Children

1. Della Ella KEPHART

Born: 1 Sep 1909
Place: Lakefield, MN
Spouse: Lester NORGRANT
Married: 1 Sep 1928
Died: 26 Dec 1992

2. Gladys Pearl KEPHART

Born: 7 Dec 1914
Place: Lakefield, MN
Spouse: Harlan PETERSON
Married: 12 Jul 1937
Spouse: Harm IHNEN
Married: Unknown
Died: 16 Dec 2000

3. Seth Robert KEPHART

Born: 18 Jun 1920
Place: Lakefield, MN
Spouse: Gwen MALCHOW
Married: 12 Mar 1940
Died: 16 Oct 1993

Obituaries: Ross C. KEPHART (9 Jan 1965)

Obituary. Ross C. KEPHART (9 Jan 1965). Image courtesy of Verla Williams.

Retired Blacksmith Succumbs

LAKEFIELD -- Ross C. Kephart, a blacksmith for many years at Lakefield, died early this morning in an Aitkin, Minn. rest home. He was 83.

Mr. Kephart, who had been living with a son at Aitkin until just recently, died of complications of old age.

Mrs. Kephart died last February and he went to Aitkin to stay with his son, Seth.

He was born March 13, 1881 at Cottage Hill, Ia., one of 12 children. On July 7, 1909, he married Clara Vilmo.

They are survived by the one son, Seth, and two daughters, Mrs. Lester Norgrant of Spirit Lake, Ia. and Mrs. Harm Ihnen of Seal Beach, Calif. Two sisters, Mrs. R. R. Rost of Lakefield and Mrs. E. E. Pearson of Jackson, also survive. There is a brother Levi Kephart of Sanborn, Minn., eight grandchildren, 27 great grandchildren, and two great great grandchildren.

Funeral arrangements are pending at the Rost [funeral home . . . ].



Obituary. Ross C. KEPHART (9 Jan 1965). Image courtesy of Verla Williams.

Ross C. Kephart, 83, Dies at Rest Home

Ross C. Kephart, 83, who lived in Jackson County the greater share of his life, died at an Aitkin rest home Saturday, where he had resided only a short time. He was a Lakefield blacksmith for many years. Mrs. Kephart died last February and he later went to Aitkin to stay with his son Seth.

Ross Kephart was born March 13, 1881, at Cottage Hill, Ia. On July 7, 1909, he was married to Clara Vilmo.

Survivors are one son, Seth; two daughters, Mrs. Lester Norgrant of Spirit Lake and Mrs. H. Ihnen of Seal Beach, Calif.; two sisters, Mrs. E. E. Pearson of rural Jackson and Mrs. R. R. Rost of Lakefield; one brother, Levi Kephart of Sanborn; eight grandchildren; 27 great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren.

Funeral services were held on Tuesday afternoon at the Lakefield Methodist church. The Rev. R. Hubbard officiated and interment was in Jackson Riverside Cemetery.

Descendants of Roscoe Conklin KEPHART (1881-1965)

Descendants of Roscoe Conklin KEPHART (1881-1965).