Gravestone: Henry, Elizabeth, and Mary Ann KEPHART

The graves of Henry KEPHART Jr., his wife Elizabeth (Epley) KEPHART, and daughter Mary Ann KEPHART are all marked by one obelisk-shaped gravestone in the Cottage Hill Methodist-Episcopal Cemetery in Dubuque Co., IA. The stone is in Row 2, Stone 5 as catalogued by Tom and Vicki Schlarman in 2007.

Verla and Vince Williams visited the cemetery in late 1978 and took several pictures. At the time there obviously had been very little maintenance done on the site which can be seen by the height of the grass in the pictures from that time. The inscription for Henry was on the east side of the obelisk, Elizabeth the south side, and Mary Ann the west side.


East side of gravestone. Henry KEPHART. Died 9 Sep 1845. Æ 78 yrs. Image courtesy of Verla Williams (1978).


South side of gravestone. Elizabeth, Wife of H. KEPHART. Died 23 Dec 1849. Æ 86 yrs. Image courtesy of Verla Williams (1978). In the upper right hand corner one can barely make out the gravestone for Naugle KEPHART.


West side of gravestone. Mary Ann KEPHART. Dau. of H. & E. KEPHART. Died 25 May 1844. Æ 20 yrs. Image courtesy of Verla Williams (1978). From the impression in the ground it appears as if the stone had been lying on its side for some time.

The Williamses visited again in Apr 1993 and took additional pictures. By this time someone had been maintaining the cemetery and mowing the grass. It also appears as if the caretaker or someone had cleaned, leveled, and repositioned the stone. Henry's inscription was now on the north side of the obelisk, Elizabeth's was on the east side, Mary Ann's was on the south side.


North side of gravestone. Henry KEPHART. Died 9 Sep 1845. Æ 78 yrs. Image courtesy of Vince Williams (Apr 1993).


Closeup of Gravestone. Henry KEPHART. Died 9 Sep 1845. Æ 78 yrs. Image courtesy of Verla Williams (Apr 1993).


East side of gravestone. Elizabeth, Wife of H. KEPHART. Died 23 Dec 1849. Æ 86 yrs. Image courtesy of Verla Williams (Apr 1993).


Closeup of gravestone. Elizabeth, Wife of H. KEPHART. Died 23 Dec 1849. Æ 86 yrs. Image courtesy of Verla Williams (Apr 1993).


South side of gravestone. Mary Ann KEPHART. Dau. of H. & E. KEPHART. Died 25 May 1844. Æ 20 yrs. Image courtesy of Verla Williams (Apr 1993). In the upper left corner one can see Naugle and Susan KEPHART's gravestone.

Naugle and Susan (Jones) KEPHART

Susan (Jones) and Naugle KEPHART (Date bef 1884). Image courtesy of Verla Williams. Partially digitally restored by Mark D. Williams.

Family Group Sheet for Naugle KEPHART (1798-1884)

Husband: Naugle KEPHART

Born: 1 Feb 1798
Place: Huntingdon Co., PA
Married: c. 1820
Place: PA
Died: 5 May 1884
Place: Dubuque Co., IA
Husband's Father: Henry KEPHART Jr.
Husband's Mother: Elizabeth EPLEY

Wife: Susan JONES

Born: 11 Dec 1803
Place: PA
Died: 8 Mar 1885
Place: Dubuque Co., IA
Wife's Father: Unknown
Wife’s Mother: Unknown

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Children

1. Catherine KEPHART

Born: 8 Aug 1822
Place: Center Co., PA
Spouse: James McELHANEY
Married: Unknown
Died: 8 Oct 1916

2. Mary Ann KEPHART

Born: 22 Mar 1825
Place: Huntingdon Co., PA
Spouse: William REBMAN
Married: Feb 1847
Died: 12 Mar 1907

3. Henry KEPHART

Born: 16 Mar 1828
Place: PA
Spouse: Mary Rutherford
Married: 13 Mar 1855
Died: Unknown

4. Elizabeth KEPHART

Born: 14 Nov 1830
Place: PA
Spouse: William GLEW
Married: 17 Feb 1852
Died: 25 Jan 1911

5. Margaret KEPHART

Born: 18 Feb 1833
Place: Venango Co., PA
Spouse: George SHIRK
Married: 6 Jan 1854
Died: 13 Jun 1891

6. Sarah Hammond KEPHART

Born: 25 Jun 1836
Place: Venango Co., PA
Spouse: Francis Marion ALLEN
Married: 8 Feb 1860
Died: 25 Mar 1927

7. Milton KEPHART

Born: 1 Dec 1839
Place: Dubuque Co., IA
Spouse: Margaretha METTLER
Married: 11 Mar 1861
Died: 18 Feb 1933

8. Alfred Brunson KEPHART

Born: 25 Jul 1842
Place: Dubuque Co., IA
Spouse: Mary Brown MEYERS
Married: 26 Dec 1867
Died: 21 Dec 1921

9. Levina KEPHART

Born: 25 May 1844
Place: Dubuque Co., IA
Spouse: Robert McINTOSH
Married: Unknown
Died: c. 1875

10. Emma Francis KEPHART

Born: 14 Mar 1848
Place: Dubuque Co., IA
Spouse: William H. MEYERS
Married: 20 Apr 1865
Died: 25 Feb 1932

1830 US Federal Census: Naugle KEPHART

Detail of 1830 US Federal Census. Image courtesy of Ancestry.com.

Kephart, Nagle

1 Male under 5
1 Male 10 to 15
1 Male 30 to 40
1 Female 5 to 10
1 Female 10 to 15
1 Female 30 to 40
1 Female 70 to 80

Source Citation: Year: 1830; Census Place: French Creek, Venango, Pennsylvania; Roll 164; Page: 7.

Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1830 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. Original data: 1830 U.S. Census, population schedules. NARA microfilm publication M19, 201 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.

Map of Venango County, PA

"Map of Venango County, Pennsylvania." Herbert Charles Bell, ed., History of Venango County, Pennsylvania: Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., 1890), pp. vi-vii. Images rotated and combined; courtesy of Internet Archive.

Richard Plumbe to Naugle KEPHART

Indenture. Richard Plumbe to Naugle KEPHART (15 Jul 1839). Image courtesy of Verla Williams.

Indenture. Richard Plumbe to Naugle KEPHART (15 Jul 1839), p. 2. Image courtesy of Verla Williams.

Richard Plumbe to Naugle Kephart

This Indenture made the fifteenth day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty nine between Richard Plumbe of the Town of Dubuque and County of same and Territory of Iowa, of the one part, and Naugle Kephart of Dubuque County and Territory of Iowa, of the other part.

Witnesseth, that the party of the first part for and in consideration of the sum of Twenty five hundred dollars to him in hand paid by the said Naugle Kephart at or before the sealing of these presents, the receipt hereof is hereby acknowledged, has granted, bargained, sold, delivered and relinquished, and by these presents does grant [for no gain?], sell, deliver and relinquished, and unto the said Naugle Kephart his heirs and assigns, all his, the said Richard Plumbe right, title and interest whatsoever in a certain _____ of Land with all improvements thereunto belonging situated in Township ninety (90) North and Range one (1) West, and said to be on Sections Twenty one (21) & Twenty two (22) in the aforesaid County of Dubuque and Territory of Iowa, as also, the following described personal property, viz.,

Four yoke of oxen, yokes & chains, Three milch cows, Two calves, One yearling do, Fifteen hogs, more or less, One mare & colt, Two Prairie plough[s], One common do, One Harrow, One wagon, One black wheel do, One set of Horse gears, One Man’s saddle, One side do, One Rifle, Two shot guns, One Kitchen cupboard, One cooking stove and fixtures, Six feather beds, Three Mattresses, Four pair comforts, Fifteen pair blankets, Twelve pair sheets, Ten counterpanes, Six looking glasses, One clock, Eight cane seat chairs, One Bureau, Three Rocking chairs, One Dining Set, One Tea set, Six plated Candlesticks, Five pair cot? Bedsteads, Onde childs crib, Two wash stands, Three dining and Kitchen tables, One round Table, Six small Tables, Three doz. Knives & forks, One Franklin Stove, Two sheet Iron do, and pipe attached, Two pair Bedsteads, Three Carpets, Three axes, Two Scythes & Rakes, Three Hoes, One set mining tools, Four Geese.

To have and to hold the said claim of ____ all the foregoing personal property unto the said Naugle Kephart, his heirs and assigns, to the only proper use and behoof of the said Naugle Kephart, his heirs and assigns forever in testimony or hereof the said party of the first part has hereunto set his hand & seal the day and year herein before written.

It being first however understood that such part of the aforementioned personal property as the said party of the second part may not at this time have actual possession of, the said party of the first part hereby agrees to deliver up to the said Naugle Kephart in reasonable good order in Twelve months from this date, paying the said Kephart such fair equivalent for the use of said property during the Twelve months as the can agree upon.

Signed, Sealed and deliver = Richard Plumbe
___ed in the presence of Charles Miller, Josiah Corkery?
Territory of Iowa
Dubuque County

Be it remembered that this day personally appeared before the undersigned a Justice of the peace in and for said County and Territory, Richard Plumbe, who is personally known to said Justice to be the identical person whose signature appears to the foregoing conveyance and acknowledges that he signed, sealed and delivered the same for the use and purposes therein contained.

Given under my hand and seal the sixteenth day of July A. D. 1839
T. Mason J. P.

1840 US Federal Census: Naugle KEPHART

Detail of 1840 US Federal Census. Image courtesy of Ancestry.com.

Nagle Kephart

1 Male under 5
1 Male 10 to 15
1 Male 20 to 30
1 Male 30 to 40
3 Males 40 to 50
1 Male 70 to 80
1 Female under 5
2 Females 5 to 10
1 Female 15 to 20
1 Female 40 to 50

Source Citation: Year: 1840; Census Place: , Dubuque, Iowa Territory; Roll 101; Page: 41.

Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1840 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. Original data: Sixth Census of the United States, 1840; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M704, 580 rolls); Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29; National Archives, Washington, D.C.

Land Grant: Naugle KEPHART (1 Feb 1848)

Land Grant. Naugle KEPHART (1 Feb 1848). Image courtesy of Ancestry.com. Source Information: Ancestry.com. U.S. General Land Office Records, 1796-1907 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2008. Original data: United States. Bureau of Land Management, General Land Office Records. Automated Records Project; Federal Land Patents, State Volumes. http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/. Springfield, Virginia: Bureau of Land Management, Eastern States, 2007.

Certificate No. 8278 THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

To all to whom these presents shall come, Greeting:

WHEREAS Naugle Kephart of DuBuque County, Iowa

has deposited in the GENERAL LAND OFFICE of the United States, a Certificate of the REGISTER OF THE LAND OFFICE at DuBuque whereby it appears that full payment has been made by the said Naugle Kephart according to the provisions of the Act of Congress of the 24th of April, 1820, entitled, "An act making further provision for the sale of the Public Lands," for

the South West quarter of Section fifteen in Township ninety, North, of Range one, West, of the fifth Principal Meridian, in the District of Lands, subject to sale at DuBuque, Iowa, containing one hundred and sixty acres,

according to the official plot of the survey of the said Lands, returned to the General Land Office by the SURVEYOR GENERAL, which said tract has been purchased by the said Naugle Kephart,

NOW KNOW YE, That the United States of America, in consideration of the Premises, and in conformity with the several acts of Congress, HAVE GIVEN AND GRANTED, and by these presents, DO GIVE AND GRANT, unto the said Naugle Kephart, and to his heirs, the said tract above described: TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the same, together with all the rights, privileges, immunities, and appurtenances of whatsoever nature, thereunto belonging, unto the said Naugle Kephart, and to his heirs and assigns forever.

In testimony whereof, I, James K. Polk, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATE OF AMERICA, have caused these letters to be made PATENT, and the SEAL of the GENERAL LAND OFFICE to be hereunto affixed.

GIVEN under my hand, at the CITY OF WASHINGTON, the first day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty eight and of the INDEPENDENCE OF THE UNITED STATES the Seventy second.

BY THE PRESIDENT: James K. Polk
By J. K. Stephenson, Sec'y
I. K. Laughlin RECORDER of the General Land Office

1850 US Federal Census: Naugle, Jacob, James, Henry, and John D. KEPHART's Families

Detail of 1850 US Federal Census. Image courtesy of Ancestry.com.

Naugle Kephart 43 M
Susan Kephart 37 F
Elizabeth Kephart 20 F
Margaret Kephart 17 F
Sarah Kephart 13 F
Wilson Kephart 11 M
Alfred Kephart 9 M
Lavina Kephart 6 F
Emma Francis Kephart 3 F

Jacob Kephart 47 M
Lavina Kephart 42 F
Emma Francis Kephart 14 F
Sarah Kephart 12 F
Conrad Kephart 10 F
James Kephart 8 F

James Kephart 54 M
Rebecca Kephart 43 F [Continued on next page.]

Source Citation: Year: 1850; Census Place: District 7, Dubuque, Iowa; Roll M432_183; Page: 79B; Image: 556.

Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1850 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. Original data: Seventh Census of the United States, 1850; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M432, 1009 rolls); Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29; National Archives, Washington, D.C.


1850 US Federal Census. Image courtesy of Ancestry.com.

James Kephart 21 M
Elizabeth Kephart 20 F
Martha Kephart 17 F
Pheba Kephart 15 F
Rebecca Kephart 12 F
Jacob Kephart 3 M
Conrad Kephart 1 M

Henry Kephart 38 M [Brother of Naugle]
Margaret Kephart 25 F
Wm Henry Kephart 7 M
Caleb Kephart 6 M
John E. Kephart 5 M
Essington Y. Kephart 3 M
Jacob W. Kephart 5/12 M
J. Ellen Luries 25 F
Andrew Bow 22 M

Source Citation: Year: 1850; Census Place: District 7, Dubuque, Iowa; Roll M432_183; Page: 80A; Image: 557.

Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1850 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. Original data: Seventh Census of the United States, 1850; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M432, 1009 rolls); Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29; National Archives, Washington, D.C.


Detail of 1850 US Federal Census. Image courtesy of Ancestry.com.

John D. Kephart 33 M [Brother of Naugle]
Sarah Kephart 31 F
Wm E. Kephart 7 M
Jane E. Kephart 4 F
Emma Kephart 2 F
John W. Kephart 1/12 M

Source Citation: Year: 1850; Census Place: District 7, Dubuque, Iowa; Roll M432_183; Page: 80B; Image: 558.

Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1850 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. Original data: Seventh Census of the United States, 1850; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M432, 1009 rolls); Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29; National Archives, Washington, D.C.

1854 Iowa Census: Concord Township

1854 Iowa Census. Image courtesy of Ancestry.com.

Naugle Kephart 3 Males 4 Females 1 Voter
Jacob Kephart 2 Males 3 Females
John D. Kephart 4 Males 3 Female 1 Voter 1 Militia
Caleb Kephart 2 Males 2 Females 1 Voter 1 Militia
Cunard [Conrad] Kephart 4 Males 6 Females 2 Voters 1 Militia

Source Information: Ancestry.com. Iowa State Census Collection, 1836-1925 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007. Original data: Microfilm of Iowa State Censuses, 1856, 1885, 1895, 1905, 1915, 1925 as well various special censuses from 1836-1897 obtained from the State Historical Society of Iowa via Heritage Quest.