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

Alfred Brunson and Mary Brown (Meyers) KEPHART

Mary Brown Meyers and Alfred Brunson KEPHART (Jackson, MN: Date unknown). Image courtesy of Verla Williams.

1880 US Federal Census: Alfred B. KEPHART Family

Detail of 1880 US Federal Census. Image courtesy of Ancestry.com.

Kephart, Alfred B. 39 M
Kephart, Mary 29 F
Kephart, Bertha 11 F
Kephart, Lottie 9 F
Kephart, Wilten [Wilthorn] 7 M
Kephart, Levy 5 M
Kephart, Della 2 F

Source Citation: Year: 1880; Census Place: Concord, Dubuque, Iowa; Roll T9_337; Family History Film: 1254337; Page: 63.4000; Enumeration District: 168; Image: 0850.

Source Information: Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 1880 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005. 1880 U.S. Census Index provided by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints © Copyright 1999 Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved. All use is subject to the limited use license and other terms and conditions applicable to this site. Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Tenth Census of the United States, 1880. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1880. T9, 1,454 rolls.

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.

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.

Mary Brown Meyers KEPHART: 3 generations

Orville Brunson Blakey with grandmother Mary KEPHART and mother Lottie Blakey (c. 1896). Image courtesy of Verla Williams. Orville Blakey was Alfred Brunson and Mary Brown Meyers KEPHART's first grandchild.

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's Family

Alfred Brunson and Mary KEPHART's family (c. 1903). Image courtesy of Verla Williams.
From left: Will, Mae, A. B., Verland Blakey, Lottie (KEPHART) Blakey, Orville Blakey, Earl, and Mary.

1910 US Federal Census: A. B. KEPHART Family

Detail of 1910 US Federal Census. Image courtesy of Ancestry.com.

Kephart, A. B. 68 M
Kephart, Mary 59 F
Kephart, William 36 M
Kephart, Earl 21 M
Kephart, Mae 18 F

Source Citation: Year: 1910; Census Place: Lakefield, Jackson, Minnesota; Roll T624_697; Page: 7A; Enumeration District: 102; Image: 93.
Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1910 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006. For details on the contents of the film numbers, visit the following NARA web page: NARA Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1910. T624, 1,178 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.

1920 US Federal Census: William, Alfred, and Mary KEPHART

Detail of 1920 US Federal Census. Image courtesy of Ancestry.com.

Kephart, William 51 M
Kephart, Alford [Alfred] B 77 M
Kephart, Mary 70 F

Source Citation: Year: 1920;Census Place: Lakefield, Jackson, Minnesota; Roll T625_841; Page: 7A; Enumeration District: 104; Image: 282.

Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1920 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. Note: Enumeration Districts 819-839 on roll 323 (Chicago City) Original data: Fourteenth Census of the United States, 1920; (National Archives Microfilm Publication T625, 2076 rolls); Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29; National Archives, Washington, D.C.

Declaration for Pension (21 Jul 1921)

On 31 May 1921, Alfred Brunson Kephart suffered a paralytic stroke. His wife, Mary, filed the Declaration for Pension seen below.


Declaration for Pension (21 Jul 1921). Image courtesy of Verla Williams.

STATE OF Minnesota, COUNTY OF Jackson, ss:

On this 21st day of July, A. D. 1921, personally appeared before me, a Notary Public, within and for the county and State aforesaid, Mary Kephart, wife of Alfred B. Kephart, who being duly sworn according to law, declares ["said Alfred B. Kephart" added] that he is 79 years of age, and a resident of Lakefield, county of Jackson, State of Minnesota; and that he is the identical person who was ENROLLED at Cottage Hill, Iowa, under the name of Alfred B. Kephart on the 22nd day of August, 1862, as a Private in Company H - 21st Regt. Iowa Vol. Inf. in the service of the United States, in the Civil War, and was HONORABLY DISCHARGED at Baton Rouge, La., on the 15th day of July, 1865. That he also served ____.

That his personal description at enlistment was as follows: Height, ___ inches; complexion, ____ color of eyes, ____; color of hair, ____; that his occupation was ____; that he was born ____, 18__, at _____. Have no data available, and his condition is such that no information can be had from him.

That he requires the regular personal aid and attendance of another person on account of the following disabilities: Had paralytic stroke, and left paralyzed. Can move left hand a little, but can't walk, or talk, help himself in any way. Can understand but little of what is said to him. Has been in this condition since the stroke on May 31, 1921. He is confined to his bed entirely, except when we set him up in a reclinging wheelchair for short periods.

That since leaving the service he has resided at Lakefield, Jackson County, Minnesota, and his occupation has been farming until he retired when couldn't work any more.

That he has ___ applied for pension under Original No. ___. That he is ___ a pensioner under ["Reissue" added] Certificate No. 879.556. That he makes this declaration for the purpose of being placed on the pension roll of the United States under the provisions of the act of May 1, 1920.

(1) H. H. Sontag (Signature of first witness)
Lakefield, Minn.
(2) O. Thoreson (Signature of second witness)
Lakefield, Minn.

Mary Kephart (Claimant's signature in full)
Lakefield, Minnesota

SUBSCRIBED and sworn to before me this 21st day of July, A. D. 1921, and I hereby certify that the contents of the above declaration were fully made known and explained to the applicant before swearing, including the words "on opposite page" erased, and the words "on opposite page", added; and that I have no interest, direct or indirect, in the prosecution of this claim.

O. Thoreson (Signature)
Notary Public, Jackson Co., Minn.
My commission expires Jan. 15, 192 [illegible]
Lakefield, Minnesota

Declaration for Widow's Pension (13 Jan 1922)

On 21 December 1921 Alfred Brunson Kephart passed away. His wife, Mary, soon after applied for a widow's pension. It and the supporting documents can be found below:


Declaration for Widow's Pension (13 Jan 1922). Image courtesy of Verla Williams.

State of Minnesota, County of Jackson

On this 13th day of January, 1922, personally appeared Mary Kephart before me the undersigned, who makes the following declaration as an application for pension under the provisions of the act of Conress approved May 1, 1920.

That she is 72 years of age, that she was born June 3, 1849 at Dubuque County, Iowa, and that her post-office address is Lakefield, Minnesota.

That she is the widow of Alfred B. Kephart, who ENLISTED August 22, 1862, at Cottage Hill, Iowa, under the name of Alfred B. Kephart, in Co. H. 21st Regiment, Iowa Vol. Infantry, and was honorably DISCHARGED July 15, 1865, having served ninety days or more, or was discharged for, or died in service of the United States of a disability incurred in the service in the line of duty, during the CIVIL WAR, and who DIED December 21, 1921, at Lakefield, Minn.

That he also served in ____ and that, except as herein stated, said soldier (or sailor [crossed out]) was not employed in the military or naval service of the United States; THAT SHE WAS MARRIED to said soldier (or sailor [crossed out]) December 25, 1867, at Dubuque County, Iowa, by William Glew, that she had not been previously married, that he had not been previously married;

That she was not divorced from the soldier (or sailor [crossed out]) and that she has NOT remarried since his death;

That the following are the ONLY children OF THE SOLDIER (or sailor [crossed out]) who are now living and are under sixteen years of age; None

That she has not heretofore applied for pension, the number of her former claim being ____; that said soldier (or sailor [crossed out]) was a pensioner, the number of his pension certificate being 879.556.

(1) Wm Kephart (Signature of first witness)
Lakefield, Minnesota
(2) O. Thoreson (Signature of second witness)
Lakefield, Minnesota

Mary Kephart (Claimant's signature in full)
Lakefield, Minnesota

Subscribed and sworn to before me this 13th day of January, 1922, and I hereby certify that the contents of the above declaration were fully made known and explained to the applicant before swearing, including the words "or sailor" erased, and the words ____ added; and that I have no interest, direct or indirect, in the prosecution of this claim.

O. Thoreson
Notary Public, Jackson County, Minn.
My Commission expires [illegible] 15th, 1927
Lakefield, Minnesota


Certified Copy of Death Register. Alfred B. Kephart (21 Dec 1921). Image courtesy of Verla Williams.



Affidavit Re: Marriage of B. Kephart to Mary Meyers (12 May 1922). Image courtesy of Verla Williams.


B. Kephart--25 to Mary Meyers--18

On application of said Kephart and satisfactory proof license issued this 16th day of December 1867. The marriage of the above named parties was solemnized on the 26th day of December 1867, by William Glew, a Justice of the Peace.

STATE OF IOWA, Dubuque County, ss:

I, M. J. Grace, Clerk of the District Court in and for said county do hereby certify that the foregoing is a full, true and compared copy and transcript of the record of marriage of B. Kephart and Mary Meyers, as the same appears of record and on file in my office.

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said courty at my office in the city of Dubuque this 12th day of May 1922.

M. J. Grace Clerk District Court
By Geo. Wieger Deputy


Affidavit of James Rost (23 May 1922). Image courtesy of Verla Williams.

STATE OF MINNESOTA, COUNTY OF JACKSON, ss.

James Rost being first duly sworn, deposes and say that he now is and for more than thirty years last past has been a resident of Lakefield, in the County of Jackson, State of Minnesota; that during all of said time he has been personally well acquainted with Alfred B. Kephart and Mary Kephart, his wife; that he knows that during all of said time and until the death of the said Alfred B. Kephart, the said Alfred B. Kephart and Mary Kephart were continuously living together as husband and wife in the Village of Lakefield ^ and in the vicinity of Lakefield, in said County and State, and that they continued so to live as husband and wife until the death of the said Alfred B. Kephart; that they were never divorced.

James Rost

Subscribed to before me this 23rd day of May, 1922.
O Thoreson
Notary Public, Jackson County, Minn.
My Commission expires Jan. 15th 1927.


Affidavit of C. M. Tradewell (23 May 1922). Image courtesy of Verla Williams.

The text of the above affidavit is identical to that of James Rost above.

1930 US Federal Census: Mary B. and William KEPHART

Detail of 1930 US Federal Census. Image courtesy of Ancestry.com.

Kephart, Mary 80 F
Kephart, William [Wilthorn] 57 M

Source Citation: Year: 1930; Census Place: Lakefield, Jackson, Minnesota; Roll 1103; Page: 9B; Enumeration District: 15; Image: 224.0.

Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1930 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2002. Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1930. T626, 2,667 rolls.

Obituary: Mary Brown Meyers KEPHART (1849-1936)

Obituary. Mary Brown Meyers KEPHART (1849-1936). Image courtesy of Verla Williams.

Life's Labor Ended for Much Loved Mother

Mrs. Mary B. Kephart passed peacefully away at an early hour Friday morning, August 28, at her home in Lakefield, of infirmities due to her advanced age. She was taken seriously ill on her 87th birthday, June 3rd, and was confined to her bed most of the time since. She was 87 years, two months and 25 days old.

Mary B. Meyers was born at Dubuque, Iowa, on June 3, 1849, and passed away on August 28, 1936. She was married to Alfred B. Kephart on December 26, 1867. He was a Civil war veteran, and passed away in December, 1921.

Mr. and Mrs. Kephart moved to Jackson county, Minnesota, in 1883, and had been continuous residents of the county ever since, where they also reared their family.

Twelve children were born to them, seven sons and five daughters. One daughter and three sons have passed away. Eight children, four sons and four daughters, survive. They are: (Bertha) Mrs. Eugene Palmer, Minot, North Dakota; (Lottie) Mrs. George Blakey, Jackson, Minnesota; (Ella) Mrs. Earnest Pearson of Jackson, Minnesota; (May) Mrs. R. R. Rost of Lakefield, Minnesota; Levi Kephart of Redwood Falls, Minnesota, and William, Roscoe and Earl Kephart, all resiednts [sic] of Lakefield.

Mrs. Kephart is survived by three brothers: Joe Meyers of Jackson, Geo. Meyers of Spirit Lake, Iowa, and Henry Meyers of Sangudo, Canada.

A good mother has gone to a wonderful reward. She will be sadly missed for a long, long, time for she was a wonderful friend and counselor and always ready with a willing hand to help anyone who needed it. Her influence will be felt for many years to come.

Funeral services were conducted at 1:30 p. m. at her home in Lakefield, and at the M. E. church in Lakefield at 2 p. m. Burial was made in the Riverside cemetery at Jackson beside her husband. The floral tributes were most beautiful and bore silent testimony of love and esteem.

Gravestones: Mary B. and Alfred B. KEPHART

Gravestones. Mary B. and Alfred B. KEPHART. Riverside Cemetery, Jackson, MN. Image courtesy of Verla Williams.