Tuesday, November 17, 2009

1880 US Federal Census: Naugle KEPHART Family


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

Nagel [Naugle] Kephart 83 M
Susan Kephart 77 F
James Kephart 15 M


Source Citation: Year: 1880; Census Place: Concord, Dubuque, Iowa; Roll T9_337; Family History Film: 1254337; Page: 66.2000; Enumeration District: 168; Image: 0856.

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.

Sunday, November 15, 2009

Obituary: Naugle KEPHART (5 May 1884)


Obituary. Naugle KEPHART (Died 5 May 1884). Dubuque Times (7/8 May 1884). Image courtesy of Verla Williams.

Death of an Old Settler

Mr. N. Kephert, of Concord township, died at half-past 12 o'clock Monday, in his 86th year. He was one of the prominent pioneers of that township, and leaves a wife and eight children, among whom are, Mrs. Michael Haney, who resides in Pennsylvania; Bronson Kephert, in Minnesota; Milton, of Spirit Lake; Henry, in Texas; Mrs. Glew, Mrs. Allen and Mrs. Wm. Rebman, of this city. The remaining children are at home. Mr. Kephert was born in Pennsylvania. He came to Dubuque county about forty years ago, settled on a farm in Concord township, an lived an honorable, upright life up to the time of his death. He was sick but twelve days. His funeral will occur this morning.

Saturday, November 14, 2009

Naugle and Susan (Jones) KEPHART's Gravestone


Kephart Gravestones
. Cottage Hill Cemetery, Dubuque Co., IA (1993). Image courtesy of Verla Williams. Naugle and Susan KEPHART's stone is the large one in the rear.


Naugle and Susan KEPHART's Gravestone
. Cottage Hill Cemetery, Dubuque Co., IA (1993). Image courtesy of Verla Williams.



Naugle and Susan KEPHART's Gravestone (South side contains Naugle's inscription). Cottage Hill Cemetery, Dubuque Co., IA (1993). Image courtesy of Vince Williams.

Naugle KEPHART (1 Feb 1798-5 May 1884, Aged 86 yrs, 3 mos, 5 days). Cottage Hill Cemetery, Dubuque Co., IA (1993). Image courtesy of Verla Williams.


Susan (Jones) KEPHART (11 Dec 1803-8 Mar 1885). Cottage Hill Cemetery, Dubuque Co., IA (1993). Image courtesy of Verla Williams. The white obelisk gravestone to the left is that of Henry, Elizabeth, and Mary Ann KEPHART (Naugle's father, mother, and sister).

Friday, November 13, 2009

In Relation to Estate of Nagle Kephart (Part I)


In Relation to Estate of Nagle Kephart (p. 1). Image courtesy of Verla Williams.

In Relation to Estate of Nagle Kephart Dec'd.
In Circuit Court, Dubuque County, Iowa, October Term 1884

Presentation of Will

On the 28th day of June 1884 there was filed in the Clerk's Office of this Court a written instrument purporting to be the last will and testament of Nagle Kephart deceased, together with an affidavit of the death of said Kephart, and on the same day the said instrument was opened and publicly read and Monday the 27th day of October 1884 was set as the time for probating the same. Notice thereof ordered to be given by publication in the Dubuque Democrat one a week for 3 weeks.

Affidavit of Death

State of Iowa
Dubuque County

I, John W. Ridler of lawful age, being first duly sworn, do depose and say that I was acquainted with Nagle Kephart in his lifetime and that he departed this life on or about the 5th day of May A. D. 1884 [?] John W. Ridler

Subscribed and sworn to before me by John W. Ridler this 28th day of June A. D. 1884.

J. J. Dunn Clerk of Circuit Court

Probate of Will

To all whom it may concern: Notice is hearby given that an instrument of writing purporting to be the last will and testament of Nagle Kephart, late of Dubuque County Iowa deceased, has been opened and read; and that Monday the 24th day of October A. D. 1884 has been set for hearing the proof of the same before the Circuit Court of Dubuque County, Iowa.

Dubuque, Iowa, June 28th 1884
J. J. Dunn, Clerk of the Circuit Court

I, J. C. Sitzer, Publisher of the Dubuque Democrat, published in the City of Dubuque and State of Iowa, do solemnly swear that the advertisement, a copy of which is hereunto annexed, was published in said paper 3 weeks, the first insertion being on the 4th day of July 1884 and the last on the 18th day of July 1884 for which publication the charge is $2.25 including this certificate.

John C. Sitzer, Publisher

Subscribed and sworn to by John C. Sitzer before me, J. M. Werner, Dep'ty Cl'k Circuit Court of the State of Iowa in and for Dubuque County this 28th day of October 1884. Witness my hand, J. M. Werner Dep'ty Clerk

In Relation to Estate of Nagle Kephart Dec'd
In Circuit Court, Dubuque Co. Iowa, October Term 1884

Probate of Will

And now to wit on this 27th day of October 1884 this cause came up for hearing in pursuance of published notice and orders of Court on application for probate of a written instrument purporting to be the last will . . .



In Relation to Estate of Nagle Kephart (p. 2). Image courtesy of Verla Williams.

. . . and testament of Nagle Kephart deceased. And it appearing from proof thereof on file that due and legal notice of the [?] of this cause has been given. And the said will being presented to and examined by the Court, and the witnesses thereto John Griffis and Nicholas Anderson being present in open Court sworn and examined, and the Court being satisfied with the sufficiency of the evidence introduced: It is therefore ordered an decreed that said written instrument be and it is hereby declared the last will and testatment of Nagle Kephart ["Deceased" appears twice.] deceased, admitted to probate and ordered to be certified & recorded as such last will and testament.

Will

In the Name of God Amen: I Nagle Kephart of Concord Township Dubuque County and State of Iowa of the age of Eighty years and being of sound mind do make publish and declare, this my last will and testament, in manner following, that is to say:

First: I give and bequeath to my wife Susan Kephart all my real and personal estate to be used and enjoyed by her during the term of her natural life and from and immediately after her decease the property aforesaid shall be sold. I value at three thousand dollars for a basis to make the following divisions:

2. I devise to Catharine McLeahany [sic] the one tenth (1/10) of all the property aforesaid.

3d. I devise to Mary Rebmann the one tenth (1/10) of all the property aforesaid.

4th. I devise to Henry Kephart the one tenth (1/10) of all the property aforesaid.

5th. I devise to Sarah Allen the one tenth (1/10) of all the property aforesaid.

6. I devise to James McIntosh the one tenth (1/10) of all the property aforesaid.

7. I devise to Fannie Meyers the one tenth (1/10) of all the property aforesaid.

8. I devise to Elisabeth Glew one tenth (1/10) and also one equal third (1/3) of one tenth (1/10) out of the aforesaid property.

9. I devise to Milton Kephart one tenth (1/10) and also one equal third (1/3) of one tenth (1/10) out of the aforesaid property.

10. and Lastly, I devise to A. B. Kephart one tenth (1/10) and also one equal third (1/3) of one tenth (1/10) out of the aforesaid property. And I do hereby appoint Alexand Glew to be the executor of this my last will and testament hereby revoking all former wills by me made.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this Sixth day of February 1878.

Nagle his x mark Kephart

The above instrument consisting of two sheets was at the date thereof, signed and declared by the said Nagle Kephart as and for his last will and testament, in presence of us who at his request and in his presence have subscribed our names as witnesses thereto.

John Griffis residing in Dubuque County
Nicholas Anderson residing in Dubuque County



In Relation to Estate of Nagle Kephart (p. 3). Image courtesy of Verla Williams.

State of Iowa
Dubuque County

I, J. J. Dunn, Clerk of the Circuit Court in and for said County do hereby certify that on this day at the October Term, A. D. 1884 of said Court, the will and instrument in writing, hereto annexed and bearing date on the 6th day of February, A. D. 1878, was duly [illegible] before and allowed by said Court as and for the last will and testament of the real and personal estate of Nagle Kephart, late of said County deceased, and was by said Court ordered to be recorded as such will and testament. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at the City of Dubuque this 27 day of October A. D. 1884.

J. J. Dunn, Clerk of the Circuit Court

In Relation to Estate of Nagle Kephart Dec'd [Margin notation: "...ob Gal ... Pg 278"]

In Circuit Court Dubuque County, Iowa
October Term 1884

Appointment of Administrator

And now to wit on this 15th day of November 1884 this cause up for hearing on petition of William Glew praying that letters Testamentary be granted to him in Estate of Nagle Kephart deceased.

It appears from said petition that deceased died seized of the foloowing real estate, to wit: The East half of the South West quarter and the South West quarter of the South West quarter of Section Fifteen (15) in Township 90 North Range One (1) West of the 5th P. M. in Dubuque County, Iowa, and also personal property of the value of not to exceed $300. That Alexander Glew who is nominated in the will as executor has in writing, declined to act, and the widow of deceased, Susan Kephart, asks that petitioner be appointed as Administrator. And said petition being presented to and examined by the Court, and it appearing that petitioner is a proper person to take charge of said Estate, It is therefore ordered and decreed that said William Glew be and he is hereby appointed Administrator with the will annexed, of the Estate of Nagle Kephart deceased, That he give bond in the sum of Six Hundred Dollars and publish notice of his appointment in the Dubuque Democrat once a week for three weeks.



In Relation to Estate of Nagle Kephart (p. 4). Image courtesy of Verla Williams.


In Relation to Estate of Nagle Kephart (p. 5). Image courtesy of Verla Williams.


Connections between the KEPHART, MEYERS, GLEW, and BROWN Families


Descendants Chart. Naugle and Alfred B. KEPHART, Henry M. Meyers, Joseph Glew, and Wellman N. Brown. Image courtesy of Mark D. Williams.

Elizabeth KEPHART and William Glew


Elizabeth KEPHART and William Glew (Date unknown). Image courtesy of Verla Williams.


Francis Marion and Sarah Hammond KEPHART Allen's Family


Francis Marion and Sarah Hammond KEPHART Allen's family (Probably c. 1885). Image courtesy of Verla Williams.


Francis Marion and Sarah Hammond KEPHART Allen's family (Date unknown). Image courtesy of Nicki Kimberly.

Milton and Margaretha (Mettler) KEPHART


Margaretha (Mettler) and Milton KEPHART (Date unknown). Image courtesy of Verla Williams.

Milton KEPHART: 3 Generations


Three generations. From left: Lucy, Milton, Guy?, Ausbert "Bert." (Date unknown). Image courtesy of Ruth Potter. Used with permission.

Alfred Brunson and Mary Brown (Meyers) KEPHART


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