Alfred Brunson KEPHART^[1]

1842 - 1921  (79 years)

• Name	Alfred Brunson KEPHART
  Born	25 Jul 1842	Cottage Hill, Dubuque, IA   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Died	21 Dec 1921	Lakefield, Jackson, MN   [3]
  Buried	Riverside Cemetery, Jackson, MN
  Person ID	I110	Williams Family History
  Last Modified	24 Dec 2018

  
  

  Father	Naugle KEPHART,   b. 1 Feb 1798, Huntingdon, PA ,   d. 5 May 1884, Dubuque, IA  (Age 86 years)
  Mother	Susan JONES,   b. 11 Dec 1803, PA ,   d. 8 Mar 1885, Concord, Dubuque, IA  (Age 81 years)
  Married	Abt 1820	PA
  Family ID	F37	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Brown MEYERS,   b. 3 Jun 1849, Dubuque, IA ,   d. 28 Aug 1936, Lakefield, Jackson, MN  (Age 87 years)
  Married	26 Dec 1867	Dubuque, IA   [4]
  Children	1. Bertha KEPHART,   b. 23 Apr 1869, Dubuque, IA ,   d. 5 Dec 1962, Minot, ND  (Age 93 years)   2. Lottie KEPHART,   b. 9 Mar 1871, Dubuque, IA ,   d. 27 May 1964, Windom, Cottonwood, MN  (Age 93 years)   3. Leroy KEPHART,   b. Abt 1872, Dubuque, IA ,   d. Bef 1880, Dubuque, IA  (Age ~ 8 years)   4. Whilthorn KEPHART,   b. 13 Feb 1873, Dubuque, IA ,   d. 31 Aug 1961, Jackson, MN  (Age 88 years)   5. Levi Naugle KEPHART,   b. 10 Jun 1876, Dubuque IA ,   d. 13 Jul 1968, Redwood Falls MN  (Age 92 years)   6. Mable Della KEPHART,   b. 22 Oct 1878, Dubuque, IA ,   d. 17 May 1899, Jackson, MN  (Age 20 years)   7. Roscoe Conklin KEPHART,   b. 13 Mar 1881, Dubuque IA ,   d. 9 Jan 1965, Aitkin MN  (Age 83 years)   8. George W. KEPHART,   b. 23 Jun 1883, IA ,   d. 1885  (Age 1 years)   9. Mary Ella KEPHART,   b. 1 Mar 1886, Jackson, MN ,   d. 15 Mar 1981, Jackson, MN  (Age 95 years)   10. George Earl KEPHART,   b. 15 Apr 1888, Jackson, MN ,   d. 23 Jan 1944, Rochester, MN  (Age 55 years)   11. Verly May KEPHART,   b. 21 Jan 1891, Jackson, MN ,   d. 20 Apr 1989, Ivanhoe, MN  (Age 98 years)   12. Alfred Brunson KEPHART, Jr.,   b. 14 Jul 1893, Jackson, MN ,   d. 1897, Jackson, MN  (Age 3 years)
  Last Modified	22 Feb 2022
  Family ID	F9	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos

  Kephart, Alfred Brunson Photo of Cpl. Alfred B. Kephart who fought in Co. H, 21 Regiment, Iowa Infantry during the Civil War.

  
  

  Documents

  Affidavit of Sarah Hammond (Kephart) Allen. Copy of a sworn affidavit supporting the birth date of Alfred B. Kephart.

  
  

  Headstones		Kephart plot Gravestones for Kephart family at Riverside Cemetery, Jackson, MN.
  		Kephart, Alfred B. and Mary B. Gravestones for Alfred Brunson and Mary Brown (Meyers) Kephart.

  
  

  Histories

  Kephart Family History Descendants and ancestors of Henry Kephart, Jr. (c. 1767-1845).

  
  

• Sources

  [S7] 1850 US Census, (National Archives), 79B (Reliability: 2), 2009. Name: Alfred Kephart Age: 9 Birth Year: abt 1841 Birthplace: Iowa Home in 1850: District 7, Dubuque, Iowa, USA Gender: Male Family Number: 1207 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. [S27] Affidavit (Reliability: 3), 14 Apr 1913. State of Iowa ss. Dubuque County Sarah Allen, being duly sworn, says that she is a resident of Farley, in County and State aforesaid; that she is a daughter of Naugle Kephart, deceased, and a sister of Alfred B. Kephart, now resident at Lakefield, Minnesota, who was a member of Co. "H", 21 Iowa Inf. That the said Naugle Kephart during his lifetime, kept a birth register, the same being kept in a blank book, kept for that purpose; that said record is now in my possession; that the following entry appears therein, as to the said Alfred B. Kephart: "Alfred B[runson handwritten] Kephart, Born July 25th., 1842." That there are no erasures in connection with said entry, and that said entry is the original entry made by the said Naugle Kephart; and that it bears no makrs of alteration, or erasure, or tampering of any kind; and that from the appearance of the entry and the writing thereof, affiant believes that said entry was made at the time it purports to have been made, to-wit: about July 25th., 1842. (signed) Sarah Allen The affidavit is notarized by Geo. A. Gibles, Notary Public. See image in Documents. [S38] MN Death Index, (Minnesota Department of Health) (Reliability: 3), 2001. Name: Alfred B. Kephart Death Date: 21 Dec 1921 Death County: Jackson State File Number: 005576 Certificate Number: 005576 Certificate Year: 1921 Record Number: 341457 Source Information: Ancestry.com. Minnesota, Death Index, 1908-2002 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2001. Original data: State of Minnesota. Minnesota Death Index, 1908-2002. Minneapolis, MN, USA: Minnesota Department of Health. [S42] Obituary (Reliability: 2), 1936. "Life's Labor Ended for Much Loved Mother," ... 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....