"COUNTIES OF MORGAN, MONROE & BROWN, INDIANA. HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL."
CHARLES BLANCHARD, EDITOR. CHICAGO: F. A. BATTEY & CO. PUBLISHERS. 1884.
F. A. BATTEY. F. W. TEPPLE
JACKSON TOWNSHIP AND MORGANTOWN
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JAMES KEPHART, stock-raiser and farmer, was born in Henry County, Ky., July
17, 1823, and is the second of the family of William and Elizabeth (Herrel)
Kephart, also natives of Kentucky, and of German and English extraction
respectively. James was brought to Clark County, Ind., by his parents in
1824, where they lived two years; then removed to Johnson County and
remained thirteen years, after which they came to this county, where James
received some education and was taught farming. March 26, 1846, he married
Miss Mary A. Moore, of Kentucky, who died a devoted member of the Methodist
Episcopal Church, and the mother of eight children--Serilda, Robert M., John
W., Christina, Clarinda, Mahala (deceased) and two infants (deceased). Mr.
Kephart received no assistance in his early struggles for home and land, but
has now 160 acres, favorably located and well improved and cultivated, with
many improvements. He is a stalwart Democrat, a good business manager and a
respected citizen. His son is now managing his farm mechanically and he
overseeing.
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