Kephart

Kephart

KEPHART While there are other spelling variants, ie: Gearhart, no evidence of other variants are evident in this country.

.1.Nicholas Kephart (ca.1733‑ca.1829)

Nicholas is documented as having come to this country from Switzerland.

.2.Andrew Kephart (1778‑prior 1860)

Andrew appears in the 1850 census near Henry Kephart, his brother, and also near Jacob Coder and son John J. Coder. Andrew also has a daughter Susanah of the proper age to become John J. Coder's wife. One other Susan Kephart of the proper age is found in 1850 census for Clearfield County, and that is in the household of David Kephart. The wife in that household is Nancy and in the 1860 census, Catherine Kephart, same age as Andrew's wife is living with Susan & John Coder. Andrew is presumed dead in 1860.

.3.Susannah Kephart (4‑Aug‑1840/4‑Mar‑1931)

Susan Kephart is documented thru her death certificate and in the 1860 census, where her mother Catherine Kephart is living with her and her husband John J. Coder.

.4.Amasa Wilks - While not directly meaningful to the Kephart Line, the name Amasa Wilks played a meaningful role upon some of their decedents.

The original Amasa Wilks married Penina Kephart, 1.1.4.3. Penina's sister, Susannah, married John Coder and they named their first son Amasa Wilks Coder, 1.1.4.4.1. Amasa Coder's sister, Mary Catherine Coder married Martin Hover Bloom and they named their first son Amasa Wilks Bloom, 1.1.4.4.3.1. Amasa Bloom and Eva Taylor named their youngest son Amasa Wilks Bloom, 1.1.4.4.3.1.6.

The relationship between the first Amasa Wilks Bloom and Amasa Wilks developed and Amasa Wilks Bloom was known to have made annual visits to Virginia to visit Amasa Wilks. During the late 1800's, Amasa Bloom moved to Virginia for a time. Their daughter, Lily was born there in 1899.

1. Kephart

.1. Nicholas Kephart (ca.1733/ ca.1829) m.______‑17__ Mary Fry (ca.1738/ca.1822)

.1. George (1773/ )

.2. Abraham (1775/ )

.3. Henry(1777/1858) m.10‑Sep‑1797 Catherine Smith

.1. David (7‑Apr‑1800/ 19‑Jun‑1871) m.Ann Hoffman

.2. Margaret ( /1833‑4) m.____ William Harner

.3. Henry Jr. (5‑Jan‑1802/ 5‑May‑1886) m.1826 Sarah Goss

.4. Mary (7‑Jun‑1805/ 30‑Jun‑1889) m.____ Andrew Nearhoch

.5. Andrew S. (10‑Apr‑1807/ 13‑Sep‑1882) m.____ Rachel Kephart (1809/2-Oct-1882)

.6. Ellen (1811/1886) m.____ Daniel Kephart

.7. Barbara (1813/ 18‑Jun‑1892) m.____Simon Crain

.8. George (1815/ 25‑Mar‑1865) m.____Mary Ann Amy

.9. William (19‑Jun‑1816/ 17‑Oct‑1890) m.____ Susannah Goss

.10. Charolette (16‑Jan‑1819/ 19‑Nov‑1899 m.____ John Crane

.11. Nancy S. (4‑May‑1823/ 21‑Dec‑1904) m.____ Richard Hughes

.12. Stephen D. (1827/ 15‑Feb‑1887) m.____ Rebecca Hoover

.4. Andrew Kephart (1778/ prior 1860) m.____ Catherine Weiser

.1. George (1831/ )

.2. Livina (1834/ )

.3. Penina (1839/ ) m. Amasa Wilks

.4. Susannah Kephart (4‑Aug‑1840/ 4‑Mar‑1931) m.1849 John J. Coder

.1. Coder, Amasa (1860/ )

.2. Coder, William A. (ca.1863/ )

.3. Coder, Mary Catherine (12‑Sep‑1864/ 24‑Dec‑1951) m.____ Martin Hover Bloom (13‑Sep‑1848/31‑Dec‑1924)

.1. Bloom Amasa Wilks (8‑Aug‑1885/ 15‑Jun‑1948) m. 24‑Sep‑1904 Eve Ida Taylor (11‑)ct‑1889/23‑Mar‑1967)

.1. Bloom Sara Catherine (29‑Mar‑1906/ )

.2. Bloom Martin (7‑Mar‑1908/ 27‑Jan‑1965) m. ____ Elizabeth Callahan

.3. Bloom Mary Jane (12‑Sep‑1909/ 4‑Nov‑1976) m1. ca:1929 Clarence Deiter, m2. ____ Harry W. Chaplick

.4. Bloom Lemoine (29‑Mar‑1912/ 27‑Apr‑1970) m. ____ Margaret Bradley

.5. Bloom Wava Belle (10‑Mar‑1914/ 1-Feb-1989) m. 14‑Dec‑1931 John Raymond Mort (18-Apr-1907/ )

.6. Bloom Amasa Wilks (6‑Sep‑1925/ ) m1. ____ Loretta Schazer, m2. ____ Margaret Shaffer

.2. Bloom Walter O. (7‑Feb‑1887/ ) m. ____ Edna Johnson

.3. Bloom William E. (17‑Oct‑1888/ )

.4. Bloom Orvis Snyder (24‑Jun‑1892/ 3‑Jun‑1968) m. ____ Aleta E. Brubaker

.5. Bloom Jay J. (25‑Sep‑1901/ )

.6. Bloom Eli (22‑Sep‑1893/ 22‑Feb‑1917)

.7. Bloom Lilly S. (7‑Dec‑1899/ 15‑Jul‑1965) m. ____ Berzie F. Cole

.4. Coder, Julia J. (ca.1869/ )

.5. Coder, Jane (ca.1872/ )

.6. Coder, Sudie (ca.1877/ ) m.____ Bert Smith.

.1. John ( / )

.2. Elizabeth ( / )

.3. May Belle ( / )

.4. William ( / )

.7. Coder, Effie (Sep‑1879/ )

.8. Coder, Myrtle A. (Jun‑1883/ )

.9. Coder, Bessie B. (Mar‑1885/ Feb‑1914) m.____ Pete Johnson.

.5. Christina

.6. Mary

.7. Elizabeth

.8. Daniel

.9. Catherine (1793/ ) m.____ Philip Penzer

2. Enumerations

.1. Pennsylvania Archives

.2. Census 1810

.3. Census 1850

.1.Andrew Kephart, Decater Twp., Clearfield Co. dwell 706

Andrew 62 Farmer $500; Katherine 56; George 19, farmer; Livina 16; Permina 11; Susannah 9. All born Pa.

.2.Henry Kephart, Decater Twp., Clearfield Co. dwell 813

Henry Kephart 72, Farmer $800; Catherine 68. All born Pa.

.3.David Kephart, Decater Twp., Clearfield Co. dwell 811

David Kephart 50, Farmer $1600; Nancy 49; Jacob 17, farmer; Daniel 20, farmer; Essington 18; Margaret 15; Susan 10. All born Pa.

.4. Census 1860

.1.John Coder, Boggs Twp., Clearfield Co. dwell 1037

John 22, Laborer $100; Susanna 19; Amasa 2/12; Catherine Kephart 65. All born Pa.

.5. Census 1870

.6. Census 1880

.7. Census 1900

.8. Census 1910

3. Birth

.1. LDS Microfish

4. Marriage

.1. LDS Microfiche

.2. Penna. Civil

.1. Clearfield Marriages,

.1.Kephart, Ida M. & Hardman T. Moore, 15‑Nov‑1882

.2.Kephart, Ada W. & Clark W. Tate, 30‑Jan‑1884

.3.Kephart, Adam & Mrs. Elizabeth Miller, 30‑Sep‑1874

.4.Kephart, Alonzo & Eliza Estep, 3‑Jul‑1884

.5.Kephart, Alton & Mary Peterman, 27‑Jul‑1881

.6.Kephart, Amand C. & John K. Henderson, 25‑Aug‑1870

.7.Kephart, Miss A.R. & A.C. Walker, 23‑Apr‑1882

.8.Kephart, Catherine & William Askey, 9‑Apr‑1876

.9.Kephart, Cordelia & George L. Barger, 29‑Jun‑1880

.10.Kephart, Daniel S. & Lucinda Parsons, 6‑Jun‑1861

.11.Kephart, Francis F. & William B. Gensler, 5‑Aug‑1880

.12.Kephart, Gertrude & William H. Albert, 30‑Nov‑1881

.13.Kephart, Harriet & Stephen Kephart, 26‑Jan‑1869

.14.Kephart, Henry Sr. & Catherine Smith, 10‑Sep‑1797

.15.Kephart, Rev. Henry Jr. & Sarah Goss, 23‑Mar‑1826

.16.Kephart, Ida & John Jones, 20‑Sep‑1885

.17.Kephart, Isabella & L. Albert Jeffries 13‑Sep‑1857

.18.Kephart, Isaiah & Loretta Kyler, 14‑Oct‑1875

.19.Kephart, James & Eliza J. Owens, Oct‑1865

.20.Kephart, James & Nancy Woolheater, 10‑May‑1877

.21.Kephart, Jennie & W.C. Campman, 20‑Jan‑1882

.22.Kephart, Jennie & William Campbell, 19‑Feb‑1882

.23.Kephart, Josiah & Minnie Baker, 27‑Jan‑1885

.24.Kephart, J.C. & Matilda Hockenberry,1‑Aug‑1878

.25.Kephart, Levi T. & Jane Dixon, 23‑Jun‑1881

.26.Kephart, Martin & Sydney Goss, 13‑Sep‑1857

.27.Kephart, Mary & Jacob Walker, 13‑Feb‑1873

.28.Kephart, Mary & Abraham Crowell, 6‑May‑1852

.29.Kephart, Mary E. & John M. English, 11‑Jun‑1880

.30.Kephart, Nancy &Richard Hughes, 30‑Jun‑1884

.31.Kephart, Perry & Margaret J. Crothers, 25‑Dec‑1871

.32.Kephart, Rachel & Thomas Morgan 23‑Mar‑1848

.33.Kephart, Robie & Frank F. Daugherty, 20‑Jun‑1883

.34.Kephart, Rosella & Henry Hawkins, 23‑Aug‑1884

.35.Kephart, Samuel S. & Susanna Phillips, 10‑Aug‑1862

.36.Kephart, Simon & Amanda G. Peary, 25‑Jun‑1868

.37.Kephart, Stephen & Harriet Kephart, 26‑Jan‑1869

.38.Kephart, Susan F. & Marion F. Shimmel, 3‑Jul‑1884

.39.Kephart, Viola & William K. Turner, 29‑Jul‑1884

.40.Kephart, William & Catherine Smeal, 2‑Nov‑1882

.41.Kephart, Willis & Laura Westbrook, 17‑Nov‑1872

5. Death

.1. Cemetery

.2. Certificates

.1.Mrs. J. J. Susan Elizabeth Coder, d.4‑Mar‑1931, Clearfield, Clearfield Co. b.4‑Aug‑1839, age 91y, 6m, 0d. Clearfield Co.Pa. Father J. C. Kephart, Widow.Burial Stone Ville Cem., undertaker Fred B. Leary. Informant, Bert Smith.

.2. Centre Co. Courthouse Records

.3. Clearfield Co. Courthouse Records

.4. Pennsylvania

6. Wills & Inventories

7. Deeds

.1. Centre Co. Courthouse Records

.2. Clearfield Co. Courthouse Records

8. Other

.1. Clearfield Historical Society

Among the papers filed under Kephart, are family sheets for Nicholas Kephart, son Henry Sr. & Henry Jr.

There are more in a set of genealogies on the shelves but at the time I was there, I ran out of time to research further.

.2. History of Clearfield Co. by Aldrich

Page 512, Decatur Twp.

Documents Henry Kephart Sr, and family. Also mentions a Jonathan Kephart of Berks Co.as a distant relative of Henry Sr.

.3. History of Clearfield Co. & Representative Citizens

Page 541, Simon Kephart.

He (Simon) is a son of George & Mary Ann Kephart, and a Grandson of Henry Kephart and a great‑grandson of Nicholas Kephart.

Nicholas Kephart was born in Switzerland, one of six brothers, and they all came to America in 1750 and settled in Eastern Pennsylvania. They were sturdy men and their excellent qualities were perpetuated through large and vigerous families and the name is not an unusual one in Pennsylvania.Nicholas Kephart married Mary Fry, who was of Pennsylvania Dutch extraction and possibly was born in Berks Co.

Henry Kephart, son of Nicholas and Mary Kephart was probably born in Penn's Valley. He often referred to that section and it is known that he came from there in 1804 and settled two miles west of Osceola Mills where he took up an improved claim, on which he lived until he was seventy‑one years of age. ....

.4. First Families of America

Page 257

Kephart, Calvin Ira, b Bucks Co., Pa., May 27, 1883.

Heinrich Gebhardt (Henry Kephart or Capehart). (b in Rhine Valley, 1725‑d1793; son of Heinrich Gebhart (b Basel, Switz., 1699); g.son of Heinrich, of Basel, m. Barbara Grunauer), came to America on the St. Andrew to Phila. Sept 23, 1752, with his wife, dau. Rachel and son Johannes; pvt. 1st Co., 1st Bn., Cumberland Co. Pa. Milita. Am. Rev., as of Aug 1780, and July 1781. His younger bros. Hans Jacob, David Andre as, and Nicholas arrived in 1752, 1754 and 1747 respectively.

This patrician Gebhardt family of Basel descended successively from Rudolf Zingg Gebhart (ca. 1470‑1542), innkeeper, judge, councilor and benefactor (with his brother Kronrad, chief magistrate) at Rheinfelden, Aargau, Switz.,post 1500, and his wife Katherina: Kronrad Zingg (1440‑1509). chief magistrate (1483 at Tuttlingen, Wurttemberg, and later innkeeper at Rheinfelden: and Rudolf Zingg (Zincke or Zingge), (ca. 1400‑1470), domain magistrate (1445) at Karpfen (Hohenkarpfen), Wurttemberg. The surname Zingg (Zincke or Zingge) meant Medival cornet and it was assumed by descs. of Volenant (de Erlach) am Rennweg (ca. 1162‑1230), a knightly magistrate., ie., a poet and a master of the zincke (a minnesinger and asso. of Walther von der Vogelweide), at Wurzburg, Lower Karrenpfad (ca. 1134‑1175) and g.g.son of Lord Henricus de Erlich (ca. 1076‑1147), seated in the great bend of the Main River, about 10 miles southeast of Wurzburg, where Erlich village today surrounds the old moated castle. Erlich is from "Erie‑ach," meaning alder‑place at a waters edge.

Lord Hugebert (Hugebert or Hucpreht) de Erlach (ca.1028‑1100), son of a Danish Viking sea‑king whose desc. settled in southern Limberg, Netherlands, in 885, was granted this domain by Count‑Bishop Adelberoof Wurzburg ca. 1055 as guardian of ch. property. His son Henricus (ca. 1054‑1099)m. a dau. of Lord de Randersaker and lived nearby at Marsberg. This son, with his own son Henricus (ca. 1076‑1147), comd. a detachment of knights under Godfrey de Bouillonon the first Crusade and designed and assumed the Erlach armorial insignia at the siege of Antioch in November, 1097; the father was killed at the capture of Jerusalem on July 15,1099, and the son returned early in 1103 and took over the Erlich barony;

.5. Correspondence