hmtl5 Edward Kern b. 5 Jul 1807 Kentucky d. 14 Sep 1864: Hedges Genealogy

Edward Kern

Male 1807 - 1864  (57 years)


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  • Name Edward Kern 
    Born 5 Jul 1807  Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Male 
    Occupation farmer  [2
    Census 1850  Pleasant Run Township, Lawrence County, Indiana Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1850  Pleasant Run Township, Lawrence County, Indiana Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Died 14 Sep 1864  [1
    Buried Bailey Cemetery, Bedford, Lawrence County, Indiana Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Person ID I5468  Hedges
    Last Modified 27 Sep 2024 

    Family Polly Ann Rice,   b. 25 Feb 1811, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Oct 1880, Bedford, Lawrence County, Indiana Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 69 years) 
    Last Modified 27 Sep 2024 
    Family ID F2375  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
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  • Notes 
    • Note on Find a Grave:
      Birth and Death Dates from "The Kern Family of Rowan County" (the-kern-family-of-rowan-county-north-carolina-nicholas-county-kentucky-boone-clinton-lawrence-monroe-counties-indiana-hancock-county-illinois-lee-county-iowa)
      [Thank you to Contributor #48565754 (kern brogan) for the info.]

      1830 he was living in Nicholas, Kentucky.
      1840 he was living in Lawrence, Indiana.
      1850 and 1860 he was living in Pleasant Run, Lawrence, Indiana (and was born in Kentucky.
      [from U.S. Federal Census of 1830, 1840, 1850, and 1860]
      [1]
    • LKH note:
      Text from:
      The Fern family of Rowan County, N.C., Nicholas, Ky, Indiana, Iowa. Compiled by Mary Margaret Kern Garrard. Limited Edition Printed 1968.

      Page 42.

      Edward Kern, the second son of Simeon and Rachel Kern, was apparently born in 1807 in Kentucky according to the 1850 census for Indiana. Edward Lived in Pleasant Run Township, Lawrence County, Indiana, in 1850 with his wife, Polly Ann Rice (born 1810 in Kentucky, and had farm land valued at $4,000.

      Mrs. Mary Eithel Kern Worley of Bedford, Ind., is daughter of Edward's son Jasper. She gave us (1967) a list of Edward's children which does not entirely tally with the census. We have combined the two.

      The children of Edward of Polly Ann Rice Kern were:
      Brenyard, b.?
      Sophia A., b. 1831, married Anderson Bodenhamer
      David S., b. 1834, m.?
      John A., b. 1839, m.?
      James B., b. 1841, m. ?
      Susan E., b. 1844, m. Thoams Wray
      Newton Jasper, b. 1847, m. Elizabeth Alice Younger
      [3]

  • Sources 
    1. [S6] Find a Grave.

    2. [S25] Census.

    3. [S82] LKH.