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Nelva M. Kern

Nelva M. Kern

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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Nelva M. Kern (daughter of Ray C. Kern and Eva Drucilla Baker).

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Ray C. Kern was born in 1878 in Ohio, United States (son of Porter J. Kern and Mary Ann Mathias); died in 1951.

    Notes:

    In the 1910 Putnam County, Ohio Census, Ray and his family reside in Belmore Twp.

    Ray married Eva Drucilla Baker. Eva was born in Oct 1880; died in Feb 1968. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Eva Drucilla Baker was born in Oct 1880; died in Feb 1968.

    Notes:

    _STATMARRIED

    Children:
    1. Marie M. Kern
    2. Fay A. Kern
    3. Lysle P. Kern
    4. Glyda Kern
    5. 1. Nelva M. Kern


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Porter J. Kern was born in 1839 in Pennsylvania, United States; died on 4 May 1884; was buried in Harman Cemetery, Blanchard, Putnam, Ohio, United States.

    Notes:

    In the 1870 Putnam County, Ohio Census, Porter and Mary reside in Blanchard Twp. Porter is a farmer. Their three-month- old son, Willie, resides with them as does a ten-year-old male named Eddie Kern who was born in Ohio. It would seem improbable that Eddie would be Porter and Mary's son as Mary would have been 12 when Eddie was born.

    In the 1880 Putnam County, Ohio Census, Porter and his family appear twice, earliest in Van Buren Twp. and then in Blanchard Twp. The household is the same, though in the first entry the eldest son is called "Willie P." and in the second entry he is "William". Apparently the family moved within the county in that year. Porter is a farmer and both of his parents were born in Pennsylvania. A nephew, 9-year-old William Matthias, born in Kansas to a father born in Ohio and a mother born in New Jersey, also resides with the Kern family in both 1880 Census entries.

    According to Lynn Kern-Miller, the she derived the following based on Putnam County, Ohio Probate records maintained at the Bowling Green State University Archives:

    "It would seem that Catherine Bunn and John T. Bunn's one son and new wife took over the farm that Mary and Porter had been living on in Putnam Co. after Porter's death. Oldest son William and youngest daughter Winifred lived with them while my grandfather Ray and his sister Gertrude lived next door with the George Ernest Family until my grandfather was 7 years old and then he moved to Hancock Co. to live."

    Porter married Mary Ann Mathias. Mary (daughter of Paul Mathias and Barbara (Barbary) Stambaugh) was born on 14 Nov 1846 in Ohio, United States; died on 11 Jun 1883 in Putnam, Ohio, United States; was buried in Harman Cemetery, Blanchard, Putnam, Ohio, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Mary Ann Mathias was born on 14 Nov 1846 in Ohio, United States (daughter of Paul Mathias and Barbara (Barbary) Stambaugh); died on 11 Jun 1883 in Putnam, Ohio, United States; was buried in Harman Cemetery, Blanchard, Putnam, Ohio, United States.

    Notes:

    In the 1880 Putnam County, Ohio Census, Mary Ann's father's birthplace is identified as Ohio and her mother's is Pennsylvania.

    According to Lynn Kern-Miller, a great-granddaughter of Mary Ann Mathias Kern, Mary Ann died in 1883 and her husband, Porter, died in 1884, leaving their children orphans. Mary Ann's brother, John C. Mathias signed the papers which appointed John Bunn as guardian of Mary Ann and Porter's children.

    Mary is burried next to her sister, Catharine, and Catharine's husband, John, in Row 20 of the Harman Cemetery. Her marker states "d Jun 11, 1883 age 36y 6m 28d w/o PJ Kern".

    Notes:

    _STATMARRIED

    Children:
    1. William P. Kern was born in 1870 in Ohio, United States.
    2. Gertrude D. Kern was born in 1871/1872 in Ohio, United States.
    3. 2. Ray C. Kern was born in 1878 in Ohio, United States; died in 1951.
    4. Winifred Kern



Generation: 4

  1. 10.  Paul Mathias was born in 1808/1809 in Ohio, United States; died in Jan 1867 in Hancock, Ohio, United States; was buried in Dukes Cemetery, Blanchard, Hancock, Ohio, United States.

    Notes:

    In the 1850 Hancock County, Ohio Census, Paul is a farmer whose Real Estate value is $5,000.00. He and his wife and children reside in Blanchard Twp. next door to his first cousin, Jacob, who is married to his wife's sister, Mary Ann, and their children. Dorothy Weiser Seale states on page 331 in her book Math(t)hias Milestones (1984) that "Paul and his wife Barbara moved from Stark Co., Ohio to Hancock Co., Blanchard Twp., Ohio sometime before 1840. In the 1850 Census, Paul was a landowner with considerable acreage in Hancock Co. and resided there with his wife and ten of their children. His farm adjoined that of Jacob and Mary Ann Mathias... his first cousin."

    In the 1860 Hancock County, Ohio Census, Paul and Barbara continue to reside in Blanchard Twp. but their post office address was then identified as Gilboa. Paul is a farmer whose Real Estate value is $15,000.00 and whose Personal Estate value is $2,500.00.

    On page 331 of Mat(t)hias Milestones, Ms. Seale explains: "Their farm was near the Putnam County border, and Gilboa was the largest town and closest delivery point. As one of his father's heirs, and as one of the beneficiaries of his sister Polly's Will, Paul inherited a share of the property in the Southwest Quarter of Section 3, Twp. 19, Range 7 in Stark Co., Nimishillen Twp., Ohio. On 3 March 1863, while they were residents of Gilboa, Putnam County, Ohio, Paul and Barbara Mathias did, by deed of quit claim, convey their interest in Section 3 to John Krabill who paid them the sum of $900."

    Paul and Barbarey (as it is spelled on her headstone) are buried next to each other. His marker states that he was aged 53 years, 5 months 6 days when he died; that would make his year of birth 1813 though the Census records suggest he was born in 1808 or 1809. However, a letter written by Paul and Barbara's son, Captain John C. Mathias, in his Pension File states that Paul died in 1864.

    Paul married Barbara (Barbary) Stambaugh on 16 Aug 1832 in Stark, Ohio, United States. Barbara (daughter of Henry Stambaugh and Catharina Walter) was born in 1812/1813 in Pennsylvania, United States; was buried in Dukes Cemetery, Blanchard, Hancock, Ohio, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 11.  Barbara (Barbary) Stambaugh was born in 1812/1813 in Pennsylvania, United States (daughter of Henry Stambaugh and Catharina Walter); was buried in Dukes Cemetery, Blanchard, Hancock, Ohio, United States.

    Notes:

    The payment voucher that Barbara (Barbary) signed for receipt of her inheritance from her father's estate showed that in November 1866 she resided in Hancock County, Ohio.

    In the 1870 Hancock County, Ohio Census, Barbara is the head of household. Her single sons, David and Lewis, who work on the farm, reside with her at McComb, Blanchard Twp. Her Real Estate value is $3,000.00 and her Personal Estate value is $300.00.

    She is buried next to her husband and her marker identifes her as "Barbarey", w/o Paul who died aged 57 years 10 months being born on 30 July 1826. That would make her death year 1884. The birth year suggested is more than a decade later than any Census records suggest It would also make her only four years old when she married Paul! Obviously there are some errors in the dates recorded, either on the cemetery marker or in the typing of that volume of records.

    Notes:

    _STATMARRIED

    Children:
    1. Jacob Mathias was born in 1832/1833 in Ohio, United States.
    2. Ephraim Mathias was born in 1835 in Ohio, United States; died after 1865.
    3. Joseph D. Mathias was born on 20 Jul 1836 in Hancock, Ohio, United States; died on 23 Dec 1922 in Ottawa, Franklin, Kansas, United States; was buried on 26 Dec 1922 in Hope Cemetery, Ottawa, Franklin, Kansas, United States.
    4. Catharine Mathias was born in 1838 in Ohio, United States; died in 1902; was buried in Harman Cemetery, Blanchard, Putnam, Ohio, United States.
    5. John C. Mathias was born in 1839/1840 in Gilboa, Hancock, Ohio, United States; died on 8 Jun 1897 in Belmore, Putnam, Ohio, United States; was buried in Belmore East Cemetery, Belmore, Putnam, Ohio, United States.
    6. George Mathias was born on 11 Dec 1839 in Ohio, United States; died on 17 Jul 1856 in Richland, Ohio, United States; was buried in Dukes Cemetery, Blanchard, Hancock, Ohio, United States.
    7. Daniel Mathias was born in 1843/1844 in Ohio, United States.
    8. William Mathias was born in 1845/1846 in Ohio, United States; died before Mar 1866.
    9. 5. Mary Ann Mathias was born on 14 Nov 1846 in Ohio, United States; died on 11 Jun 1883 in Putnam, Ohio, United States; was buried in Harman Cemetery, Blanchard, Putnam, Ohio, United States.
    10. Benjamin Franklin Mathias was born on 8 Mar 1850 in Ohio, United States; died on 11 Dec 1922 in Burlington, Coffey, Kansas, United States; was buried on 13 Dec 1922 in Highland Cemetery, Harrison, Newton, Franklin, Kansas, United States.
    11. David B. Mathias was born on 12 Jun 1852 in Putnam, Ohio, United States; died on 3 Jun 1932 in Ottawa, Franklin, Kansas, United States; was buried on 6 Jun 1932 in Hope Cemetery, Ottawa, Franklin, Kansas, United States.
    12. Louis Mathias was born in 1854/1855 in Ohio, United States.


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