Pennsylvania Families

Henry's middle name comes from Eleanor Wicks' research. She also says that they were married in Greensburg on 18 Oct 1843, but I didn't find that inthe Newspaper excerpts in Mains' book.

Henry R. Kern is not on Della Reagan Fischer's transcription of the Births - Baptisms at the First Lutheran Church in Greensburg, even though his sisters born before and after him are on her list.

Henry R. Kern became a Methodist minister June 4, 1838. He served the Monongahela and/or Chartiers circuit of the Pittsburgh Conference in 1839 and 1840. (Church Records of the Western Pennsylvania Conference of the United Methodist Church, at http://umchurchrecords.org/.)

On October 30, 1842, he officiated at the marriage of his niece Margaret Kiel to Thomas Young in Greensburg. (Recorded in family Bible of Henry and Sarah Kiel.)

He then served in Arkansas where he was married. Health reasons caused him to move back to Pennsylvania. (Photocopy of "Memoir of H. R. Kern" from the Johnstown Tribune Friday July 19, 1872, received from Cambria County Library.)

He served the Somerset Circuit in 1845 to 1847 and the West Newton Circuit in 1847 and 1848.(Church Records, as above.)

Henry was one of the executors of his father's will in 1846, along with his brother George W. and his brother-in-law, Samuel L. Gorgas. He also received an equal share in the estate. (Will of Joseph Kern found at: ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ pa/westmoreland/wills/kernj.txt. File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Linda Bischoff, lkbischoff@mchsi.co m. Also posted at: RootsWeb -- Westmoreland Message Board by Virginia Crilley, Date: 9 Apr 2005.)

Henry later moved to Steubenville, Ohio, (where he became a dentist) and later lived in Pulaski, Tennessee. When the Civil War began, he left Tennessee, stopped in Indiana to visit friends, and then settled in Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, in August 1861. He remained in Iowa until he died. ("Memoir of H. R. Kern")

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1860 Census, Tennessee, Giles County, Lynville P.O.
Series M653, Roll 1251, page 91. Census page 181.

H. R. Kern, 43, M, PA, dentist, Real Estate: 3600
Mary E. Kern, 42, F, SC, Real Estate: 500
Jane C. Kern, 15, F, PA, attending school
Anna S. Kern, 9, F, PA, attending school

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1870 Census, Iowa, Henry County, Center Twp., (P.O. Mt. Pleasant)
Series M593, Roll 395, page 157. Census page 23.

Kern, H.R., 53, PA, Dentist, RE: 800, PE: 200
----, Mary E., 52, SC, Keep Hs, RE: 2500, PE: 300
-, J. Causin?, 25, PA, Teacher, RE: 300 [Carson?]
-----, Anna S, 19, PA, Student, RE: 1300