Porter J. Kern^{[1, 2, 3, 4]}

1839 - 1884  (45 years)

• Name	Porter J. Kern
  Born	1839	Pennsylvania, United States   [2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Died	4 May 1884  [1]
  Buried	Harman Cemetery, Blanchard, Putnam, Ohio, United States   [1]
  Person ID	I8667773042	Master Tree
  Last Modified	26 May 2004

  
  

  Family	Mary Ann Mathias,   b. 14 Nov 1846, Ohio, United States ,   d. 11 Jun 1883, Putnam, Ohio, United States  (Age 36 years)
  Notes	_STATMARRIED
  Children	1. William P. Kern,   b. 1870, Ohio, United States   2. Gertrude D. Kern,   b. 1871/1872, Ohio, United States + 3. Ray C. Kern,   b. 1878, Ohio, United States ,   d. 1951  (Age 73 years)   4. Winifred Kern
  Family ID	F7975167382	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 1839 - Pennsylvania, United States Buried - - Harman Cemetery, Blanchard, Putnam, Ohio, United States  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• 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."

  
  

• Sources

  [S8029499430] Lynn Kern Miller, great-granddaughter of Mary Ann Matthias Kern, (lynn01@globesurfer.net; May, 2004). [S8029507917] 1880 United States Census. [S560402622] 1870 United States Census. [S8029499450] Harman Cemetery, Blanchard Twp., Putnam County, Ohio.