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From: "Pamela S. Mathis" <>
Subject: [KERN-L] Mrs. Philip Kerns Dies Saturday
Date: Fri, 4 Aug 2000 12:50:15 -0700


Posted on: KERN Obituaries
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Surname: KERNS, SNYDER, ELLIS, MCELFRESH, BROWN
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Mrs. Philip Kerns Dies Saturday

Wheatfield Resident Passes Away Following Lingering Illness

Mrs. Philip Kerns, a former resident of Rensselaer, but for the past fifteen
or twenty years a resident of Wheatfield, passed away at her home in Wheatfield
Saturday morning following a lingering illness. The cause of her death
was attributed to an affliction of the heart. Mrs. Kerns was able to be
up and around, even to the day of her death, although her health had been
impaired by a failing heart.
The Kerns family was one of the pioneers of the county, a published account,
under the caption of "Down Old Timer's Row, in the Wheatfield Sentinal,
edited and published by John S. Blue, son of Atty. P.R. Blue of Wheatfield,
gives a biography of the family as follows:
Philip Kerns was born on February 28, 1868, on the old Eddy Tanner Farm,
north of Moonshine, the name then given to the town now known as Kniman.
Not long after the boy's birth his father ever seeking for a newer and
better location on which to rear his family, purchased a forty acre tract
of land on the George Hershman settlement in Walker Township. This tract
was covered with timber as was the case with most of the other claims.
Grubbing was a slow laborous task, hence only an occasional patch of land
was cleared.
For fifteen years the boy lived in a log cabin constructed by his father
amid the brush covered settlement. He became quickly adapted to the ways
of the woods, hunting mostly by himself or with his father. There was developed
a keen eye and steady hand in the use of firearms, accompanied by many
timely lessons in woodcraft which was destined to become very beneficial
in later life.
Well versed was he in nature's lore.
Her hidden paths he can explore.
It seems that in a child that is left much to nature's teaching that certain
invisible atmosphere tides over into manhood's spring, blending with the
colors of his character to make them richer in hue.
Philip passed swiftly from youth to manhood, which no sooner had
(continued on page 3)
This is all I have of the obituary.The second part is missing. I'm not
sure what paper it's from but it was from NW Indiana.
This obituary was for Angeline Snyder Kerns b.3/14/1868 d. 7/15/1933 Jasper
County, Indiana.

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