T. E. Kephart

KEPHART, BERDINE, HORSCH

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Date: 3/6/2002 at 21:31:22

The principal blacksmith shop and wagon manufactory in Clarksville is owned and operated by T. E. Kephart. He engaged in business in 1875 in connection with his brother, J. E. Kephart, who then owned the shop. T. E. Kephart subsequently purchased his brother’s interest, and has since conducted the entire business; and the “Kephart wagon” now takes the lead in Butler county.
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Mr. Kephart is a native of Venango county, Pennsylvania, born November 14, 1848. His father, H. G. Kephart, now resides in Clarksville, and although well along in years, he still follows his trade – that of blacksmith. His mother, Margaret (Berdine) Kephart, died in 1866. When F. E. was yet an infant the family emigrated to Iowa and settled in Dubuque county. J. E. resided here until 1866; he then went to Guttenberg, Clayton county, where he served a three years apprenticeship to the blacksmith and wagon-maker trades, after which he was engaged in business in Deleware county, until he came to Clarksville. Mr. Kephart is an industrious and successful business man, who is highly respected by all who know him. In 1869 he married Miss Catherine Horsch, of Cassville, Wisconsin.
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Source: History of Butler and Bremer Counties, Iowa
Union Publishing Co., Springfield, IL, 1883
Pages: 536-537