Kern, John Adam 1813 - 1904

KERN, MATTER, BARTH

Posted By: Joy Moore (email)
Date: 2/26/2014 at 09:12:54

Aged Pioneer Passes
The funeral services of John Adam Kern, one of the pioneer residents of Pleasant township, were held at the German Lutheran church at Locust last Thursday afternoon, Rev. [illegible] officiating. Mr. Kern died at the home of his son John Kern in Locust, Jan. 31st, at the age of 91 years.

Mr. Kern was born in Ingenheim, Germany, June 13, 1813. At the age of twenty-one he enlisted in the French army, serving for fourteen years, seven of which were spent on the islands of Madagasgar, Bourbon and Martinique. In 1848 he was married to Mrs. Marguerette Matter, and in 1853 emigrated with his family to Ontario, Canada, where they lived for two years, and then came to this county and settled on the farm where he died. His wife died eleven years ago, and he is survived by one son, four grand children and five great grandchildren, one step-son, Geo. Matter, and one step-daughter, Mrs. John Barth, with large families to mourn his loss. Mr. Kern was an honest, upright man.

Source: IAGenWeb Special Project Iowa Old Press database: Decorah Journal February 9, 1904

Added by Joy Moore June 15, 2019

Source: Decorah Republican Feb. 4, 1904 Page 2

John Adam Kern, one of the pioneer residents of Pleasant township, died Sunday last at the home of his son John Kern at Locust, in his ninety-first year. Mr. Kern was born in Ingenheim, Germany, June 13, 1813. At the age of twenty-one he enlisted in the French army, serving for fourteen years, seven of which were spent on the Islands of Madagasgar, Bourbon and Martinique. In 1848 he was married to Mrs. Margueretta Matter, and in 1853 emigrated with his family to Ontario, Canada, where they lived for two years, and then came to this county and settled on the farm where he died. His wife died eleven years ago, and he is survived by one son; four grand children and five great grand children, one step-son, Geo. Matter, and one step-daughter, Mrs. John Barth, with large families to mourn his loss. Mr. Kern was an honest, upright man. Before coming to America he was a member of the German Lutheran church, a faith to which he adhered in his new home. He helped to found the German Lutheran church at Locust, where his funeral services will be held to-day at two o’clock, Rev. K. Seehuus officiating.