W. G. KEPHART
W. G. Kephart was born in Lycoming county, Pennsylvania, in the year 1818. His first ecclesiastical connection was with the New School Presbyterian church. He was one of the committee who drew up the manifesto that the Free Presbyterian church at its founding in Cincinnati adopted as their apology.
The churches of Winchester and Mt. Leigh, in Ohio, Mr. Kephart's pastoral charge accompanied him into his new association.
He ministered to the church in Kossuth, Iowa, for eleven years. He was in the army as chaplain of the Tenth Iowa Infantry. Before coming to Atlantic he had charge of the church in Cheyenne, Wyoming Territory. The church in Atlantic enjoyed a healthy growth in his pastorate.
Contributed by Lisa Varnes-Rex from "History of Cass County, Iowa. Together With Sketches of its Towns, Villages and Townships, Educational, Civil, Military and Political History: Portraits of Prominent Persons, and Biographies of Old Settlers and Representative Citizens." Springfield, Ill.: Continental Historical Company, 1884, pg. 904.
