Simon Kephart and Amanda G. Peary

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Husband Simon Kephart ¹

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           Born: 26 Aug 1840 - Decatur Twp, Clearfield Co, PA 1
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         Father: George Kephart (1814-1865) 1 2 3
         Mother: Mary Ann Amy (      -1882) 1

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       Marriage: 25 Jun 1868 4

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Wife Amanda G. Peary ⁴

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           Born:  - Clarion Co, PA
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         Father: John C. Peary (      -1862) 4
         Mother: Adaline Lamborn (      -      ) 4

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Children

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1 F Glencora Kephart ⁴

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         Spouse: Thomas Hobba (      -      ) 4

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2 F Maud Kephart ⁴

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         Spouse: Harry Taylor (      -      ) 4

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3 F Annabel Kephart ⁴

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         Spouse: James Ashworth (      -      ) 4

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4 M Walter Forest Kephart ⁴

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         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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5 M George C. Kephart ⁴

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6 F Bessie L. Kephart ⁴

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         Spouse: Barney Press (      -      ) 4

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General Notes: Husband - Simon Kephart

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He grew to manhood on the home farm. On September 19, 1861, he enlisted for service in the Union Army for the Civil War, at Camp Crossman, in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, entering Co. K, 110th Pa. Vol. Inf. After participating in the battle of Fredericksburg, Co. K was consolidated with Co. A, and with this organization he remained through all the great events, battles, marches and campaigns until he received his honorable discharge on June 28, 1865. Considering the many battles in which Mr. Kephart participated it is remarkable that he escaped without injuries, although on many occasions bullets penetrated his clothing.
He was at Winchester, Virginia, March 23, 1862; at Fort Republic, June 9, 1862; Cedar Mountain, August 9, 1862; Fredericksburg, with the Army of the Potomac, December 13, 1862; Chancellorsville, May 3, 1863; Gettysburg, July 1-3, 1863; Mine Run Heights, November, 1863; Wilderness, under Gen. Grant, May 3-5, 1864; Spottsylvania Court House, May 12, 1864; Cold Harbor, June 2, 1864; Deep Bottom, Virginia, July 27, 1864, and Petersburg, and was in all the skirmishing that immediately preceded the surrender of Gen. Lee at Appomattox. At Deep Bottom, Virginia, out of 11 non-commissioned officers and privates that went into the fight, two came out, Mr. Kephart and George Traxal. After the close of his military service Mr. Kephart returned home and remained with his mother until his marriage. In 1870 he moved to Osceola and after the town was burned he lived at Moshannon colliery until 1879. He then spent one year in Kansas and then came back to Osceola where he then resided. He was a member of the Grand Army Post at that place.
He and his wife were members of the Methodist Episcopal church. He was a Republican in his political views.

1 Roland D. Swoope, Jr., 20th Century History of Clearfield County, Pa., and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1911), Pg 541.

2 Lewis Cass Aldrich, History of Clearfield County, Pennsylvania (Syracuse, NY: D. Mason & Co., Publishers, 1887), Pg 512.

3 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 768.

4 Roland D. Swoope, Jr., 20th Century History of Clearfield County, Pa., and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1911), Pg 544.