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Below is a family biography included in the book, Biographical Souvenir of the Counties of Buffalo, Kearney, Phelps, Harlan and Franklin, Nebraska published in 1890 by F. A. Battey & Company. These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary. Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more. There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.
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JEREMIAH KARN is one of the well known men of Buffalo county, and was born near Massillon, Ohio, November 22, 1833.
His father, Samuel Karn, is a native of Lancaster county, Pa., and has been a German Baptist preacher for many years. He moved to Ohio soon after marriage, but in 1856 settled in Wabash county, Ind. His wife, who bore the maiden name of Liza Moler, died in 1863. She was a devoted companion to her husband and an earnest christian woman.
Young Karn was reared on his father’s farm until he reached his majority. He was married May 22, 1856, to Elizabeth Fulgroad, daughter of John and Elizabeth (Page) Fulgroad, both of whom are natives of Pennsylvania.
After marriage, Mr. Karn devoted ten years exclusively to agricultural pursuits. He then entered the employ of the Phoenix Lightning Rod Company of La Porte, Ind., and acted as their trusted agent for nine years, and then embarked in the business himself. He emigrated to Kearney, Nebr., in 1879 and three years afterwards took a homestead in Thornton township, where he remained five years and then returned to Kearney. About one year ago he moved on another farm near Armada, where he now resides. He is the father of seven children, namely — Armega, John W., Samuel H., Charles J., James and Jessie (twins) and Tommie.
Mr. Karn now owns three tracts of land, four hundred acres in all, and is energetically engaged in improving the same. He is a member of the I. O. O. F., believes in the principles of the republican party and has many friends throughout the country.
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This family biography is one of the numerous biographies included in the book, Biographical Souvenir of the Counties of Buffalo, Kearney, Phelps, Harlan and Franklin, Nebraska published in 1890 by F. A. Battey & Company.
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