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The surname Kepler has several spelling variations: Keplar, Keppler, Kepner, Capler and Kessler.
The first Keplers were found in the first census in 1790. Men with the Kepler surname are found in the Pennsylvania Archives who served in the American Revolutionary War, and these Keplers were located in the states of MD and PA.
Some of these PA Keplers migrated to Ohio and we find them in the census as early as 1820s and 1830s living in Muskingum and Stark Counties and possibly even others. In 1840 we find them in Columbina, Delaware, Knox, Muskingum, and Warren Counties in Ohio.
My Kepler line begins with Jacob who was born abt 1820 living in Muskingum County, Ohio. Jacob married Hannah Livengood on Dec. 21, 1839 and they had 7 children.
On the 1840 census, Muskingum Co., I found two other Keplers mentioned besides Jacob, namely a David and Jon (John) Kepler possibly his father and brother. At this time we are still searching. Jacob Kepler purchased land in 1842 along the Watershed Muskingum River, 2N Range 10 W, Section 13.
From 1850 to 1860 we find our Kepler family living in Jackson Co., Ohio. After 1860 they had migrated on to Spencer Co., Indiana when on Dec. 2, 1861, Jacob Kepler enlisted in the 53rd Indiana Infantry C Company as private. He served under General Townsend and died while serving his country on Aug. 19, 1862 in Memphis, Tennessee. Jacob is buried in the Mississippi River National Cemetery, Shelby Co., Tennessee.
This family's next migration pattern finds them back in Ohio, by 1868, living in Ross and Vinton counties. Four of Jacob & Hannah's children were married and raised families in Ross County, Ohio between 1868 and 1876.
Jacob's wife Hannah after 1876 moved on to Manton, Wexford Co., Michigan and died there on Nov. 25 1879 and at this time it is not known where she is buried. We know that some of her children moved there with her as we find Jobe living in Wexford, Michigan in the 1880 census. We also know that Amanda Kepler/McCoy gave birth to one of her children in 1887 in Manton, Wexford Co.
By 1888, our Kepler family began spreading out in Ross, Highland, Pike, Greene and Fayette counties in Ohio. Jobe & Amanda's families had left Michigan and moved back to Ohio to live. Jobe and his brother Emery died in Ross Co. and Amanda died in Fayette Co., Ohio in the early to mid 1900s.
In conclusion, since the first Keplers in 1790, the Kepler descendants have spread and are now found from Maine to California and everywhere in between.
The first Keplers were found in the first census in 1790. Men with the Kepler surname are found in the Pennsylvania Archives who served in the American Revolutionary War, and these Keplers were located in the states of MD and PA.
Some of these PA Keplers migrated to Ohio and we find them in the census as early as 1820s and 1830s living in Muskingum and Stark Counties and possibly even others. In 1840 we find them in Columbina, Delaware, Knox, Muskingum, and Warren Counties in Ohio.
My Kepler line begins with Jacob who was born abt 1820 living in Muskingum County, Ohio. Jacob married Hannah Livengood on Dec. 21, 1839 and they had 7 children.
On the 1840 census, Muskingum Co., I found two other Keplers mentioned besides Jacob, namely a David and Jon (John) Kepler possibly his father and brother. At this time we are still searching. Jacob Kepler purchased land in 1842 along the Watershed Muskingum River, 2N Range 10 W, Section 13.
From 1850 to 1860 we find our Kepler family living in Jackson Co., Ohio. After 1860 they had migrated on to Spencer Co., Indiana when on Dec. 2, 1861, Jacob Kepler enlisted in the 53rd Indiana Infantry C Company as private. He served under General Townsend and died while serving his country on Aug. 19, 1862 in Memphis, Tennessee. Jacob is buried in the Mississippi River National Cemetery, Shelby Co., Tennessee.
This family's next migration pattern finds them back in Ohio, by 1868, living in Ross and Vinton counties. Four of Jacob & Hannah's children were married and raised families in Ross County, Ohio between 1868 and 1876.
Jacob's wife Hannah after 1876 moved on to Manton, Wexford Co., Michigan and died there on Nov. 25 1879 and at this time it is not known where she is buried. We know that some of her children moved there with her as we find Jobe living in Wexford, Michigan in the 1880 census. We also know that Amanda Kepler/McCoy gave birth to one of her children in 1887 in Manton, Wexford Co.
By 1888, our Kepler family began spreading out in Ross, Highland, Pike, Greene and Fayette counties in Ohio. Jobe & Amanda's families had left Michigan and moved back to Ohio to live. Jobe and his brother Emery died in Ross Co. and Amanda died in Fayette Co., Ohio in the early to mid 1900s.
In conclusion, since the first Keplers in 1790, the Kepler descendants have spread and are now found from Maine to California and everywhere in between.