Berrien County MI Archives Obituaries.....Kephart, Susan (Kimmel) March 1, 1906
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Berrien Springs (Mich.) Era, Thurs. March 8, 1906, page 1
Berrien Springs (Mich.) Era, Thurs. March 8, 1906, page 1

DEATH OF MRS. KEPHART
One of the Earliest of Our Pioneers Gone to Her Reward.

	Susan Kimmel bas born at Stayestown, Pa. April 7, 1822.  In 1832 she came to
this place with the family of her father, the late George Kimmel.  In 1840 she
was married to the late Dr. Phillip Kephart at Somerset, Pa. and in 1844 she
returned with her husband to this place.  Here the young couple began the work
which rendered their long lives notable and useful.  To them were born ten
children—five each of the sons and daughters.  Of these but four survive.  They
are Mrs. R.D. Dix, Henry and George of this place and Walter of Petoskey.
	In 1880 Dr. Kephart died and his widow has lived for her children.  It is
greatly to the credit of the doctor and his wife that the large family they
reared grew up to maturity honest, will[sic] conducted people.  No breath of
censure of scandal ever attached to either of them.  Home influences where such
as to keep them in paths that led in the right direction.  The great farm just
on the border of the village has been so conducted as to be a credit to its
owner—Mrs. Kephart—and to some extent a model for others to copy.
	For several years Mrs. Kephart has made her home with one or another of her
children, largely with Mrs. Dix, except during the years that family resided in
Lansing.  For the two years last past the good old mother has been showing signs
of a break-down.  Until then she had retained her mental and physical vigor to a
remarkable extent.  At last the years told on her and would not longer be denied
their victim.  Last Thursday, March 1, 1906, she died and was buried Saturday
from the home of her daughter, Mrs. Dix, Rev. Edwin Tench conducting the service.
	Thus ended a long and useful life.  But very few of the residents of this
township were here when she came and they are near the end of their lives.  In
fact but few of all who have lived in the township were here when she came.  She
has seen the conversion of a great forest into fair farms and her husband did
their share toward the transition.
	The surviving children and a large number of her former neighbors and
associates were present at the burial and they attested by their presence the
high regard in which the deceased pioneer was held.



Additional Comments:
Burials at Rosehill cemetery:
Kephart, Susan Kimmel, died 3/1/1906, age 83, at Berrien Springs	born Penn.	Wife
of Dr. Kephart
Kephart, Phillip, died 9/23/1880, age 73 at Berrien Springs	born Penn.
Kephart, Mary M.	Not stated at Berrien Springs	parents, P. Kephart & Susan
Kephart, Julia, died 1883, age 30 at Berrien Springs, born Michigan	parents P. &
S. Kephart
Kephart, Ida, died 1/14/1886, age 30 at Berrien Springs, born Michigan	parents
Philip & Susan Kephart
Kephart, Henry, died 10/23/1934, age 87, at Berrien Springs, born Michigan
Kephart, Augustus, died 12/24/1898, age 57 at Berrien Springs, born Penn.
Parents P. & S. Kephart
Kephart, Emma, died 6/15/1882, age 32, at Berrien Springs, parents P. & S. Kephart
Kephart, Frank D., died 8/12/1883,age 20 at Petosky, born Michigan	 parents P. &
S. Kephart

Sister of Hester B. Stevens


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