Biographical Sketch of Stever Y. Kern, Johnson County, Missouri,
Chilhowee Township

>From "History of Johnson County, Missouri," by Ewing Cockrell,
Historical Publishing Company, Topeka, Cleveland, 1918.
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Stever Y. Kern was born in 1842 in Monroe county, Indiana.  He is a son
of Conrad and Mary (Berry) Kern.  Conrad Kern was a son of Adam Kern, a
resident of Indiana, of German birth.  The genealogy of S. Y. Kern 
traces back to the same ancestors as those of John Worth Kern the late-
ly deceased United States Senator from Indiana.  Mary (Berry) Kern was
the daughter of Joseph Berry, of Tennessee.  The Kern family resided in
Indiana long before it became a state.  Conrad Kern was a pioneer prea-
cher and farmer and he became very well to do and prominent in the 
affairs of his community.  Mr. Kern, the subject of this review, is the
only living member of his father's family.  He was reared and educated
in Illinois and in early life began farming in that state prior to the
outbreak of the Civil War, in which he enlisted.  Mr. Kern served in
Company C, One Hundred Thirty-eighth Illinois Infantry, for 7 months
during the latter part of the war.  In 1865, Stever Y. Kern and Helen
Kinkson, the daughter of Cyrus Hinkson, were united in marriage.  Mr.
and Mrs. Kern are the parents of two children: Elmer, Minneapolis, 
Minnesota and Mary, who is at home with her parents.  Both S. Y. Kern
and Mrs. Kern are members of the Methodist Episcopal church, of which
Mr. Kern has been trustee and steward for many years.  The Kern resi-
dence is a beautiful home, a modern structure of seven rooms in Chil-
howee.  The Kerns have resided in Chilhowee since 1909.  Besides his
residence in Chilhowee, S. Y. Kern is the owner of a valuable farm of
one hundred ninety acres in Johnson county, which place he purchased in
1883.  Mr. Kern was engaged in general farming for many years on this
place and he gave special attention to the raising of good Poland China
hogs.  He pursued the latest scientific methods of farming, rotating 
his crops and sowing much of his land in grass and devoting a large 
portion of the farm to pasture land.  He has been constantly endeavor-
ing to build up the fertility of the soil and his efforts have been 
rewarded with no small degree of success.  Mr. and Mrs. Kern are 
numbered among Johnson county's best and most substantial citizens.

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