Biography of George W. Kerns, 1902, Baker Co. Oregon: Surnames: Kerns, Wallace, Todd.

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An Illustrated History of Baker, Grant, Malheur and Harney Counties, pub. 
1902 by Western Historical Pub. Co. of Chicago. page 367

George W. Kerns

The place of his nativity is the vicinity of Bloomington, Illinois, and the
date August 8, 1863. His parents, Samuel and Jane (Wallace) Kerns, moved with
their children to Kansas when he was but a small boy, and there he grew up and
received a public school education. In 1881 he removed to Colorado, where he
remained for one year engaged in railroading, a line of endeavor which he also
pursued in Idaho for a time. Eventually, however, he went to Butte, Montana,
and turned his attention to mining. In the spring of 1883. he returned to
Idaho, and with his brother John, engaged in stage operating, but two years
afterward he sold out, and from that time until 1892 he traveled quite
extensively, visiting almost all the western states. In 1892 he began mining
in the Baker City region and in 1895 he came to Bourne, still engaged in the
quest for mineral wealth. He continued the search until the summer of the
current year, in fact he has never given it up as he still owns some promising
claims, but a few months ago he embarked in the stage business, operating
between his home town and Sumpter. A register of his mining properties would
include the Monday, the Oregon, the Golden Crest, the New York, and others.

Our subject was married in Union county, Oregon, on August 18, 1890, to Miss
Emma, a daughter of Israel and Jane (Wallace) Todd, natives of Illinois, and
to their union three children have been born, Margaret J., Ruby M., and
Georgie.