Multnomah County OR Archives Biographies.....Kern, John T. February 4, 1895 - 
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Author: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company

History of the Columbia River Valley from The Dalles to the Sea, Volume II, 
Pages 106-107

	JOHN T. KERN.  Energy, ability and determination are the factors that 
have brought John T. Kern to the fore in business affairs of Portland, making 
him a personality in insurance circles of the city, which has been his home 
for a period of fifteen years.  He was born in Menominee, Michigan, February 
4, 1895, and is a son of Michael H. and Harriet A. (Root) Kern.  They settled 
in Portland in 1913 and the father became one of its prominent lumbermen, 
operating a number of mills, but is now living retired.
	John T. Kern received a public school education and obtained his 
business training under his father, becoming conversant with the various 
phases of the lumber industry.  In 1917 he responded to the call of his 
country, enlisting in the air service and was sent to the University of 
California for instruction in ground school work.  His training in aviation 
was completed at Rockwell field at San Diego, California, where he was 
commissioned a second lieutenant, and is now a member of the officers reserve 
corps of the United States army.  After the World war he returned home and for 
two years was associated with his father in the lumber industry, acting as 
superintendent of logging operations.  In 1922 he entered the insurance office 
of John Ker, who died in the same year, and afterward acquired the business, 
which he has since conducted under the style of the John Kern Company.  He 
specializes in the surety business but writes all forms of insurance and is 
general agent for the Hartford Accident & Indemnity Company.  His offices are 
situated on the tenth floor of the Yeon building and under his capable 
guidance the business is rapidly expanding.
	Mr. Kern is allied with the republican party and adheres to the 
Catholic faith.  He is identified with the Knights of Columbus, the Benevolent 
Protective Order of Elks, the Reserve Officers Association, the American 
Legion and the Columbia Country Club.  A young man of serious purpose and 
enterprising spirit, he never stops short of the attainment of his objective, 
and his personal qualities are such as inspire respect, confidence and 
friendship.


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History of the Columbia River Valley From The Dalles to the Sea, Volume II, 
Chicago, The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1928

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