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Richard Daniel Kerns 1860 – 1940 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 20 Jul 1860

Birth Location: Little River, Montgomery, North Carolina, USA

Death Date: 09 May 1940

Death Location: Ether, Montgomery, North Carolina, USA

Father: Richard Kern

Mother: Catherine McLeod

Spouse(s): Ellen Cranford

Children(s): Caswell Kern, Richard Kearn, Cornelius Kerns, Moody Kern, Beecher Kerns, Cube Kern

Richard Daniel Kerns was born in 1860 in Little River, Montgomery, North Carolina, USA, the child of Richard Daniel Kern and Catherine McLeod. Richard Daniel Kerns married Ellen Isadora Cranford, and had children including Caswell Milton Kern, Richard D Kearn, Cornelius Vanderbilt Kerns, Moody Isaac Kern, Beecher Henry Kerns, Cube Walter Kern. Richard Daniel Kerns passed away in 1940 in Ether, Montgomery, North Carolina, USA.

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Biography

  • Richard Daniel Kerns was born in 1860 in Little River, Montgomery, North Carolina, USA, the child of Richard Daniel Kern and Catherine McLeod.
  • Richard Daniel Kerns married Ellen Isadora Cranford, and had children including Caswell Milton Kern, Richard D Kearn, Cornelius Vanderbilt Kerns, Moody Isaac Kern, Beecher Henry Kerns, Cube Walter Kern.
  • Richard Daniel Kerns passed away in 1940 in Ether, Montgomery, North Carolina, USA.

Immediate Family

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Richard Kerns's Ancestors

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Richard Kerns
1860 – 1940
Birth Place: Little River, Montgomery, North Carolina, USA
Parents
Richard Daniel Kern
1829 – 1862
Rowan, North Carolina, USA
Catherine McLeod
1829 – 1913
Little River, Montgomery, North Carolina, USA
Grandparents
Richard Kern
1803 – 1829
Rowan, North Carolina, United States
Esther (M) Shinn
1809 – 1862
Cabarrus, North Carolina, United States,
Great-Grandparents
Daniel Kern
1770 – 1835
Susannah Walton
1771 – 1830
Samuel Shinn
1777 – 1836
Mary Long
1782 – 1857
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John Kern
1734 – 1818
Catherine Huth
1745 – 1818
Richard Walton
1734 – 1814
Susanna Smith
1739 – 1814
Samuel Shinn
1763 – 1807
Polly Little
1766 –
Capt. Long
1761 – 1836
Mary Clark
1753 – 1815

Richard Kerns's Descendants

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Richard (Daniel) Kerns (20 Jul 1860 – 09 May 1940) m. Ellen (Isadora) Cranford (23 Feb 1871 – 28 Nov 1953)
  1. 1. Caswell (Milton) Kern (15 December 1886 – 23 October 1949)
  2. 2. Richard (D) Kearn (abt 1890 – 11 February 1954) m. Carrie (Alice) Needham (Jun 28 1892 – Sept 19 1987)
    1. 1. Timothy (Tewy) Kern (3 Feb 1916 – 8 Oct 1995) m. Dorothy (Irene) Kern (19 June 1918 – 26 February 2011)
      1. 1. Sylvia (Doloris) Kern (27 Mar 1938 – 3 Jul 2023)
      2. 2. Timothy (Tewy) Kern (15 September 1941 – 8 September 2015) m. Shelly Conner m. Elizabeth (Ann) Kern (19 November 1938 – 18 March 2014) m. Elizabeth (Ann) Jackson (19 November 1938 – 18 March 2014)
        1. 1. Timothy (Tewy) Kern (21 Dec 1966 – ) m. Earlene Luther (20 Mar 1963 – ) m. Shelly Conner m. Shelly Conner m. Cindy (Marie Freeman) Kern (1967 – )
  3. 3. Cornelius (Vanderbilt) Kerns (21 May 1894 – 4 October 1978)
  4. 4. Moody (Isaac) Kern (22 May 1896 – 1 October 1976)
  5. 5. Beecher (Henry) Kerns (6 April 1910 – 17 February 1986)
  6. 6. Cube (Walter) Kern (31 August 1914 – 7 August 2002)

Richard Kerns's Timeline

2 Records

1860
20 Jul 1860
Birth of Richard Daniel Kerns in Little River, Montgomery, North Carolina, USA
Little River, Montgomery, North Carolina, USA
1940
09 May 1940
Age 80
Death of Richard Daniel Kerns in Ether, Montgomery, North Carolina, USA
Ether, Montgomery, North Carolina, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 20 Jul 1860
    Event Place: Little River, Montgomery, North Carolina, USA
    Record Source:
    [1] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
    [2] North Carolina, U.S., Marriage Records, 1741-2011

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 09 May 1940
    Event Place: Ether, Montgomery, North Carolina, USA
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Star, Montgomery County, North Carolina, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

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