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History of Lucas County, Iowa
Des Moines, State Historical Company, 1881.

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Unless otherwise noted, biographies submitted by Dick Barton.

KASEBEER, SOLOMON, farmer, section 26. Is a native of Pennsylvania , born in 1815, and remained there until fifteen years old, when his parents moved to Ohio , where he attained his majority, attending the common school. In 1836, he married Miss M. Hardman, of Ohio . They have two children living. David, his son, served through the war in the 4th Iowa cavalry. Mrs. K. died in February, 1861. In July, 1862, he married Miss S. W. Walker, of Iowa , by whom he has one child, E. Ulysses. Mr. K. came to Van Buren county, Iowa , in 1840. Attended a council where a treaty was made with the red brother, "Lo," by which lands were ceded to Uncle Sam, where Eddyville now stands, and immediately located a claim on the ceded lands, making a survey, which proved nearly correct, with his pocket compass. In 1869, he came to Lucas, and purchased a farm of 240 acres, where he proposes to remain. May he live long to enjoy the privileges of a good society, he has so long struggled to establish.

KENDALL, N. W., farmer, post-office Russell. Was born in 1842, in Indiana , and brought to Lucas county in 1850, by his father, and raised on the farm now owned by him. In 1862, he enlisted in the Eighteenth Iowa infantry as private soldier, but soon after was transferred to the band, where he served till the close of the war. He was in all the battles and skirmishes in which the regiment was engaged. He was discharged in August, 1865. In 1868, Mr. K. married Miss I. Thompson, of Illinois , by whom he has had three children, of whom Ernest R. and Stella A. are living. Mr. Kendall owns a nice little farm of sixty acres, which he keeps in trim order.

KERN, SAMUEL, farmer, section thirty-one. Is a native of Ohio, born in 1830, and educated in the common schools. Moved to Indiana in 1849, remaining there until 1865, when he came to Lucas county, Iowa. Was married 1853 to Miss Melinda Finder, of Indiana. They have seven children living: Aquilla, Charles, William H., Ralph, George E., Laura, and Maggie. Mr. Kern has followed the thresher for twenty-five years. This self-imposed profession is conclusive evidence that he is no shirker, but willing to "eat his bread by-the sweat of his brow."