Samuel KEPLER b. Cal 3 Mar 1793 , , Pennsylvania, USA d. 10 Dec 1872 , Defiance, Ohio, USA: An Armstrong & A Heffernan

Cal 1793 - 1872 (~ 79 years)

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Name	Samuel KEPLER [1, 2]
Born	Cal 3 Mar 1793	, , Pennsylvania, USA [3, 4]
Gender	Male
Military	1812	, , Ohio, USA
	Ohio Militia
	Private Capt Sam'l L Coopers and Carpenter's Cos., Ohio Mil. Rachel received a pension for this.
Residence	1822	, Hancock, Ohio, USA
	on the Maumee
Census	26 Jul 1850	, Defiance, Ohio, USA
pg 47 (24A), d/f #325/325
Richland Township Samuel Kepler M 57 Pennsylvania Rachel Kepler F 46 Pennsylvania Mary Ann Kepler F 24 Ohio Betsy Ann Kepler F 24 Ohio Robert Kepler M 19 Ohio Josiah Kepler M 16 Ohio Rachel Kepler F 11 Ohio Sarah Kepler F 9 Ohio Lucy Kepler F 6 Ohio James Carpenter M 23 Ohio
Census	11 Jul 1860	, Defiance, Ohio, USA
pg 82 (317B), d/f #599/592
Richland Township, Milldale PO Samuel Kepler M 67 Pennsylvania Rachel Kepler F 56 Pennsylvania Josiah Kepler M 26 Ohio Sarah Kepler F 18 Ohio Lucy M Kepler F 16 Ohio Robert McKinnis M 83 Pennsylvania Amanda Ward F 20 Ohio Benjamin F Winery M 22 Ohio Henry Berlin M 22 Germany This is indexed under Kessler.
Census	17 Jun 1870	, Defiance, Ohio, USA
pg 28 (175B), d/f #208/213
Richland Township Samuel Kepler M 77 Pennsylvania Rachel Kepler F 66 Pennsylvania Sarah Kepler F 29 Ohio Manerva McCauley F 20 Ohio Manerva is a servant.
Died	10 Dec 1872	, Defiance, Ohio, USA [5]
	Richland Township, aged 79Y, 9M, 7D
Buried	11 Dec 1872	, Defiance, Ohio, USA
	Address: Hire Cemetery Defiance County Defiance County, Ohio
Person ID	I15989	An Armstrong & A Heffernan
Last Modified	1 Jul 2018

Family Rachel MCKINNIS, b. 1804, , , Pennsylvania, USA , d. 25 Feb 1880, , , Ohio, USA (Age 76 years)

Married 2 Dec 1824 , Wood, Ohio, USA [6, 7]

Children

	1. Mary Ann KEPLER, b. 9 Mar 1827, , Defiance, Ohio, USA , d. 30 May 1910, , Defiance, Ohio, USA (Age 83 years)
	2. Elizabeth Ann KEPLER, b. 9 Mar 1827, , Defiance, Ohio, USA , d. 28 Dec 1914, Wayne, Wayne, Michigan, USA (Age 87 years)
	3. Robert KEPLER, b. 1830, , Defiance, Ohio, USA , d. 30 Nov 1896, , Defiance, Ohio, USA (Age 66 years)
	4. 1stSgt Josiah M KEPLER, b. 1834, , Defiance, Ohio, USA , d. 6 Sep 1864, , Clayton, Georgia, USA (Age 30 years)
	5. Rachel KEPLER, b. 15 Jan 1838, , Defiance, Ohio, USA , d. Aft 1899 (Age 61 years)
	6. Sarah KEPLER, b. 13 Nov 1840, , , Ohio, USA , d. 20 Nov 1916, , Defiance, Ohio, USA (Age 76 years)
	7. Lucy M KEPLER, b. 9 Oct 1842, , Defiance, Ohio, USA , d. 16 Feb 1923, , Allen, Indiana, USA (Age 80 years)

Last Modified 30 Aug 2018

Family ID F5608 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Notes

Chapter II, Part III
The first marriage in Hancock County was contracted September 2, 1824, Samuel Kepler and Rachel McKinnis being the happy couple. Mr. Kepler settled on the Maumee in 1822, and ere his death in the fall of 1872, gave the following account of his marriage to Miss McKinnis, while on a visit to her father's home, in what is now Liberty Township: "I sent for my license by mail, to Robert Forsyth, clerk of the court of Wood County. Not knowing me he refused to grant it, so that my future father-in-law had to go to Perrysburg to procure it. We were married in Mr. McKinnis' house by Wilson Vance, Esq., being the first couple married in Hancock County. After making a canoe, which took five or six days, my wife packed her little outfit of household goods into it, and we literally 'paddled our own canoe' to where I now live."

[S700] History of Hancock County (Ohio), (Chicago: Warner Beers & Co, 1886), Chapter II, Part III.
[S2423] 1860 Defiance OH, pg 82 (317B), d/f #599/592.
Samuel Kepler [or Kessler]
[S2423] 1860 Defiance OH, pg 82 (317B), d/f #599/592.
age 67, Pennsylvania
[S2085] Ohio County Death Records, 1840-2001, (FamilySearch.org), Kepler, Samuel.
aged 79Y, 9M, 7D
[S2085] Ohio County Death Records, 1840-2001, (FamilySearch.org), Kepler, Samuel.
[S700] History of Hancock County (Ohio), (Chicago: Warner Beers & Co, 1886), Chapter II, Part III, pg 208.
"The first marriage in Hancock County was contracted September 2, 1824, Samuel Kepler and Rachel McKinnis being the happy couple."
[S1212] Ohio County Marriages, 1789-1997, (FamilySearch.org), Kepler, Samuel.
to Rachel McKinnis, 2 Dec 1824, Wood County, by Wilson Vance, JP
This record wasn't filed until 20 Jun 1831, in Wood County, so the History book might be correct that they were married in September in Hancock County.