. Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania; genealogy--family history--biography; containing historical sketches of old families and of representative and prominent citizens, past and present. life, and in every associationwilling to serve his fellows, who gladly availed themselves of his cooperationat all opportunities. Mr. Kepner was a descendant of an old family of German origin, longestablished in Schuylkill county, where they settled when it was still includedin the territory of Berks county. Bernard Kepner, his great-grandfather,was a pioneer at McKeansburg in what is now Schuylkill county. Pa.,
. Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania; genealogy--family history--biography; containing historical sketches of old families and of representative and prominent citizens, past and present. life, and in every associationwilling to serve his fellows, who gladly availed themselves of his cooperationat all opportunities. Mr. Kepner was a descendant of an old family of German origin, longestablished in Schuylkill county, where they settled when it was still includedin the territory of Berks county. Bernard Kepner, his great-grandfather,was a pioneer at McKeansburg in what is now Schuylkill county. Pa., wherehe followed farming and remained until his death. His son Samuel, grand-father of W. Clinton Kepner, purchased a large tract of land in the vicinityof Kepnersville, in West Penn township, Schuylkill county (which wasnamed for him), owning 390 acres. He founded the village, and besidesclearing and improving the land engaged in lumbering and general mer-chandising, and kept a hotel and post office, his site of business being thetrading center for all that section. Few men of his day were as well known,and his death, which occurred when he was fifty-seven years old, was con-. 7h
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