Mary M. Kern was born in Rowan County, N. C, between April 1, 1787 and Nov. 1, 1788 in Rowan County NC, the oldest daughter of Adam, Sr. and Katharine Riblin Kern. There is no information on what the "M" stands for but assume she was named for her grandmother Magdalene Kem. However, she went by the name of Polly. Polly was unmarried at the time her mother died and it is •presumed she kept house for her father when he moved to Monroe County, Ind., in about l8l8. Bloomfield, Green County, Ind., was a few miles down the road from her home. Ephraim Owen, whom she married on Jan. 1, 182I+ in Monroe County, was a farmer from Green County and this is where she went to live. Joseph Berry, "MGCC" married Mary M. and Ephraim, he probably being the father of Polly Berry who married Mary's brother, Conrad Kern. Polly and Ephraim Owen migrated the Montrose County, Iowa, in 1839. Ephraim had been born in McDuffie County, Ga., the son of Ephraim and Sarah Owen, in 1797. He died the year they moved to Iowa. The year 184I was the time when, as a Mormon, Polly made the pilgrimage to Nauvoo, IL, just across the Mississippi River, and was baptized vicariously for her father, Coonrod Kern," the best proof discovered that Conrad Kern was the father of Adam Kern, Sr.
1st daughter of Adam Sr
Father: Adam KERN b: 2 Jun 1762 in Of Monroe,IN Mother: Mary b: 1755 in Of Monroe,IN
Marriage 1 Ephraim OWENS b: 11 May 1797 in Of Wrightsboro,Mcduffie,GA
Married: 1 Jan 1824 in Monroe,IN
Children
Has Children Camera OWENS birth b: 31 Oct 1824 in Green County,IN Has No Children Femina Virginia OWENS birth b: 11 Jan 1826 in ,Greene,IN Has No Children Basella OWENS birth b: 17 Nov 1827 in ,Greene,IN Has No Children Robert Scipio OWENS birth b: Oct 1829 in Point Commerce,Greene,IN Has No Children Ephraim Franklin OWENS birth b: Nov 1831 in Point Commerce,Greene,IN
Mary was born in 1800. She was the daughter of Leonard Kern and Mary Billings. She passed away in 1845.
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