Biography of George W. Kepler, page 365 / 366.  History of Northeast 
Indiana: LaGrange, Steuben, Noble, and DeKalb Counties, Vol. II, under the 
editorial supervision of Ira Ford, Orville Stevens, William H. McEwen, and 
William H. McIntosh.  The Lewis Publishing Company, Chicago and New York, 
1920.

   George W. Kepler.  The old Kepler home is in Franklin Township of DeKalb 
County, a mile and a half southeast of Hamilton.  This place has been the 
center of associations for five generations of the Keplers.  Land that was 
taken up and development begun by the grandfather of George W. Kepler, the 
present owner, has been under this name for over eighty years.  Two small 
girls, living in the same locality, are granddaughters of George W. Kepler, 
and represent the fifth generation of the family.
   George W. Kepler was born at Hamilton in Steuben County May 9, 1868.  He 
is a son of John and Nancy (Gunsenhouser) Kepler, the former born in 
Franklin Township in March, 1839, and the latter in Wilmington Township.  
John Kepler was a son of Samuel and Mary Kepler, who came to DeKalb County 
about 1834 and settled in Franklin Township, spending their last days on 
the farm where George W. Kepler now lives.  John and Nancy Kepler had four 
children, three of whom are now living: Lula, widow of Henry Miller; 
George W.; Della, wife of Charles Mumaw, of Butler, and Cora M., who died 
in childhood.
   George W. Kepler grew up in Franklin Township, attended district 
schools and the Hamilton High School, and on December 6, 1889, at the age 
of twenty-one, married Della Betz.  She was born in Franklin Township 
March 16, 1870, a daughter of Jefferson Betz, and was educated in the 
common schools. After their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Kepler lived a mile 
south of Hamilton, and then for about eight years lived in Hamilton.  Mr. 
Kepler is a carpenter by trade and has done a great deal of contracting 
and building while in Hamilton and since returning to the old homestead 
farm.  He has seventy-eight acres devoted to cultivation and livestock.  
He is a democrat in politics, is affiliated with Hamilton Lodge No. 228, 
Knights of Pythias, and his wife is a Pythian Sister, and both are members 
of the Hamilton Grange.
   Their only son and child is Alva L. Kepler, who was born April 25, 
1893, and lives in Franklin Township.  He married Ida Dangler, and their 
two young daughters are Marie L., born September 20, 1916, and June Rose, 
born June 1, 1919.

Submitted by:
Arlene Goodwin
Auburn, Indiana
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