The Kephart surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,390 people carried this name — #6,330 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 54,600 people counted. That is up 7% from 5,048 in 2000.

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In print

Kephart in American newspapers,
1860–1916.

Newspaper page from The Rice Belt Journal carrying the name Kephart
The Rice Belt Journal 1916-04-07
Newspaper page from New Orleans Daily Crescent carrying the name Kephart
New Orleans Daily Crescent 1860-07-10
Newspaper page from The Burlington Weekly Hawk-eye carrying the name Kephart
The Burlington Weekly Hawk-eye 1860-07-07

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 14,761 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Kephart,
with a public archive behind them.

  • I. L. Kephart
    I. L. Kephart 1832–1908 · educator
  • Horace Kephart
    Horace Kephart 1862–1931 · librarian
  • John W. Kephart 1872–1944 · judge
  • Leonard Wheeler Kephart 1892–1988 · agronomist

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 5 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Kephart,
in the records of 4 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States286 records

286 records of the Kephart name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 168
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 88
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 13
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 7
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 6
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 3
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 1
  1. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Wilbert B. Kephart

    Born 1928; from Jackson County, Missouri. U.S. Army, cook; killed in action 1950 in South Korea. Buried at Fort Leavenworth National Cemetery, Kansas.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Clarence W. Kephart

    Born 1916 in Washington. Enlisted 1943 at Los Angeles, California; auto mechanic. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1987, buried at Willamette National Cemetery, Oregon.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Charles H. Kephart

    U.S. Army veteran of World War I. Born 1888, died 1948; buried at Beverly National Cemetery, New Jersey.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)

Showing 3 of 286 records for Kephart in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

Canada1 record

1 record of the Kephart name in Canada Nova Scotia Archives name indexes
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Civil record Andrew Kephart

    Listed at Dutch Village, Halifax, Nova Scotia in the census and tax rolls of 1838.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

Australia1 record

1 record of the Kephart name in Australia NSW convict, estate and railway indexes
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Elizabeth Mary Kephart

    Of California, United States; died 1930.

    Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY)

Counts: Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

Netherlands1 record

1 record of the Kephart name in the Netherlands Dutch church registers before 1811
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Jurgh Kephart

    Married in 1746 in Grave; born in Bamberg, Germany.

    Open Archives, Brabants Historisch Informatie Centrum (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain).

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