J. W. T. Kern was born in Jones Spring, Berkeley County, Virginia (now West Virginia), to John A. Kern and Mary Jane Hedges. On 1 September 1886 he married Martha C. Barbour. He may have been married previously as the marriage record listed that he was divorced at the time of his marriage to Miss Barbour.
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The Winchester Evening Star
August 1923
JOHN W. KERN LAID TO REST AT WELLTOWN
John W. Kern, a widely known resident of Inwood, died there at 10:35 o'clock Sunday morning following a long illness of dropsy and asthma. The remains were taken to the establishment of Funeral Director H. M. Cole in Martinsburg and the funeral started from there at 9:30 o'clock this morning. The cortege proceeded to Welltown near Winchester, where the funeral services and interment took place. Rev. Joseph R. Collis, pastor of the Inwood United Brethren Church, of which the deceased was a member officiated.
Mr. Kern was born on May 27, 1858 -- 65 years ago, at Jones Spring Berkeley county. He was a son of the late Rev. John A. Kern, a prominent local Methodist preacher. In the early days of this state, and was a carpenter by profession. When a youth he moved to Broadway, Va. and then made his home for sixteen years in Winchester. The last twenty-five years of his life were spent in Inwood. His wife, formerly Miss Martha C. Barbour, has been dead some time, and his only brother, the late Furlong Kern, died about four years ago near Winchester. Surviving are three children, Mrs. Mary Estes, of Inwood; Gold Kern, also of Inwood, and John D. Kern, of Martinsburg, a well known employe of the Interwoven Mills in Martinsburg.
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The Winchester Evening Star
August 1923
JOHN W. KERN LAID TO REST AT WELLTOWN
John W. Kern, a widely known resident of Inwood, died there at 10:35 o'clock Sunday morning following a long illness of dropsy and asthma. The remains were taken to the establishment of Funeral Director H. M. Cole in Martinsburg and the funeral started from there at 9:30 o'clock this morning. The cortege proceeded to Welltown near Winchester, where the funeral services and interment took place. Rev. Joseph R. Collis, pastor of the Inwood United Brethren Church, of which the deceased was a member officiated.
Mr. Kern was born on May 27, 1858 -- 65 years ago, at Jones Spring Berkeley county. He was a son of the late Rev. John A. Kern, a prominent local Methodist preacher. In the early days of this state, and was a carpenter by profession. When a youth he moved to Broadway, Va. and then made his home for sixteen years in Winchester. The last twenty-five years of his life were spent in Inwood. His wife, formerly Miss Martha C. Barbour, has been dead some time, and his only brother, the late Furlong Kern, died about four years ago near Winchester. Surviving are three children, Mrs. Mary Estes, of Inwood; Gold Kern, also of Inwood, and John D. Kern, of Martinsburg, a well known employe of the Interwoven Mills in Martinsburg.
J. W. T. Kern was born in Jones Spring, Berkeley County, Virginia (now West Virginia), to John A. Kern and Mary Jane Hedges. On 1 September 1886 he married Martha C. Barbour. He may have been married previously as the marriage record listed that he was divorced at the time of his marriage to Miss Barbour.
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The Winchester Evening Star
August 1923
JOHN W. KERN LAID TO REST AT WELLTOWN
John W. Kern, a widely known resident of Inwood, died there at 10:35 o'clock Sunday morning following a long illness of dropsy and asthma. The remains were taken to the establishment of Funeral Director H. M. Cole in Martinsburg and the funeral started from there at 9:30 o'clock this morning. The cortege proceeded to Welltown near Winchester, where the funeral services and interment took place. Rev. Joseph R. Collis, pastor of the Inwood United Brethren Church, of which the deceased was a member officiated.
Mr. Kern was born on May 27, 1858 -- 65 years ago, at Jones Spring Berkeley county. He was a son of the late Rev. John A. Kern, a prominent local Methodist preacher. In the early days of this state, and was a carpenter by profession. When a youth he moved to Broadway, Va. and then made his home for sixteen years in Winchester. The last twenty-five years of his life were spent in Inwood. His wife, formerly Miss Martha C. Barbour, has been dead some time, and his only brother, the late Furlong Kern, died about four years ago near Winchester. Surviving are three children, Mrs. Mary Estes, of Inwood; Gold Kern, also of Inwood, and John D. Kern, of Martinsburg, a well known employe of the Interwoven Mills in Martinsburg.
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The Winchester Evening Star
August 1923
JOHN W. KERN LAID TO REST AT WELLTOWN
John W. Kern, a widely known resident of Inwood, died there at 10:35 o'clock Sunday morning following a long illness of dropsy and asthma. The remains were taken to the establishment of Funeral Director H. M. Cole in Martinsburg and the funeral started from there at 9:30 o'clock this morning. The cortege proceeded to Welltown near Winchester, where the funeral services and interment took place. Rev. Joseph R. Collis, pastor of the Inwood United Brethren Church, of which the deceased was a member officiated.
Mr. Kern was born on May 27, 1858 -- 65 years ago, at Jones Spring Berkeley county. He was a son of the late Rev. John A. Kern, a prominent local Methodist preacher. In the early days of this state, and was a carpenter by profession. When a youth he moved to Broadway, Va. and then made his home for sixteen years in Winchester. The last twenty-five years of his life were spent in Inwood. His wife, formerly Miss Martha C. Barbour, has been dead some time, and his only brother, the late Furlong Kern, died about four years ago near Winchester. Surviving are three children, Mrs. Mary Estes, of Inwood; Gold Kern, also of Inwood, and John D. Kern, of Martinsburg, a well known employe of the Interwoven Mills in Martinsburg.
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