Jeremiah N. Kast was admitted to practice as an attorney in 1878, and resides at Bell Center. He has been a resident of Haney township since 1832. He was born in Medina Co., Ohio, Dec. 2, 1834. He moved with his father, Chancy Kast, to Scott township, Feb. 8, 1850. He enlisted Aug. 18, 1862, in company D, 31st Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, and served until December, 1863, when he was discharged for disability. He was severely injured while in the war, losing three fingers of his left hand. Mr. Kast has been twice chairman of the township board, and has served fifteen years as justice of the peace. In 1868 he turned his attention to the study of law, and was admitted to the bar at Prairie du Chien in 1878. He has been engaged in practice since that time. Mr. Kast has been married three times. His first wife was Elendar Jane Webb, to whom he was married March 23, 1853. She was a daughter of Peter M. Webb, and born in Illinois in 1834. She died June 20, 1874. His second wife was Mary L. Stantorf, also born in Illinois, in 1856. She died Oct. 30, 1878. His present wife was Emily Brickner, born in Haney township, in 1856. Mr. Kast had twelve children by his first wife; two by his second marriage, and a son and daughter by his present wife.

Source: History of Crawford and Richland Counties, Wisconsin, Illustrated (1881) The Bar – Past and Present; chapter 17; transcribed by Mary Saggio

J. N. Kast was born in Medina, Medina Co., Ohio, Dec. 2, 1833. He was educated in the place of his birth. Mr. Kast was admitted to the bar in Crawford county at the November term of the circuit court, 1871, and has practiced in the courts of this county, Grant, Richland, Vernon and Iowa counties. He resides at Belle Center.

Source: History of Crawford and Richland Counties, Wisconsin, Illustrated (1881) The Bar – Past and Present; chapter 17; transcribed by Mary Saggio