Original source unknown. Birth date of Joseph given as 21 Sept. 1820.
Following information gives date as 9-1-1821, with death date as 2-27-1909,
possibly in Iowa as that is where most these Hiatt families ended up.Letter from Harry G. Ebeling, 1301 Raleigh Rd., Dayton, OH 45419 19 Oct
1993.
Dear Mr. & Mrs. Anderson:
Suplementing my letter of September 30, I have come upon some very
interesting family documents which straighten out the relationship of Joseph
Browden Kerlin that you have researched tot he branch I am familiar with.
He is the BROTHER of Elijah Isles Kerlin. The dates didn't fit anyway.
Elijah named a son after him.
The ....What about Joseph, his life, his descendants, etc? It would appear
that hte family stayed in Grant Co. Indiana for some time, because there are
records check out with the names and dates for marriages there. etc. Harry G.
Ebeling.
Sent by Harry, above: KERLIN
A tradition in the Kerlin family is that in the early history of our
country, two brothers came over to this country from England. One settled in
New Jersey, the other brother settled on the Pennsylvania side of the Delaware
River near Philadelphia. Our family are the descendants of the one who settled
on the Pennsylvania side. We do not know the given name of either of hte
brothers. The first of the descendants of whom we have any definite knowledge
was my (Martha Kerlin Alexander) great grandfather, John Kerlin, Jr. He had a
sister, Mary Kerlin who died in August 1839 in Delaware Co, PA. My great grand
father, John Kerlin, Jr. was a private soldier in Captain David Weider's
Comapany of the 3rd Battalian, Berks County, Pennsylvania Militia, which was
called into active service August 11, 1780 in the war for the Independence of
the American Colonies. After the war he moved to Norfork, Virginia, then to
Winchester, VA where he died and was buried. My great grandmother Elizabeth
Kerlin died and was buried in Tennessee. We have no account of the date of
either of their deaths.
The children of John and Elizabeth Kerlin were: Joseph (died in 1839 in
Dec.), Thomas, Jemima, Robert, Hannah, Philip, Elizabeth, William, Lena.
Joseph died in Dec. 1839 in Delaware Co., PA. Thomas or Robert was found dead.
He was killed and scalped by the Indians. He had gone to hunt the cows and
was gone so long that a search was made, as the Indians were quite numerous and
treacherous in and about Philadelphia at that period. Lena and Jemima were
never married. It is not known who Philip and Robert married. Elizabeth
married Martin Click and lived in Green Co., Tenn. Hannah married Davis
Wallace and moved to Huntsville, Alabama. Their only daughter married Elijah
Wilson and lived in the old Wilson homestead in Tenn. The boys often went with
their parents to Alabama. The oldest one was called James.
William Kerlin, my grandfather, was born in Norfolk, VA. He married Sarah
Iles, a Scotch lady whose ancestors came to this country with General Jackson's
people. Sarah Iles Kerlin's parents were William and Jane Iles of New Jersey.
They had a daughter Rachel, who married an Irwin, whose daugher married a
Hamilton Copeland, a banker of Indianapolis, Indiana. Some of the Iles'
settled in Missouri, but Captain Iles settled in Illinois. Elijah Iles, the
uncle for whom my father was named, lived at Lexington, Kentucky. My father
was very proud of his Scotch grandmother, Jane Iles of New Jersey. He would
talk of her many good qualities. I hope the future generations will still keep
up the Iles name along with the Kerlin. Judge Iles of Chicago, is of the
Missouri family. He was born in KY. My father thought that Judge Iles' father
was his uncle Elijah Iles for whom he was named. The children of my grandfather
William Kerlin and Sarah Iles Kerlin were as follows:
Martha Kerlin Alexander? (Page missing)
Elijah Iles Kerlin, born 10-22-1809, Jane Kerlin, born 6-12-1811, Hannah
Kerlin, born 9-2-1813, died in infancy, Polly Ann Kerlin born 9-16-1815, died
in infancy, Elizabeth Kerlin, born 1-21-1818, died 4-28-1898, Joseph Browder
Kerlin, born 9-1-1821, died 2-27-1909, John Kerlin, born 9-20-1823, died
infancy, Martha A.
Grandmother Sarah Iles Kerlin died August 10, 1834 in her 45th year.
Grandfather William Kerlin died Dec. 30, 1846 in his sixtieth year. They were
married in a Baptist Church yard, two miles south east of Fountain City,
Indiana. They were strict Baptists. He was a brick mason. Their children
married as follows:
Elijah Iles Kerlin married Milly Malinda Sands June 17, 1827 in Green Co.,
Tenn. by John Mathews, Esq.
Jane Kerlin married Jeremiah Barker.
Joseph B. Kerlin married Mary Small for his first wife. I don't remember
the name of his second wife.
Martha A. Kerlin married Shawder, first husband and Miles Stallings, the
second time.
William P. Kerlin married Amanda Graham (Pronounced Grimes) and Sarah
Raymond, the second time. His children were, a daugher, (by his first wife)
Henrietta, who married Johh Haller, and a son by the second wife, Charles, who
is not married at this date (1906). Aunt Martha Shrawder had a son (by her
first husband), William Henry Shrawder. He was an excellent penman and a
teacher in the Commercial College at Richmond, Ind. He is not living. By her
second husband, Miles Stallings, Aunt Martha had a daughter and two or three
sons.
Aunt Elizabeth Kerlin was never married. She died in 1898.
Francis A. Kerlin married Eli Pritchett. Their children were Hattie,
(Kattie and Williard) twins. Uncle Jerry and Aunt Jane Barker had a large
family of children. They were 1) Elijah Iles Barker 2) Isaac, 3) William, 4)
Jeremiah, 5) Sarah, 6) Amos, 7) Kate, 8) Maude, 9) John.
They had three or four sons in the War of the Rebellion, although they were
Quakers. They all lived in Iowa.
Uncle Joseph and Aunt Mary Small Kerlin had a large family also. 1)Alfred,
2) Naomi, 3) John, 4) Elijah Iles, 5) John. I can't remember the others names,
but think they were Elizabeth, Mary and Maggie.
(2468.) MARY SMALL (874.) (232.) (38.) (4.) (1.):
b. 15-9mo-1830.