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received the degree of D.D, and a gold medal in 1855, and was ordained priest, Aug. 5, 1856. He then returned to the United States and was chaplain of St. Xavier's academy at Beatty, Pa., and pastor of the church at Latrobe, Pa. He was professor of dogmatic theology in Glenwood Dio- cesan seminary. Pa., 1857-63, and was president of that institution and editor of the Pittsburg Cath- olic, 1863-64. He was professor of dogmatic theol- ogy, Hebrew, Sacred Scriptures, and rubrics at St. Charles Borromeo Theological seminary. Over- brook, Pa., 1864-68, and in October, 1866, was sec- retary to the second plenary council of Baltimore, Md. He was editor of the Catholic Standard, 1866-68, lectured, and contributed to the Catholic World articles including The Council of Trent and The Ch'eek Schism. He died in Pittsburg, Pa., July 10, 1870.

KEPHART, Cyrus Jeffries, educator, was born in Clearfield county. Pa., Feb. 23, 1852; son of the Rev. Henry and Sarah (Goss) Kephart; grandson of Henry and Catharine (Smith) Kep- hart, and of Abraham and Elizabeth (Eimer- heizer) Goss, and great-grandson of Nicholas Kephart, who came from Switzerland to America in 1656. Abraham Goss, a native of Germany, enlisted with his. father in Washington's army, and his mother served in the hospital as a nurse. Cyrus J. Kephart was graduated from Western college, Iowa, in 1874, and from Union Biblical seminary, Dayton, Ohio, in 1878. He was president of Avalon college, Avalon, Mo., 1878-85; professor of mathematics in Western college, 1885-87; minister of the United Brethren church, Des Moines, Iowa, 1887-89; president of Lebanon Valley college. Pa., 1889-90; pastor of Trinity U.B. church, Lebanon, Pa., 1890-94; general secretary of the Pennsylvania State Sabbath-School association, 1894-97; president of Avalon college, Trenton, Mo., 1897-99, and be- came pastor of the Summit U.B. church, Des Moines, Iowa, in 1899. He received the degree of D.D. in 1895 from Lebanon Valley college, Pa., of which institution he was a trustee, 1894-97. He was also elected a trustee of Western college, Iowa. He became editor of the loiva Outlook, and is the author of: The Public Life of Christ (1892); Jesus the Nazarene (1894); The Life of Jesus for Children (1894).

KEPHART, Ezekiel Boring, bishop, was born in Decatur township, Clearfield county. Pa., Nov. 6, 1834; son of the Rev. Henry and Sarah (Goss) Kephart. He was brought up on a farm, and later cut and floated lumber and found employ- ment as a pilot on the Susquehanna river, thus earning the money with which to go to college. He was licensed to preach by the Church of the United Brethren in Christ, in 1857, and entered the ministry in 1859. He attended Dickinson

seminary and Mt. Pleasant college, Pa., and was graduated f rom Otterbein university, Ohio, A.B., 1865, A.M., 1868. He was principal of the Michi- gan Collegiate institute at Leonti,Mich., 1865-66; pastor of the United Brethren church, Mt. Nebo, Pa., 1866-68; president of Western college, Iowa, 1868-81, and state senator, 1872-76. He was consecrated bishop of the Church of the United Brethren in Christ in 1881. He was- elected a trustee of Lebanon Valley college, Ann- ville. Pa., in 1896. He received the degree of D.D. from Otterbein university, Westerville, Ohio, in 1881, and that of LL.D. from Lebanon Valley college,- Pa., in 1883.

KEPHART, Horace, librarian, was boi'n at East Salem, Juniata county. Pa., Sept. 8, 1862 j son of Isaiah Lafayette (q.v.) and Mary Elizabeth (Sauers) Kephart. He was educated in the public schools of Iowa, to which state his parents re- moved in 1867. He was graduated fi-om Lebanon Valley college, Annville, Pa., A.B., 1879, A.M., 1882; took post-graduate studies at Boston uni- versity, 1880, Cornell university, 1881-84, and Yale, 1886-88; was an assistant in the Cornell University library, 1880-84, and travelled in Europe, 1884-86. He was married, April 12, 1887, to Laura White, daughter of Horace and Lucy (Wheeler) Mack, of Ithaca, N.Y. He was an assistant in the Yale University library, 1886- 90, and in 1890 was elected librarian of the St. Louis Mercantile library.

KEPHART, Isaiah Lafayette, educator, was born at Decatur, Clearfield county. Pa., Dec. 10, 1832; son of the Rev. Henry and Sarah (Goss) Kephart. He was brought up on a farm, was educated in the country school and at various seminaries; was li- censed to preach by the Allegheny con- ference of the United Brethren in Christ in 1859; and was in pastoral work until 1863, when he was • ordained. He was married in 1861 to IMary E. Sauers, of Brush Valley, Pa. He was chaplain of the 21st Pennsylva- nia cavalry volun- teers, 1853-65; re- sumed his preaching, 1865-67; was the principal of public schools at Jefferson, Iowa, 1867-69; superintendent of schools at Green county, Iowa, 1869-71, and pro- fessor of natural science at Western college, Iowa, 1871-76. He was actuary of the United Brethren Mutual Aid society of Pennsylvania,