J. W. KERNS.
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J. W. KERNS.
James W. Kerns, Representative from the Third District, Nemaha county, was born on a farm in La Salle county, Illinois, January 15, 1854. When he was seventeen years of age he came to Nebraska, and from 1871 to 1880 resided in Omaha, and during 1880 was at Phelps, Missouri. In June, 1881, he became a resident of Calvert, now Auburn, which has been his home since then. For one term he was city clerk of Auburn, and served as mayor of the town for one year. He was one of the organizers of, and the first president of the first Independent Telephone company organized in Nebraska. He is the president of the Auburn Canning Co. and also of the Auburn Hotel Co. For a number of years he has been engaged in the lumber and coal business in his home town. In 1879 he was married to Alice J. Crowley, of La Salle county, Illinois, and has a large family consisting of six sons and three daughters. Mr. Kerns is a Republican and is serving his first term in the House.
E. H. KITTELL.
Evert Harris Kittell, Representative from the Fifty-seventh District, composed of Sherman county, was born November 14, 1856, at Shabbona Grove, Illinois. His early schooling advantages were what was afforded by the district schools of his native place. He was a registered pharmacist for four years in Illinois and Iowa. In 1882 he removed to Nebraska and secured a farm near Rockville, in Sherman county, and at present is engaged in farming and stock-raising. He has served as supervisor of his county and two terms as county clerk. He is a Populist. This is his first term in the Legislature. Mr. Kittell was married in 1889 to Miss Eva Callen, and has two sons. His post-office address is Rockville, Nebraska.
OSCAR KNOX.
Oscar Knox, Representative from the Fifty-eighth District, Buffalo county, was born at Shannondale, Indiana, May 20, 1870. He was reared on a farm and was afforded the advantages of a good common school education, which was commenced in his native state and finished in the schools of Buffalo county, in which county his parents settled in September, 1879, taking up a homestead in Odessa Township. Mr. Knox has always been a farmer, and owns a hundred and twenty acre farm on Wood River, one mile east of Riverdale He has filled positions on the School Board and in his home precinct, and is now serving his first term as a member of the Nebraska Legislature. He is a Republican. Mr. Knox was married August 27, 1890, to Miss Ella Z. Rogers, and has three sons and two daughters. His post-office address is Kearney, Nebraska.
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