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HARRISON A. KEPNER, hardware and grocer, Arcanum. The subject of this sketch was born in Perry Co., Penn., May 14, 1836; he was the son of a family of eleven children, whose father, Jacob Kepner, was born in Juniata Co., Penn., July 21, 1806, and whose mother, Catharine (Kanawell) Kepner, was born in Berks County, same State, Nov. 11, 1808. Having resided in his native county until the age of 21, he left the parental roof, and, wholly dependent upon his own resources and energy, began the struggle of life. Subsequently, he emigrated to Allen Co., Ohio, where he remained about one year, then finally settled in Darke Co. in the spring of 1858; on the 4th day of September in the following year, he married Miss Sarah, daughter of George and Lydia Brumbaugh, who were then old residents of the county; the fruits of this marriage were four children, three of whom are now living, viz.: Clara C., born in 1862; Harry V., born in 1867, and Bertha N., born in 1877. Mr. Kepner’s political sympathies are with the Democratic party, and his influence has been lent to the advancement of the principles which he advocates. The party has recognized and reciprocated by bestowing upon him various offices of trust and responsibility, which he has in every case most creditably filled, and by his genial manners and uprightness of character has won friends among all with whom he has been brought in contact.