David Kernohan
David Kernohan, farmer, P. O. Hiram, was born April 17, 1854, in County Antrim, Ireland, son of James Kernohan, who died in his native land during 1862, and Mary (Clark) Kernohan, who immigrated to America in 1864, accompanied by four of her children, settling at Niles, Trumbull Co., Ohio. There our subject received his education, removing to Hiram Township, this county, in 1876, where he entered the service of Benjamin Tilden, who with his wife, Samantha (Edwards) Tilden, were natives of Connecticut, and among the first settlers in this county, where they lived and died. They were members of the Disciples Church. Mr. Tilden died January 31, 1884, aged seventy-one, his widow July 26, same year, aged sixty-seven years, making our subject legatee of their property. On December 3, 1878, David Kernohan was married to Flora Ledyard, born March 19, 1846, in Aurora Township, this county, adopted daughter of Mr. Tilden (also a beneficiary under his will to the extent of $2,000) and widow of Ransom Ledyard, who died June 25, 1877, leaving a daughter—Myra V., born August 5, 1869. Mr. and Mrs. Kernohan are the parents of one son—James D., born September 24, 1879.
From History of Portage County, Ohio, Warner, Beers & Co., Chicago, 1885