Individual Details

John M. Kehlor

(9 Mar 1867 - 12 Dec 1918)

John died in 1918, aged about 51, of a heart attack.

John M. Kehlor (1867 - 1918)
- John was the first born of John Christie M. and Isabella (Remer) Kehlor, the father being a native of Scotland and the mother of New York State. His parents were living in Elkhorn, Wisconsin, when John M. was born on March 9, 1867. No one in the family can recollect what the middle initial meant. Thus, we surmise that the middle initial stands for the “Mo” that was dropped from the ancestral Scottish Clan name McKellar (MacKellar) as was the case with his father.

John M. Kehlor was six years of age when his parents moved to St. Louis, Missouri, where they spent one year, after which the family settled in Kenosha, Wisconsin, in 1873. In Kenosha, young John attended the public schools and went on to finish high school in that city. Upon graduating from high school he continued his education at Racine College in Wisconsin. In 1883, he went to St;Louis to work in a new flouring mill which his father had just built there. He remained in that city until the disposition of the property to his uncle, James Brodie M. Kehlor, after the death of his father in 1885. For a shon time after the death of his father, he worked for his uncle James, who operated a grain elevator in East St. Louis and flouring mills in St. Louis. it On January 9, 1889, John M. Kehlor married Miss Francesca Reese Haven, a daughter of
Julius and Ellen (Spear) Haven of Chicago. Mr. Haven, at one time, was the paymaster of the United States Army. Francesca was born in Kenosha in 1867. She and her husband had three sons born to them, namely; James Malcolm (1890), Hugh Spear (1892), and Kenneth Haven (1895). Francesca, in later years, she was known as "Baba" by her many grandchildren.

, After traveling for two years, John returned to St. Louis and engaged in the grain commission business, as a member of the firm Kehlor & Samuels. This partnership continued until 1890 when John M. Kehlor withdrew and actively engaged in the mining business in Joplin, Missouri, for two years. it was in this city that James Malcolm was born. The remaining sons, Hugh Spear and Kenneth Haven, were born;in Kenosha. John returned to and settled in Kenosha with his family and became, for many years, an operator on the Chicago Board of Trade. In addition, he established himself in the real estate and insurance businesses in Kenosha in 1902. The Kenosha Realty Company was organized and incorporated in 1902 with H. B. Robinson aspresident and J. M. Kehlor as vice-president and secretary. By 1908, John became president of this firm which became one of the most successful and prosperous of its kind and reflected, in its operations, business integrity and capacity of its chief executive.

Other involvements included his duties as secretary of the Home Telephone Company of Kenosha and other business connections of a representative nature. John M. Kehlor became a member of the International Secret Society of Masons and rose to the thirty-second degree level. Also, he had a membership in the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. J. M. Kehlor was a strong Republican in his political faith. He was not one to seek political favors, having always declined public office. However, he was prominent in the ranks of the party in a local way. John M. Kehlor was undeniably one of the stanch and valued citizens of the community.

John died of a heart attack in a duck blind in Del Rey, California, near Christmas 1918. He was only 51 years old and with his son Hugh at the time of his passing. Baba kept the body of her husband in California until after Christmas before returning him to the family plot in the Kenosha Cemetery. Baba lived until she was 75 years old and died in 1942 at 219 Mallarca Way, San Francisco, California, while she was staying with her oldest son, James Malcolm, and family. She was interned in a San Francisco cemetery and needs to be returned Kenosha.

John M. Kehlor, on the maternal side, was descended from the Riggs Family of Revolutionary ancestly. His clam to membership in the Sons (and Daughters) of the American Revolution rests upon his descent from James Riggs, Jr. of Connecticut as do all the subsequent descentents of John Christie M. and Isabella Remer Kehlor. The following data, taken from the
records of the State of Connecticut, for January 1779, Vol. I, Rage 173 gives the line of descent as follows:
1. Joseph Riggs, Jr., was a lieutenant in the Fourth Company, Second Regiment of Connecticut Troops and fought in the Revolution. He married Rachel Chatfield.
2. Hannah Riggs married Josiah Whitney.
3. Hannah Riggs Whitney married Abram Remer.
4. Stephen Henry Remer was the maternal grandfather of John M. Kehlor. Stephen was born in New York State and there married Miss Adeline Tibbles. They came to Wisconsin in the 1840s, settling in Elkhorn, where Stephen Remer died in middle life. His wife lived to reach the age of seventy years. They had two children lsabella Remer, who became Mrs. Kehlor and Clarence E. Remer, a resident of Kenosha.

Other interesting facts about John M. Kehlor were:
(1) He showed his Scottish ancestry in his wavy red hair, and
(2) He signed Hugh's birth certificate by saying his occupation was “Gentleman” as told to Robert R. Kehlor in 1994 by Natalie A. Kehlor, Hugh’s wife.
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1. Special Biographical Edition Racine & Kenosha Counties Wisconsin by J.H.Beerg & Co. Chicago, Illinois 1906
2. History of I/lllsconsin by Ellis Usher, pages 2181, 82 & 83. Lois R. Stein, Archivist Kenosha Genealogical Society

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John died in 1918, aged about 51, of a heart attack.

John M. Kehlor (1867 - 1918)
- John was the first born of John Christie M. and Isabella (Remer) Kehlor, the father being a native of Scotland and the mother of New York State. His parents were living in Elkhorn, Wisconsin, when John M. was born on March 9, 1867. No one in the family can recollect what the middle initial meant. Thus, we surmise that the middle initial stands for the “Mo” that was dropped from the ancestral Scottish Clan name McKellar (MacKellar) as was the case with his father.

John M. Kehlor was six years of age when his parents moved to St. Louis, Missouri, where they spent one year, after which the family settled in Kenosha, Wisconsin, in 1873. In Kenosha, young John attended the public schools and went on to finish high school in that city. Upon graduating from high school he continued his education at Racine College in Wisconsin. In 1883, he went to St;Louis to work in a new flouring mill which his father had just built there. He remained in that city until the disposition of the property to his uncle, James Brodie M. Kehlor, after the death of his father in 1885. For a shon time after the death of his father, he worked for his uncle James, who operated a grain elevator in East St. Louis and flouring mills in St. Louis. it On January 9, 1889, John M. Kehlor married Miss Francesca Reese Haven, a daughter of
Julius and Ellen (Spear) Haven of Chicago. Mr. Haven, at one time, was the paymaster of the United States Army. Francesca was born in Kenosha in 1867. She and her husband had three sons born to them, namely; James Malcolm (1890), Hugh Spear (1892), and Kenneth Haven (1895). Francesca, in later years, she was known as "Baba" by her many grandchildren.

, After traveling for two years, John returned to St. Louis and engaged in the grain commission business, as a member of the firm Kehlor & Samuels. This partnership continued until 1890 when John M. Kehlor withdrew and actively engaged in the mining business in Joplin, Missouri, for two years. it was in this city that James Malcolm was born. The remaining sons, Hugh Spear and Kenneth Haven, were born;in Kenosha. John returned to and settled in Kenosha with his family and became, for many years, an operator on the Chicago Board of Trade. In addition, he established himself in the real estate and insurance businesses in Kenosha in 1902. The Kenosha Realty Company was organized and incorporated in 1902 with H. B. Robinson aspresident and J. M. Kehlor as vice-president and secretary. By 1908, John became president of this firm which became one of the most successful and prosperous of its kind and reflected, in its operations, business integrity and capacity of its chief executive.

Other involvements included his duties as secretary of the Home Telephone Company of Kenosha and other business connections of a representative nature. John M. Kehlor became a member of the International Secret Society of Masons and rose to the thirty-second degree level. Also, he had a membership in the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. J. M. Kehlor was a strong Republican in his political faith. He was not one to seek political favors, having always declined public office. However, he was prominent in the ranks of the party in a local way. John M. Kehlor was undeniably one of the stanch and valued citizens of the community.

John died of a heart attack in a duck blind in Del Rey, California, near Christmas 1918. He was only 51 years old and with his son Hugh at the time of his passing. Baba kept the body of her husband in California until after Christmas before returning him to the family plot in the Kenosha Cemetery. Baba lived until she was 75 years old and died in 1942 at 219 Mallarca Way, San Francisco, California, while she was staying with her oldest son, James Malcolm, and family. She was interned in a San Francisco cemetery and needs to be returned Kenosha.

John M. Kehlor, on the maternal side, was descended from the Riggs Family of Revolutionary ancestly. His clam to membership in the Sons (and Daughters) of the American Revolution rests upon his descent from James Riggs, Jr. of Connecticut as do all the subsequent descentents of John Christie M. and Isabella Remer Kehlor. The following data, taken from the
records of the State of Connecticut, for January 1779, Vol. I, Rage 173 gives the line of descent as follows:
1. Joseph Riggs, Jr., was a lieutenant in the Fourth Company, Second Regiment of Connecticut Troops and fought in the Revolution. He married Rachel Chatfield.
2. Hannah Riggs married Josiah Whitney.
3. Hannah Riggs Whitney married Abram Remer.
4. Stephen Henry Remer was the maternal grandfather of John M. Kehlor. Stephen was born in New York State and there married Miss Adeline Tibbles. They came to Wisconsin in the 1840s, settling in Elkhorn, where Stephen Remer died in middle life. His wife lived to reach the age of seventy years. They had two children lsabella Remer, who became Mrs. Kehlor and Clarence E. Remer, a resident of Kenosha.

Other interesting facts about John M. Kehlor were:
(1) He showed his Scottish ancestry in his wavy red hair, and
(2) He signed Hugh's birth certificate by saying his occupation was “Gentleman” as told to Robert R. Kehlor in 1994 by Natalie A. Kehlor, Hugh’s wife.
\
1. Special Biographical Edition Racine & Kenosha Counties Wisconsin by J.H.Beerg & Co. Chicago, Illinois 1906
2. History of I/lllsconsin by Ellis Usher, pages 2181, 82 & 83. Lois R. Stein, Archivist Kenosha Genealogical Society

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-- MERGED NOTE ------------

John died in 1918, aged about 51, of a heart attack.

John M. Kehlor (1867 - 1918)
- John was the first born of John Christie M. and Isabella (Remer) Kehlor, the father being a native of Scotland and the mother of New York State. His parents were living in Elkhorn, Wisconsin, when John M. was born on March 9, 1867. No one in the family can recollect what the middle initial meant. Thus, we surmise that the middle initial stands for the “Mo” that was dropped from the ancestral Scottish Clan name McKellar (MacKellar) as was the case with his father.

John M. Kehlor was six years of age when his parents moved to St. Louis, Missouri, where they spent one year, after which the family settled in Kenosha, Wisconsin, in 1873. In Kenosha, young John attended the public schools and went on to finish high school in that city. Upon graduating from high school he continued his education at Racine College in Wisconsin. In 1883, he went to St;Louis to work in a new flouring mill which his father had just built there. He remained in that city until the disposition of the property to his uncle, James Brodie M. Kehlor, after the death of his father in 1885. For a shon time after the death of his father, he worked for his uncle James, who operated a grain elevator in East St. Louis and flouring mills in St. Louis. it On January 9, 1889, John M. Kehlor married Miss Francesca Reese Haven, a daughter of
Julius and Ellen (Spear) Haven of Chicago. Mr. Haven, at one time, was the paymaster of the United States Army. Francesca was born in Kenosha in 1867. She and her husband had three sons born to them, namely; James Malcolm (1890), Hugh Spear (1892), and Kenneth Haven (1895). Francesca, in later years, she was known as "Baba" by her many grandchildren.

, After traveling for two years, John returned to St. Louis and engaged in the grain commission business, as a member of the firm Kehlor & Samuels. This partnership continued until 1890 when John M. Kehlor withdrew and actively engaged in the mining business in Joplin, Missouri, for two years. it was in this city that James Malcolm was born. The remaining sons, Hugh Spear and Kenneth Haven, were born;in Kenosha. John returned to and settled in Kenosha with his family and became, for many years, an operator on the Chicago Board of Trade. In addition, he established himself in the real estate and insurance businesses in Kenosha in 1902. The Kenosha Realty Company was organized and incorporated in 1902 with H. B. Robinson aspresident and J. M. Kehlor as vice-president and secretary. By 1908, John became president of this firm which became one of the most successful and prosperous of its kind and reflected, in its operations, business integrity and capacity of its chief executive.

Other involvements included his duties as secretary of the Home Telephone Company of Kenosha and other business connections of a representative nature. John M. Kehlor became a member of the International Secret Society of Masons and rose to the thirty-second degree level. Also, he had a membership in the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. J. M. Kehlor was a strong Republican in his political faith. He was not one to seek political favors, having always declined public office. However, he was prominent in the ranks of the party in a local way. John M. Kehlor was undeniably one of the stanch and valued citizens of the community.

John died of a heart attack in a duck blind in Del Rey, California, near Christmas 1918. He was only 51 years old and with his son Hugh at the time of his passing. Baba kept the body of her husband in California until after Christmas before returning him to the family plot in the Kenosha Cemetery. Baba lived until she was 75 years old and died in 1942 at 219 Mallarca Way, San Francisco, California, while she was staying with her oldest son, James Malcolm, and family. She was interned in a San Francisco cemetery and needs to be returned Kenosha.

John M. Kehlor, on the maternal side, was descended from the Riggs Family of Revolutionary ancestly. His clam to membership in the Sons (and Daughters) of the American Revolution rests upon his descent from James Riggs, Jr. of Connecticut as do all the subsequent descentents of John Christie M. and Isabella Remer Kehlor. The following data, taken from the
records of the State of Connecticut, for January 1779, Vol. I, Rage 173 gives the line of descent as follows:
1. Joseph Riggs, Jr., was a lieutenant in the Fourth Company, Second Regiment of Connecticut Troops and fought in the Revolution. He married Rachel Chatfield.
2. Hannah Riggs married Josiah Whitney.
3. Hannah Riggs Whitney married Abram Remer.
4. Stephen Henry Remer was the maternal grandfather of John M. Kehlor. Stephen was born in New York State and there married Miss Adeline Tibbles. They came to Wisconsin in the 1840s, settling in Elkhorn, where Stephen Remer died in middle life. His wife lived to reach the age of seventy years. They had two children lsabella Remer, who became Mrs. Kehlor and Clarence E. Remer, a resident of Kenosha.

Other interesting facts about John M. Kehlor were:
(1) He showed his Scottish ancestry in his wavy red hair, and
(2) He signed Hugh's birth certificate by saying his occupation was “Gentleman” as told to Robert R. Kehlor in 1994 by Natalie A. Kehlor, Hugh’s wife.
\
1. Special Biographical Edition Racine & Kenosha Counties Wisconsin by J.H.Beerg & Co. Chicago, Illinois 1906
2. History of I/lllsconsin by Ellis Usher, pages 2181, 82 & 83. Lois R. Stein, Archivist Kenosha Genealogical Society

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    Events

    Birth9 Mar 1867Elkhorn, Wisconsin, United States
    Birth9 Mar 1867Elkhorn, Wisconsin, United States
    Residence1870Residence Post Office: Elkhorn - Elkhorn, Walworth County, Wisconsin, United States
    Residence1880Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head: Son - Kenosha, Kenosha, Wisconsin, United States
    Marriage9 Jan 1889Kenosha, Kenosha, Wisconsin, United States - Francesca Reese "Bubba" Haven
    Marriage9 Jan 1889Kenosha, Kenosha, Wisconsin, United States - Francesca Reese "Bubba" Haven
    Residence1895Kenosha, Kenosha, Wisconsin, United States
    Residence1900Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head: Boarder - Kenosha, Kenosha, Wisconsin, United States
    Residence1910Kenosha, Kenosha, Wisconsin, United States
    Residence1910Kenosha, Kenosha, Wisconsin, United States
    Death12 Dec 1918Del Rey, California, United States
    BurialKenosha Cemetery, Kenosha, Kenosha, Wisconsin, United States
    Wikitreehttps://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Kehlor-3
    FIND-A-GRAVEhttps://www.findagrave.com/memorial/166876096/john-m-kehlor
    Ethnicity/Relig.Scottish
    BurialKenosha Cemetery, Kenosha, Kenosha, Wisconsin, United States

    Families

    SpouseFrancesca Reese "Bubba" Haven (1867 - 1942)
    ChildJames Malcolm Kehlor Sr. (1890 - 1961)
    ChildHugh Spear Kehlor (1892 - 1964)
    ChildKenneth Haven "Jack" Kehlor (1895 - 1953)
    ChildNorman Kehlor (1896 - 1930)
    FatherJohn Christie M. Kehlor (1839 - 1885)
    MotherIsabella M. "Belle" Remer (1844 - 1888)
    SiblingBertha Elizabeth Kehlor (1862 - )
    SiblingJames Remer Kehlor (1869 - 1922)
    SiblingAdah Isabella Kehlor (1871 - 1872)
    SiblingJennie Kehlor (1873 - 1873)
    SiblingStephen Eugene Kehlor (1874 - 1944)
    SiblingDuncan Howard Kehlor (1877 - 1959)

    Notes

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