AARON KERN, son of Charles Kern, was born July 14, 1841, on the "lower farm" of his grandfather Christopher's old homestead, near Lehigh Gap, along the Lehigh river. He was reared on the farm upon which he spent all his life. In his boyhood days he attended the public schools and assisted with the farm work. He remained with his father until the latter's death in 1860, when he succeeded to the farm of 92 acres. In 1876, Mr. Kern built for himself a modern residence upon the place. In 1901, he purchased the upper farm, of 114 acres from Stephen Kern. On this farm is one of the most substantial stone dwellings that skilled labor can produce. Much of Mr. Kern's 206 acres is slate land. On the lower farm is a quarry worked by the Bangor Slate Company. On Sept. 8, 1910, the barn built in 1905 on the upper farm was destroyed by fire. The one previously built was destroyed by lightning, July 21, 1895. The family are members of the Slatington Reformed church. Mr. Kern in earlier years was a member and deacon in Frieden's Reformed church. Aaron Kern married, Sept. 26, 2862, Mary Ann Buck, daughter of Jonas Buck.