Cat, I did not want to overly personalize the point I was making, however, that Masonic "jewel" belonged to my paternal grandfather, John William Kephart. https://www.pacourts.us/Storage/media/pdfs/20220510/153054-kephart.pdf I never met him - he died in 1944 and I was born in 1950. In reading his attached biographic summary, I did NOT realize he had been granted eight (8) honorary doctorate degrees. He was quite a 'mover and shaker.' Since I never met him, it's hard for me to comment. We are no longer friends, however, several years ago while working on a interview with conservative radio talk host, Shad Olson, I handed the jewel to him. He palmed it and checked it out. Then he looked up at me with a bit of a quizzical look on his face and said, "Well, you realize, YOU are from an Illuminati bloodline." I was quite taken aback. The thought, whether true or not, has stuck with me since. Perhaps it WOULD explain my overriding (and long-standing since early childhood) interest in world affairs. Obviously, and sadly, I'm NOT on the world stage... although I feel I should be AND I feel I could do a better job than the bozos who are currently front and center. Destiny had other ideas.
very intriguing, Sam. Looking into your family history would be interesting. And YES, you absolutely would do a better job than the bozos in power. Destiny can change. Who knows what the future holds for you. The access was denied to me to open that pdf.
Back in the ‘70’s, my uncle hired a professional ancestry expert to do the Kephart (Gebhardt) lineage.
I know they were able to reliably trace my paternal line back to 1,100 AD in Basel, Switzerland 🇨🇭… so who knows what all things may have occurred over the past centuries.
My paternal forbears arrived in America in 1756… and went on to fight against the Brits in the Revolution and then later for the North (Union) during the civil war.
It’s a pretty interesting lineage; I just hope I can make a major mark before passing on.
Curious minds want to know how did you get your hands on a 33rd Degree Masonic Order “Jewel”?
Cat, I did not want to overly personalize the point I was making, however, that Masonic "jewel" belonged to my paternal grandfather, John William Kephart. https://www.pacourts.us/Storage/media/pdfs/20220510/153054-kephart.pdf I never met him - he died in 1944 and I was born in 1950. In reading his attached biographic summary, I did NOT realize he had been granted eight (8) honorary doctorate degrees. He was quite a 'mover and shaker.' Since I never met him, it's hard for me to comment. We are no longer friends, however, several years ago while working on a interview with conservative radio talk host, Shad Olson, I handed the jewel to him. He palmed it and checked it out. Then he looked up at me with a bit of a quizzical look on his face and said, "Well, you realize, YOU are from an Illuminati bloodline." I was quite taken aback. The thought, whether true or not, has stuck with me since. Perhaps it WOULD explain my overriding (and long-standing since early childhood) interest in world affairs. Obviously, and sadly, I'm NOT on the world stage... although I feel I should be AND I feel I could do a better job than the bozos who are currently front and center. Destiny had other ideas.
very intriguing, Sam. Looking into your family history would be interesting. And YES, you absolutely would do a better job than the bozos in power. Destiny can change. Who knows what the future holds for you. The access was denied to me to open that pdf.
Back in the ‘70’s, my uncle hired a professional ancestry expert to do the Kephart (Gebhardt) lineage.
I know they were able to reliably trace my paternal line back to 1,100 AD in Basel, Switzerland 🇨🇭… so who knows what all things may have occurred over the past centuries.
My paternal forbears arrived in America in 1756… and went on to fight against the Brits in the Revolution and then later for the North (Union) during the civil war.
It’s a pretty interesting lineage; I just hope I can make a major mark before passing on.
Goodness and greatness is in your blood, Sam. It isn't over till the fat lady sings. :-)
Chief Justice John W. Kephart
1872-1944
Term
January 16, 1919-1940; Chief Justice 1936- January 1, 1940
Education
• Allegheny College, two years
• Dickinson Law School, LL.B., 1894
Professional Experience
• Admitted to Cumberland County bar, 1894; Cambria County bar, 1895; Philadelphia bar, 1938
• Law office of W. Horace Rose, Johnstown, 1895
• Private Practice, 1895-1914
• Solicitor, Cambria County, 1907-1914
• Elected Judge, Superior Court of Pennsylvania, November 1913
• Judge, Superior Court of Pennsylvania, 1914-1920
• Elected Justice, Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, November 1918
• Justice, Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, 1919-1940
• Kephart and Kephart, 1940-1944
Honors and Awards
• Honorary LL.D. degree: Dickinson College, Allegheny College; Lafayette College, University of
Pennsylvania, Villanova College, St. Francis College, University of Pittsburgh, Juniata College
Memberships and Associations
• American, Pennsylvania, Cambria County Bar Associations
• Historical Society of Pennsylvania
• American Law Institute
• Loyal Legion of America
• President, Dickinson Alumni Association
• Associate Advisor, Dickinson Law School
• Phi Gamma Delta Fraternity
• 33rd Degree Free Mason
• Member, later Chairman, Pennsylvania Supreme Court Procedural Rules Committee
• Art Club
• Clover Club
• Union League
• Lincoln Club
• Whitemarsh, Philadelphia, Ebensburg Country Clubs
Publications
• A Story, 33 Dickinson L. Rev. 109 (1928)
• Judge Wilbur Fisk Sadler, 36 Dickinson L. Rev. 145 (1932)
• The Law Schools’ Part in Excluding the Unfit from the Bar, 40 Dickinson L. Rev. 220 (1935)
• Appellate Court Decisions on Constitutional Issues. 40 Dickinson L. Rev. 217 (1936)
• Unauthorized Practice of Law, 40 Dickinson L. Rev. 225 (1935)
• The Supreme Court. 27 Pa. Bar Assn. Q. 345 (April 1936)
• The Constitution. 85 no. 21 Pittsburgh L.J. 3 (May 22, 1937)
• The Judiciary Under the Constitution 171 (1938)
• The Chief Justice Addresses the Bar. 11 Pa. Bar Assn. Q. 7 (1940-1941)
Sources
83 Pa. Manual 1010 (1937 ed.); Memorial Ceremony, 350 Pa. xxiii; 51 Report of the Fifty-First Annual
Meeting of the Pennsylvania Bar Association 171 (1945); 1 Pennsylvania Superior Court Ceremonial
Sessions 79 (John T. Bender, ed., 2009); Hon. John W. Kephart, 111 Legal Intelligencer 1 (August 8, 1944);
John W. Kephart, Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_W._Kephart; William C. Petit, Supreme
Court Opinions of Justice Kephart, 39 Dickinson L. Rev. 67 (1935); Ruby R. Vale, The Contribution of Chief
Justice John W. Kephart to the Law, 40 Dickinson L. Rev. 205 (1936); W. H. Hitchler, An Orphan Became
I found this, sure you know
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/17917978/john-w.-kephart
Yup, that’s the family mausoleum. I entombed my father there back in 2008.
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