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Isaiah Lafayette Kephart was born on December 10, 1832 in Decatur Township, Pennsylvania, United States, the son of Henry and Sarah (Goss) Kephart, and brother of Bishop Ezekiel Boring Kephart. He was reared in a log cabin with a large family of children, subject to the simplicities and deprivations of such a life.
Kephart's first schooling was in a log schoolhouse under very inadequate teaching and it was not till his twenty-third year that he studied geography and grammar. In his boyhood days and early manhood, he spent most of his time at logging and rafting, with many thrilling experiences. In 1856 he attended Dickinson Seminary at Williamsport, Pennsylvania, and in 1857 entered Mount Pleasant College, which was merged that year with Otterbein University. He soon left, however, to earn money and was for a time a traveling assistant pastor. In 1859 he enrolled at Otterbein University and the same year was admitted to the Allegheny Conference and assigned to the Mahoning Circuit. Otterbein University awarded him with a Master of Arts degree in June, 1872 and Western University honored him with a Doctor of Divinity degree in June, 1884.
Kephart's public services were varied. From 1859 to 1867 he was engaged in pastoral work; he was principal of public schools in Jefferson, Iowa for two years and superintendent of schools, Greene County, Iowa, 1869-1871. Later he became the professor of natural science at Western College (later Leander Clark College), 1871-1876; actuary of the United Brethren Mutual Aid Society, 1876-1883; professor in San Joaquin College, 1883-1885 and professor in Westfield College, 1885-1889. In 1887 he started to work as an editor of the Religious Telescope and wrote many books. During two years of the Civil War (1863 - 1865) he served as chaplain of the 21st Pennsylvania Cavalry. He was present and under fire in nineteen battles, which included the Second Battle of Cold Harbor and the Battle of Petersburg.
Kephart's service as editor stood out most conspicuously, and his term of service in this connection was longer than in any other relationship. His editorials revealed a strong grasp on subjects of the public as well as of church interest. Among his important publications were A Compendium for the Agents of the United Brethren Mutual Aid Society of Pennsylvania (1877), An Essay on the Evils of the Use of Tobacco by Christians (1882), and The Holy Spirit in the Devout Life (1904).
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Kephart was an advocate of temperance and other aspects of social reform.
Kephart was made a fellow of the Society of Science, Letters, and Art of London (1888) in recognition of a scholarly paper on "Soul Culture" which he wrote and submitted at that time.
Kephart was calm, reserved, and positive in his own convictions and in his statement of them. Temperamentally he was conservative but not dogmatic. He had a fine sense of the rights of other people, and an exalted appreciation of piety, honesty, and integrity.
Kephart married in 1861 Mary Elizabeth Sowers. They had two children.
