John Adam Kern, wife and children emigrated from Alsace, France, and after a short stay in the United States had removed to Ontario, Canada, where there was a colony of Alsatian Lutherans near Stratford. They did not remain in Canada long, but moved on to Winneshiek County, Iowa. In 1854 John Adam Kern and Philip Pfister organized a German Lutheran church in the community of Locust, Iowa.
[Source: 1861 - 1931 - Seventieth Anniversary of St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Locust, Iowa]
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