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This  is  the  John  Pinnix  house  on  South  Main  Street  as  photographed   This  is  the  home  of  Mrs.  E.  E.  Shore,  Sr.   The  house  was
        around  1900.  Seen  in  the  picture  is  Dr.  vV.  C.  Ashworth,  (standing  at  the   built  by  Mr.  Shore's  grandfather,  Dr.  Elias  Kerner  in  1857.  At  that  time
        fence)  who  worked  with  Dr.  Elias  Kerner.  In  the  huggy  is  Elsvan  Loy   the  site  was  in  the  woods.  Today  it  is  on  Kernersville's  Main  Street.  The
        who  was  driver  for  Dr.  Ashworth.  Dr.  Ashworth  lived  here  before  Mr.   house  was  restored  in  1940.  Dr.  Kerner's  medical  books  are  still  in  the
        John  Pinnix  and  wife  bought  the  house  and  remodeled  it.  Mr.  and  Mrs.   library  and  his  lovely  old  corner  cupboard  and  secretary  are  only  a  few
        Pinnix  lived  h ere  until  their  deaths.                                  of  the  family  treasures  in  the  house.  The  sturdy  shady  oaks  and  the
                                                                                     magnolia  trees  give  the  passerby  the  mellow  feeling  of  "That's  where  I'd
                                                                                     like  to  live".
             Joseph Kerner was born March 13,  1769 in Furtwan-
        gen,  a  village  in  the  Black  Forest  of  Germany,  situated                 Home  built  in  1857  by  Dr.  Elias  Kerner,  son  of  John  Frederick,
        about 26  miles  from  the university  city  of  Freiburg.  He               before  l;>eing  remodeled  by  the  E.  E.  Shores.  Dr.  Elias  is  standing  on  the
                                                                                    · porch  with  his  grandchildren  in  the  yard.
        was the son of Petrus and Magdalena Kerner ( also spelled
        Komer,  Kirner  and Kumer,  but for  the sake of the town
        spelled  Kerner  in  this  account).  He  was  baptised  and
        later  confirmed  in  the  Roman  Catholic  Church.  Furt-
        wangen  was  the  center of a  flourishing  clock  and  watch
        business so  it was natural that young Jos<?ph should tum
        to  this  business.  In  1785,  at  the  age  of sixteen,  he  en-
        tered into  a  formal  contract  with  Mathias  Grieshaber,  a
        manufacturer and dealer in clocks, watches and precision
        instruments of all kinds.  In the terms  of the  contract he
        was  to  go  to  America  in  an  apprentice  arrangement
        and was  to be taken in  as  a  partner after 2½  years.  He
        arrived  in  New  York  City August  15,  1785.
             A little over two  years  later,  in  1787,  we  see  Joseph
        again  as  a  successful  young  man  living  at  Friedland,
        North  Carolina.  He  had  left  behind  him  an  old  world
        career and was  ready to  begin a  new life.  As  a  younger
        son in Furtwangen he would never inherit land at home,
        but here  in  North  Carolina  was  an  opportunity  to  own
                                                                                         This  home  on  East  South  Main  Street  was  built  in  1889  by  Henry
        land - far more land than the old world could dream of.                      C.  Korner  for  his  mother,  Aunt  Sallie,  widow  of  Philip  Korner,  who  was
                                                                                     the  son  of  "Joseph  of  Kernersville."  The  house  has  lovely  murals  on  the
                                                                                     ceilings  painted  by  Caesar  Milch  of  Berlin,  Germany.  The  house  has
                                                                                     remained  in  the  family,  and  until  recently  was  occupied  by  Joseph
                                                                                     Kerner's  great  granddaughter,  Kathleen  Korner,  and  great  grandson,  Philip
                                                                                     L.  Korner,  Sr.
            This  home  on  South  Main  Street  was  built  by  John  F.  Kerner  for
        his  son  Cornelius  Kerner  in  the  1870's.  The  house  was  sold  on  November
        26,  1892  to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  S.  G .  Ring  for  $550.00.  Known  as  the  Gid  Ring
        house,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Ring  lived  here  until  their  deaths.
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