Can anyone tell me which Allen was Edgar's biological father or maybe I should not ask? born Edgar Allen from time of his mother's marriage to S. W. Kepler, Edgar went by the name Kepler Edgar A. Kepler was a photographer. For a number of years he was located in Detroit on the northeast corner of Woodward Ave. and John R. St. He had a reputation of being a fine photographer and showed some artistic tastes. Portraits taken in 1897 are as good as the day they were made. Edgar and his wife spent the latter part of their lives in Jamestown, NY where they conducted an art store. from a Keplar history compiled by Frank Roy Kepler Generation No. 1 1. EDGAR1 KEPLER was born December 12, 1858 in Saegertown, PA, and died December 10, 1902 in Jamestown, NY. He married SARAH SMITH 1878 in Conneaut Lake, PA, daughter of JUDSON SMITH and HELEN DEROSS. Child of EDGAR KEPLER and SARAH SMITH is: 2. i. CODE ELEANOR2 KEPLER, b. August 28, 1894, Jamestown, NY; d. March 30, 1942, Jamestown, NY.