Genealogy of Kenneth Clarence Kaufman b. 1925 in St. Louis, Missouri to Elmer and Margaret Kaufman. Includes the families of Shook, Jones, Phillips, Ross, Petri, Wickline and Kaufman of St. Clair County, Illinois.

John Reams was born in about 1670 in England. He married Alice in about 1700. They had four known sons. They emigrated and settled in Virginia. Henry King was born in about 1658 in Virginia. He married Katherine Clarke and had four sons. He married Sarah Williams and had another son. Descendants and relatives lived mainly in Kentucky, Tennessee and Illinois.

Christopher Choate, Sr. was born in 1660 in England. He emigrated in 1676 and settled in Anne Arundel County, Maryland. He married in about 1686 and had two sons. He died in 1692. Descendants and relatives lived mainly in Maryland, Virginia, Tennessee, Michigan and Illinois.