BIOGRAPHIES
Source:
Commemorative
Biographical Record of the Counties of
Harrison and Carroll, Ohio
containing Biographical Sketches of Prominent and
Representative Citizens, and of Many of the Early
Settled Families.
Illustrated
Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co. -
1891
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HANCE WILSON KAIL
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Commemorative
Biographical Record of the Counties of
Harrison and Carroll, Ohio, Publ. Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co. - 1891 - Page 233
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JOHN R. KAIL
Source:
Commemorative
Biographical Record of the Counties of
Harrison and Carroll, Ohio, Publ. Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co. - 1891 - Page 367
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ALEXANDER B. KERR
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Commemorative
Biographical Record of the Counties of
Harrison and Carroll, Ohio, Publ. Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co. - 1891 - Page 419
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JAMES W. KERR
was born on a farm in Cadiz Township, Harrison Co., Ohio, in July, 1850, and on
this farm he still resides. His father, Rev. James Kerr, was a
native of Kirk Collom, County of Wigtown, Scotland, but came to
America in 1832, when about twenty-six years of age. He had decided
upon the ministry as the profession he was to follow throughout life, and
finished in this country, at Allegheny Seminary, the studies that he had begun
in his native land with this end in view. After his ordination he preached
one year in Winchester, Va. In 1889 he came to Cadiz, Ohio, and here took
charge of the
Presbyterian Church, and for sixteen long years filled its pulpit. In
1854, while at the Presbytery,
he was attacked with a cold, and on April 9, 1855, he passed away, aged about
forty- nine years. He was married to Miss Margaret McWhirter, of
Pittsburgh, November 17, 1837. She was of Scotch birth, and in 1822, when
but a child of six years of age, was brought by her parents to America.
These parents, in their later years, came to Cadiz and passed away at the home
of their daughter. David McWhirter was a stone-mason by
trade, and many specimens of his handiwork are still in existence at
Pittsburgh. To the union of James and Margaret Kerr were born eight
children, viz.: Mary, Joseph, David and William (all four
deceased), John (in Colorado). James W., Eliza (Mrs.
C. J. Hunter, in northeast Pennsylvania), and Agnes (Mrs. J. W.
Slemmons, in Iowa City. Iowa). Rev. James Kerr was an amiable,
pleasant gentleman, and was a self-made man, as well as a highly educated one,
and for a time had charge of the public schools at Cadiz. He purchased the
place on which James W. now resides on the outskirts of Cadiz, and where,
at the age of seventy-four years, his wife received the final summons Nov. 1,
1890. She had always been an active worker in the Presbyterian Church, of
which she was a member, missionary work receiving much of her earnest attention.
James W. Kerr received his education at the
schools of Cadiz, but while yet a boy was called upon to aid in supporting the
family. His chief business has been farming and coalmining, a vein of the
mineral being on the farm. In 1881 he married Miss Martha Lewis,
daughter of William and Amelia (Andrews) Lewis, and a native of
Fairhaven, N. Y. Her father died in New York, and her mother is now a
resident of Cadiz, Ohio. One child, James William, is the fruit of
the union of James W. and Martha Kerr. Politically
Mr. Kerr is a Republican, and is a member of the city council of
Cadiz. In religion he is a Presbyterian, of which church he has been twice
chosen elder, but both times declined to accept the position. Mrs.
Kerr is also a consistent member of the same church.
Source:
Commemorative
Biographical Record of the Counties of
Harrison and Carroll, Ohio, Publ. Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co. - 1891 - Page 663 |
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JOHN C. KERR.
Among the best-known families, of Harrison County, are the Kerrs, of whom
the gentleman whose name heads this sketch, a resident of Green Township, is an
honored representative. James Kerr, his father, was a native of
Adams County, Penn., born 1787, and in 1805 he and his parents moved to what is
now Harrison County, where they entered a large tract of land, in what is now
known as Short Creek Township. Here the parents toiled, cleared a farm,
reared their family and died, their son, James remaining with them until
their death, caring for them in their declining years. In 1807 he was
married to Catherine Duff, who bore him the following named children:
John C., James, William, George, Margaret Ann, Joseph and Thomas L.
On Sept. 21, 1827, the mother died, and was laid to rest in Beech Spring
Cemetery, and in 1829 the father took for his second wife Martha Morrison
of Belmont County, who still lives at the patriarchal age of ninety-one years.
In 1846 James Kerr departed this life, and his remains were laid to rest
in Bellefontaine, Ohio. He was a member, as is his widow, of the
Presbyterian Church, in which he was an elder for over thirty years. In
politics he was a Whig.
John C. Kerr, our subject, was born in Short
Creek Township, Harrison Co., Ohio, Apr. 15, 1811. His boyhood and early
youth were spent on the farm, attending, in the winter season, the district
schools, and at the early age of sixteen he commenced life for himself, learning
the carpenter's trade, at which he worked for many years. On Mar. 23,
1836, he was married to Mary Henderson, who ore him the following
named children: Martha A., Amanda K. and James H. H. In 1847
the mother died, and she now sleeps her last sleep in Crab Apple Cemetery,
Belmont co., Ohio. Mr. Kerr afterward married, Jan. 14, 1854,
Sarah Newell who died in 1862, and was buried in Cadiz, leaving the
following named children: George, John, Gilland, Bentley, Thomas Corwin
and Vance C. On Nov. 3, 1863, Mr. Kerr took for his third
wife Grizzelle Taggart, a daughter of Rev. Taggart,
a well-known resident of Cadiz, Harrison County. Mr. and Mrs. Kerr
are members of the Presbyterian Church; in politics he was a Whig until the
organization of the Republican party, when he became one of its most
enthusiastic supporters. He was strongly opposed to slavery, taking a
determined and prominent stand against that evil. He has held many offices
of trust and honor, among which may be mentioned that of trustee. In 1846,
while a resident his district in the State Legislature, and so satisfactorily
did he discharge the duties of the office that in 1848 he was nominated a
candidate for the Senate, but, owning to the intensity of the feeling on the
slave question he was defeated by a few votes. Beginning in the world
comparatively penniless, Mr. Kerr is an example of what can be
accomplished by energy, economy and perseverance, and his life is well worthy of
emulation.
Source:
Commemorative
Biographical
Record of the Counties of Harrison and Carroll, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: J. H.
Beers & Co. - 1891 - Page 205 |
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