From Samuel P. Kaler's "History of the Kerr Family," pages 122-23, published in 1898:
Third and only surviving child of Ebenezer and Jane Kerr, was born at Marion Ohio, August 30, 1841. He remained with his parents until the breaking out of the Civil war, when he enlisted as a private in Company B, 53d Regiment, Indiana Volunteer Infantry. He participated in the sieges of Corinth, Vicksburg, Atlanta and Savannah. He was promoted to corporal, first duty sergeant, and was mustered out in August, 1865, as a second lieutenant. He commanded his company on Sherman's march to the sea, and through the Carolinas to Goldsboro, where they were encamped at the time Joe E. Johnston surrendered to Sherman.
At the close of the war he returned to his home in Harrison county, Indiana, and on the first day of May, 1866, he married Susan Elmira Keen, a descendant of the illustrious Adams family. In the spring of 1870 he moved to Hickory county, Missouri; in 1874 to Jasper county, Mo., and back to Hickory county in 1878. He has been justice of the peace and was chairman of the Republican County Committee from 1890 to 1896. He was elected to the Legislature in 1890 and again in 1892, defeating both democratic and fusion candidates. However, in politics he is extremely liberal and does not desire to be classed as an ultra republican. He is prominent in church and Sabbath school work, himself and wife being members of the M. E. church. They have no children and his death will close this branch of the Kerr family.
Third and only surviving child of Ebenezer and Jane Kerr, was born at Marion Ohio, August 30, 1841. He remained with his parents until the breaking out of the Civil war, when he enlisted as a private in Company B, 53d Regiment, Indiana Volunteer Infantry. He participated in the sieges of Corinth, Vicksburg, Atlanta and Savannah. He was promoted to corporal, first duty sergeant, and was mustered out in August, 1865, as a second lieutenant. He commanded his company on Sherman's march to the sea, and through the Carolinas to Goldsboro, where they were encamped at the time Joe E. Johnston surrendered to Sherman.
At the close of the war he returned to his home in Harrison county, Indiana, and on the first day of May, 1866, he married Susan Elmira Keen, a descendant of the illustrious Adams family. In the spring of 1870 he moved to Hickory county, Missouri; in 1874 to Jasper county, Mo., and back to Hickory county in 1878. He has been justice of the peace and was chairman of the Republican County Committee from 1890 to 1896. He was elected to the Legislature in 1890 and again in 1892, defeating both democratic and fusion candidates. However, in politics he is extremely liberal and does not desire to be classed as an ultra republican. He is prominent in church and Sabbath school work, himself and wife being members of the M. E. church. They have no children and his death will close this branch of the Kerr family.
From Samuel P. Kaler's "History of the Kerr Family," pages 122-23, published in 1898:
Third and only surviving child of Ebenezer and Jane Kerr, was born at Marion Ohio, August 30, 1841. He remained with his parents until the breaking out of the Civil war, when he enlisted as a private in Company B, 53d Regiment, Indiana Volunteer Infantry. He participated in the sieges of Corinth, Vicksburg, Atlanta and Savannah. He was promoted to corporal, first duty sergeant, and was mustered out in August, 1865, as a second lieutenant. He commanded his company on Sherman's march to the sea, and through the Carolinas to Goldsboro, where they were encamped at the time Joe E. Johnston surrendered to Sherman.
At the close of the war he returned to his home in Harrison county, Indiana, and on the first day of May, 1866, he married Susan Elmira Keen, a descendant of the illustrious Adams family. In the spring of 1870 he moved to Hickory county, Missouri; in 1874 to Jasper county, Mo., and back to Hickory county in 1878. He has been justice of the peace and was chairman of the Republican County Committee from 1890 to 1896. He was elected to the Legislature in 1890 and again in 1892, defeating both democratic and fusion candidates. However, in politics he is extremely liberal and does not desire to be classed as an ultra republican. He is prominent in church and Sabbath school work, himself and wife being members of the M. E. church. They have no children and his death will close this branch of the Kerr family.
Third and only surviving child of Ebenezer and Jane Kerr, was born at Marion Ohio, August 30, 1841. He remained with his parents until the breaking out of the Civil war, when he enlisted as a private in Company B, 53d Regiment, Indiana Volunteer Infantry. He participated in the sieges of Corinth, Vicksburg, Atlanta and Savannah. He was promoted to corporal, first duty sergeant, and was mustered out in August, 1865, as a second lieutenant. He commanded his company on Sherman's march to the sea, and through the Carolinas to Goldsboro, where they were encamped at the time Joe E. Johnston surrendered to Sherman.
At the close of the war he returned to his home in Harrison county, Indiana, and on the first day of May, 1866, he married Susan Elmira Keen, a descendant of the illustrious Adams family. In the spring of 1870 he moved to Hickory county, Missouri; in 1874 to Jasper county, Mo., and back to Hickory county in 1878. He has been justice of the peace and was chairman of the Republican County Committee from 1890 to 1896. He was elected to the Legislature in 1890 and again in 1892, defeating both democratic and fusion candidates. However, in politics he is extremely liberal and does not desire to be classed as an ultra republican. He is prominent in church and Sabbath school work, himself and wife being members of the M. E. church. They have no children and his death will close this branch of the Kerr family.
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