Armstrong County PA Archives Biographies.....Kerr, Amanda Henninger February 23, 1841 - November 11, 1908
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Source: "History of Henry County, Illinois", Volume II, Chicago: The Pioneer Publishing Company, 1910.
Author: Henry L. Kiner

Mrs. Amanda Kerr, widow of the late Thomas W. Kerr, was one 
of the most beloved women of Henry County.  One of her most 
notable characteristics was her courage, and she was 
industrious, while truth and uprightness were her 
watchwords.  She was born in Wooster, Ohio, February 123, 
1841, a daughter of Jacob and Susan Henninger, very early 
settlers of Hanna Township, Henry County, to which they came 
in 1846.

In 1859 Miss Henninger married Thomas W. Kerr and they 
commenced housekeeeping in Hanna Township.  After his death, 
February 29, 1896, she lived with her children, all of whom 
claimed the privilege of ministering to her, and she died 
November 11, 1908, at the home of her daughter Mrs. Percy 
Davis after four years of ill health as the result of a 
paralytic stroke.  Mrs. Kerr bore her husband nine children 
and all but two grew to mature years, namely:  Mrs. Ella 
Withrow, Mrs. Amy Burton, G. W. Kerry, Mrs. Lena Withrow, 
Mrs. Mina Davis, J. E. Kerr, and H. Z. Kerr, all of whom 
attended her funeral with the exception of Mrs. Burton, 
whose home in Montford, Montana, was too far distant for to 
arrive in time.  Mrs. Kerr¹s two brothers, George and 
Fletcher Henninger, and her sister, Mrs. Phoeba Malone, were 
also at the funeral.  The other members of her family who 
are now deceased are: Mrs. Elizabeth Stanbro, Mrs. Harriet 
Bacon, John, Hiram and Mrs. Clara Walker.

The services were held at the residence of Mr. And Mrs. 
Davis the Saturday following her demise, the Rev. F. A. 
Smiley, pastor of the Presbyterian Church, officiating.  The 
choir rendered her favorite hymns and her remains were 
interred in Oakwood Cemetery.

Mrs. Kerr during her earlier life worked with tireless 
energy and faithful love for her family.  She ever 
maintained a deep affection for her home and the duties 
pertaining to it.  In her daily life she set an example of 
womanly devotion and sweetness of disposition that have 
helped many struggling to become better and truer wives and 
mothers, while to her immediate family she was the one who 
was every ready to listen and assist.  Her place can never 
be filled.  In the hearts of her children she is enthroned 
as long as life lasts, and they look forward to joining her 
with their father in the land where there are no partings 
and families will once more be reunited.

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