Greene County PA Archives Biographies.....Kerr, James March 31, 1808 - ????
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Source: Biographical History of Greene County, Nelson, Rishforth, and Co, Chicago, 1888
Author: Samuel P. Bates

      James Kerr, farmer and stock grower, Carmichaels, 
Penna, was born in Washington, Washington County, Penna, 
March 31 1808, and is a son of Archibald Kerr and Mary 
Huston Kerr, who were of Irish and English descent. His 
mother was a native of Washington County, and departed this 
life in Greene County, Penna, in her eighty seventh year, 
and his father, a farmer and hotel keeper, was born in 
Ireland and died in Virginia in his eighty fourth year. He 
had a family of eight children of whom James Kerr was the 
fourth, and was reared on the farm in Cumberland Township. 
He attended the common school and chose farming as a 
business, working by the day and month to get a start in 
life. He drove hogs from Greene County to Baltimore for 
twenty five cents and two meals a day.  He has ever 
practiced the most careful economy and strict integrity in 
all his dealings, and is now the careful owner of a valuable 
farm of 375 acres.
  
  Mr Kerr was united in marriage August 29, 1833, with Miss 
Ellen Davis, daughter of George Davis and Betsey Lowery 
Davis. Mrs Kerr was born in Greene County, April 1, 1813. 
Her parents were natives of Pennsylvania and of German 
descent. Mr and Mrs Kerr have eight children, five living: 
David Kerr, Elizabeth Kerr, wife of Captain H H Cree; 
Alexander Kerr; Huston Kerr; and Archibald Kerr. The 
deceased are George Kerr, James Kerr and Willie Kerr. In 
politics Mr Kerr is a Democart. He has served as school 
director in the township. They are prominent members of the 
Presbyterian Church.

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