Samuel Kerr and Catharine Coover

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Husband Samuel Kerr ^{1 2}

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           Born: Abt 1767
     Christened: 
           Died: 29 Aug 1839 - Titusville, Crawford Co, PA 1 3
         Buried:  - Titusville, Crawford Co, PA

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         Father: James Kerr (1702-1778) 2 4
         Mother: Susanna Stephenson (      -      ) 5

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       Marriage: 1817 4

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Wife Catharine Coover ^{1 6}

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           Born: Abt 1792
     Christened: 
           Died: 20 Jan 1874-1875 - Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co, PA 1
         Buried: 

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         Father: Andrew Coover (Abt 1744-1834) 4
         Mother: 

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Children

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1 M Andrew J. Kerr ^{4 6 7}

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           Born: 
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           Died: 1843 - Nashville, Davidson Co, TN 4
         Buried: 

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2 M Col. James K. Kerr ^{4 6 7 8}

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           Born:  - Titusville, Crawford Co, PA
     Christened: 
           Died: 28 Feb 1876 - Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co, PA
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Eliza Jane McCormick (1823-1889) 8 9

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3 M Michael C. Kerr ^{4 6 7}

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           Born: 15 Mar 1826 - Titusville, Crawford Co, PA
     Christened: 
           Died: 19 Aug 1876 - Rock Alum Springs, VA 4
         Buried: 
         Status: Twin

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4 M Marshall Kerr ^{1 6 7}

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           Born: 15 Mar 1826 - Titusville, Crawford Co, PA 10
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           Died: 19 Oct 1898 - Cherrytree Twp, Venango Co, PA
         Buried: 
         Status: Twin

         Spouse: Mary E. Kightlinger (1827-1892)
           Marr: 18 Mar 1847 10

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5 M Joseph L. Kerr ^{4 6 7}

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           Born: 
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           Died: 1858 4
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6 F Joanna Kerr ^{4 6 7}

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           Born: 
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           Died: 1841 4
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7 F Elizabeth Kerr ^{4 6 7}

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           Born: 
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           Died: 1846 4
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8 F Amelia Kerr ^{6 7}

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           Born: 
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           Died: Aft 1899
         Buried: 

         Spouse: [Unk] Elliott (      -Bef 1899) 6

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General Notes: Husband - Samuel Kerr

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He, with Jonathan Titus, began the settlement on which was founded Titusville, Pennsylvania.

The original settlement made on the site of Titusville, Pennsylvania, was the first in the eastern part of Crawford County. To Samuel Kerr and his nephew, Jonathan Titus, belongs the honor of being the first white occupants of the soil. They had been engaged in making surveys in Ohio, but noting the advantages of a settlement on Oil Creek, they determined to cast their lot in that locality. Accordingly they selected the best land they could find, Mr. Kerr choosing what became the eastern part of the city, and Mr. Titus the western. The date of their permanent settlement was about 1796, and they came together from Frankstown, Blair County, Pennsylvania. The cabin which Samuel Kerr erected in the wilderness stood near the western line of his land, east of Martin Street and south of Pine. He came to the western country unmarried, but afterward took a wife.

1 J. H. Newton, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Columbus, OH: J. A. Caldwell Publishers, 1879), Pg 565, 566.

2 Samuel P. Bates, LL.D., Our County and Its People, A Historical and Memorial Record of Crawford County, Pennsylvania (W. A. Fergusson & Co., 1899), Pg 296.

3 Samuel P. Bates, LL.D., Our County and Its People, A Historical and Memorial Record of Crawford County, Pennsylvania (W. A. Fergusson & Co., 1899), Pg 357.

4 J. H. Newton, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Columbus, OH: J. A. Caldwell Publishers, 1879), Pg 565.

5 Franklin Ellis & Samuel Evans, History of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts & Peck, 1883), Pg 762.

6 Samuel P. Bates, LL.D., Our County and Its People, A Historical and Memorial Record of Crawford County, Pennsylvania (W. A. Fergusson & Co., 1899), Pg 297.

7 —, The History of Crawford County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warner Beers & Co., 1885), Pg 463.

8 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 184.

9 Emma Siggins White, The Kinnears and Their Kin (Kansas City, MO: Tiernan-Dart Printing Co., 1916), Pg 228.

10 J. H. Newton, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Columbus, OH: J. A. Caldwell Publishers, 1879), Pg 566.