Thomas Kerr and Elizabeth Forsythe
Husband Thomas Kerr 1 2
Born: - Scotland or Ireland Christened: Died: 1870 - ? Butler Co, PA 2 Buried:Marriage:
Wife Elizabeth Forsythe 1
AKA: Eliza Forsythe 2 Born: - Armstrong Co, PA Christened: Died: Buried:
Children
1 F Rebecca Kerr 1 2
Born: Christened: Died: Buried:Spouse: William H. Curran ( - ) 1 2
2 M Milton Bruce Kerr 1 2
AKA: N. B. Kerr 3 Born: 1850 - Slippery Rock Twp, Butler Co, PA 1 Christened: Died: Buried:Spouse: Mary Coovert ( - ) 1
3 F Jane Catherine "Kate" Kerr 1
Born: Christened: Died: Buried:Spouse: Thomas H. McCamey (1861- ) 1 4 Marr: 21 May 1885 5
4 F Jennie Kerr 1
Born: Christened: Died: Buried:
5 M Thomas A. Kerr 1 2
Born: 2 Nov 1854 - Slippery Rock Twp, Butler Co, PA 2 Christened: Died: Buried:Spouse: Annie Miller ( - ) 2Spouse: Sarah J. Patton ( - ) 2
6 F Jessie A. Kerr 2 6
Born: Christened: Died: Buried:Spouse: Hon. Nelson H. Thompson (1848- ) 2 7 8 9
7 M James Kerr 1 2
Born: Christened: Died: Buried:
General Notes: Husband - Thomas Kerr
He was born in Scotland and came to Pennsylvania in early manhood. He was a stone mason by trade and did a large amount of stone work in Slippery Rock Township, Butler County, where he also acquired a farm. He married after settling in Butler County. [TCHBC, 1018]
He was born in Ireland and came to the United States in 1833, when thirteen years old, first locating in Lawrence county, PA, where he learned the stone-cutting trade. After attaining his majority he settled at Slippery Rock, Butler County, where he married, purchased a farm of seventy-five acres, and conducted it in conjunction with working at his trade until his death. He served nine months as a soldier in the Civil war, enlisting in 1862 as a member of Company K, 137th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, being honorably discharged in 1863. [HAC 1914, 524]
1 James A. McKee, 20th Century History of Butler and Butler County, Pa., and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1909), Pg 1018.
2 Editor, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 524.
3 Aaron L. Hazen, 20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1908), Pg 991.
4 Editor, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 524, 536.
5 Editor, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 536.
6 James A. McKee, 20th Century History of Butler and Butler County, Pa., and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1909), Pg 1481.
7 Editor, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Waterman, Watkins & Co., 1883), Pg 364.
8 Editor, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 1248.
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James A. McKee, 20th Century History of Butler and Butler County, Pa., and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1909), Pg 1480.
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