Rev. William Kerr and Mary Elder Wilson

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Husband Rev. William Kerr ^{1 2 3}

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            AKA: Rev. James Kerr 4
           Born: 13 Oct 1776 - Bart Twp, Lancaster Co, PA 2 5
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           Died: 22 Sep 1821 - Donegal, Lancaster Co, PA 2 5
         Buried:  - Donegal Church Cemetery, Lancaster Co, PA

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Wife Mary Elder Wilson ^{5 6}

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            AKA: Mary Elder Willson 7
           Born: 1788 2 5
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           Died: 22 Feb 1850 - Harrisburg, Dauphin Co, PA 2 5
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         Father: James Wilson (      -      ) 5 8
         Mother: Mary Elder (1760-      ) 5 8

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Children

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1 F Mary Elder Kerr ^{3 9}

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           Died: 30 Mar 1857 3
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         Spouse: Hermanus Alricks (1804-1874) 9 10
           Marr: 1831 3

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2 M William M. Kerr ⁵

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3 M J. Wallace Kerr ⁵

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4 M James Wilson Kerr ⁵

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5 F Martha Cummings Kerr ^{5 11 12}

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           Died: Aft 1861
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         Spouse: Edward Lawrence Orth, M.D. (1814-1861) 11 13 14

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General Notes: Husband - Rev. William Kerr

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He had nine brothers and sisters. His parents were members of the Associate Reformed Church.

His father dying early, he was left to the tender care of a pious mother. After some years spent in the schools of the neighborhood, he was sent to Jefferson College, Canonsburg, where he graduated. For some years thereafter he was principal of an academy at Wilmington, Delaware. He subsequently placed himself under the care of the Presbytery of New Castle, and was shortly after ordained by that body. He preached in Harrisburg about the years 1804-5, and upon the resignation of the Rev. Mr. McFarquhar was sent to supply the pulpit of Old Donegal Church. In the fall of 1808 the congregation at Columbia made application to Mr. Kerr for part of his time; it was not, however, until the year following that he consented to give them a portion of his ministerial labors. He continued to be the stated supply there until the first Sunday in January, 1814, when he preached his farewell sermon. Mr. Kerr also preached at Marietta in addition to his charge at Donegal.

Mr. Kerr was not averse to farming pursuits, and it was no unusual circumstance to find him plowing when parties went to his dwelling to get united in the holy bonds of matrimony. He died suddenly in Marietta in 1821.

1 William Henry Egle, History of the County of Dauphin in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts & Peck, 1883), Pg 462, 513.

2 —, Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania (Chambersburg, PA: J. M. Runk & Company, Publishers, 1896), Pg 203.

3 John E. Alexander, A Record of the Descendants of John Alexander (Philadelphia, PA: Alfred Martien, 1878), Pg 31.

4 —, Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania (Chambersburg, PA: J. M. Runk & Company, Publishers, 1896), Pg 370.

5 William Henry Egle, History of the County of Dauphin in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts & Peck, 1883), Pg 513.

6 —, Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania (Chambersburg, PA: J. M. Runk & Company, Publishers, 1896), Pg 203, 370.

7 Franklin Ellis & Samuel Evans, History of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts & Peck, 1883), Pg 776.

8 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 191.

9 William Henry Egle, History of the County of Dauphin in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts & Peck, 1883), Pg 462.

10 —, Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania (Chambersburg, PA: J. M. Runk & Company, Publishers, 1896), Pg 426.

11 William Henry Egle, History of the County of Lebanon in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts & Peck, 1883), Pg 249.

12 —, Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania (Chambersburg, PA: J. M. Runk & Company, Publishers, 1896), Pg 364, 370.

13 William Henry Egle, History of the County of Dauphin in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts & Peck, 1883), Pg 523.

14 —, Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania (Chambersburg, PA: J. M. Runk & Company, Publishers, 1896), Pg 363, 370.