Col. James K. Kerr and Eliza Jane McCormick

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Husband Col. James K. Kerr ^{1 2 3 4}

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           Born:  - Titusville, Crawford Co, PA
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           Died: 28 Feb 1876 - Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co, PA
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         Father: Samuel Kerr (Abt 1767-1839) 5 6
         Mother: Catharine Coover (Abt 1792-1874/1875) 4 5

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       Marriage: 

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Wife Eliza Jane McCormick ^{3 7}

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           Born: 16 Nov 1823 - Franklin, Venango Co, PA 7
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           Died: 6 Oct 1889 - Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co, PA
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         Father: Dominick McCormick (1785-1826) 8 9 10
         Mother: Elizabeth "Betsy" Kinnear (Abt 1798-Bef 1890) 8 9 10

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Children

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General Notes: Husband - Col. James K. Kerr

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He studied for his profession under the able instruction of David Derickson, of Meadville, Pennsylvania, and became a member of the Venango bar on the 24th of May, 1848. Mr. Kerr was essentially a lawyer, and as such early took high rank among the successful attorneys of Venango County, and in time became one of the well known jurists in the western part of the state. He was a man of fine presence, charming manners, ready and quick at repartee, a capital story teller, and one of the most eloquent and magnetic speakers in western Pennsylvania. His fine social qualities made him popular with all classes of people, and his well known abilities in his profession made him the trusted attorney in much of the litigation of the county during the period of his residence in Franklin. In 1861 he entered the army as major of the Fourth Pennsylvania Cavalry, and after an honorable career as a soldier resigned on account of failing health. After a few more years' practice at the Venango bar he removed to Pittsburgh, where he died. [HVC 1890, 184]

In the early stage of the Civil War, Mr. Kerr recruited a company of cavalry, and entered the service as Major of the 4th Pennsylvania Cavalry. Ill health compelled him to resign after a short service, and he resumed practice of the law, but was soon thereafter attracted from the bar by business enterprises in which he was understood to have acquired a considerable fortune. Within a few years he removed to Pittsburgh, and opened an office, but lacking the spur of necessity gave the law practice scant attention.

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

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

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

4 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.

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

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 296.

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

8 J. H. Newton, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Columbus, OH: J. A. Caldwell Publishers, 1879), Pg 485.

9 Editor, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 765.

10 Emma Siggins White, The Kinnears and Their Kin (Kansas City, MO: Tiernan-Dart Printing Co., 1916), Pg 227.