Levi Thomas Kerr and Mary Ellen Williams
Husband Levi Thomas Kerr 1 2
Born: 23 Dec 1832 - Allegheny Twp, Butler Co, PA 2 Christened: Died: 26 Aug 1907 2 Buried: - Scrubgrass Stone Church Cemetery, Scrubgrass Twp, Venango Co, PA 3
Father: Thomas Bradon Kerr (1804-Bef 1883) 2 4 5 Mother: Tamar Williams ( -Aft 1883) 1 6
Marriage: 15 Feb 1855
Wife Mary Ellen Williams 1 7
Born: 2 Jan 1835 - Allegheny Twp, Butler Co, PA 7 Christened: Died: 1921 Buried: - Scrubgrass Stone Church Cemetery, Scrubgrass Twp, Venango Co, PA 3
Father: Thomas M. Williams ( - ) 1 7 Mother: Ella M. (Mary?) Williams ( - ) 1 7
Children
1 F Laura Delena Kerr 7
Born: Christened: Died: Buried:Spouse: Thomas Bovard ( - ) 7Spouse: Thomas J. Goldthorp (1839-Aft 1909) 8
2 M Carmila Carleton Kerr 7
AKA: Camilla Carlton Kerr 9 Born: Christened: Died: Buried:Spouse: Elizabeth Shook ( - ) 7
3 M Thomas Meridan Kerr 7
Born: Christened: Died: Buried:Spouse: Rennie English ( - ) 7
4 F Mary Almira Kerr 7
Born: Christened: Died: Buried:Spouse: James Daubenspeck ( - ) 7
5 F Thamer M. Kerr
AKA: Tammer Kerr 7 Born: Abt Sep 1861 Christened: Died: 16 Jan 1862 Buried: - Scrubgrass Stone Church Cemetery, Scrubgrass Twp, Venango Co, PA 3Spouse: Did Not Marry
6 M John Hamilton H. Kerr 7
Born: 6 Dec 1866 Christened: Died: 11 Feb 1903 - California Buried: - Scrubgrass Stone Church Cemetery, Scrubgrass Twp, Venango Co, PA 3Spouse: Ella Mahood ( - ) 7
7 F Sabine O. Kerr 7
AKA: Bina Kerr Born: 1865 - Eau Claire, Venango Twp, Butler Co, PA Christened: Died: 1951 Buried:Spouse: Philip S. Hoffman (1857-1939) 10 11
8 M Levi Phipps Kerr 7
Born: Abt Jan 1871 Christened: Died: 1 Mar 1871 Buried: - Scrubgrass Stone Church Cemetery, Scrubgrass Twp, Venango Co, PA 3Spouse: Did Not Marry
9 F Bessie C. Kerr 7
Born: Christened: Died: Buried:
10 M S. Roy Kerr 12
Born: - Oakland Twp, Butler Co, PA Christened: Died: Buried:Spouse: Myrta Kimes ( - ) 13
General Notes: Husband - Levi Thomas Kerr
His father bought fifty acres of land at $3 per acre. After his father's death, it came into his possession. He added fifty acres to the farm, paying for his purchase about $24 per acre. He was proprietor of the Kerr House, Farmington, beginning in 1878. [HBC 1883, 453]
He attended the public schools of his home community, and then went to work on his father's farm, which he came into possession of at the time of his marriage. It consisted of fifty acres of land, and to this he added forty-five acres which he purchased of James Miller, who in turn had acquired it of Squire John Commigan. This made a total of ninety-five acres of valuable and tillable land, on which he erected a comfortable home and a fine set of farm buildings. Oil and gas were developed in paying quantities, and three veins of coal were discovered underlying the land. Retaining ownership in the farm, Mr. Kerr purchased a hotel at Eau Claire, rebuilt it and erected a good barn, and for a period of eighteen years he conducted the establishment with good success. He then sold out to William Mitchell and purchased an adjoining lot, on which he erected a fine home. He lived there until his death at the age of seventy-five years. [HBC 1909, 1371]
General Notes: Wife - Mary Ellen Williams
She was the granddaughter of Mark Williams of Clarion County, PA.
She was a devout member of the Presbyterian Church at Scrubgrass, of which her mother was a member for seventy-three years.
1 Editor, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Waterman, Watkins & Co., 1883), Pg 453.
2 James A. McKee, 20th Century History of Butler and Butler County, Pa., and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1909), Pg 1368.
3 Venango County Historical Society, Venango County Pennsylvania Cemetery Records and Early Church Histories, Vol. 3, Scrubgrass Township (Franklin, PA: Venango County Historical Society, 1995), Pg 47.
4 Editor, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Waterman, Watkins & Co., 1883), Pg 452.
5 Editor, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 1313.
6 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 790.
7 James A. McKee, 20th Century History of Butler and Butler County, Pa., and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1909), Pg 1371.
8 James A. McKee, 20th Century History of Butler and Butler County, Pa., and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1909), Pg 1281.
9 Nancy Byers Romig, Descendants of Rev. Johan Theodor Hofius (Export, PA: Self-published, July, 1997), Pg 27.
10 Editor, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 998.
11 James A. McKee, 20th Century History of Butler and Butler County, Pa., and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1909), Pg 1372.
12 James A. McKee, 20th Century History of Butler and Butler County, Pa., and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1909), Pg 1353, 1371.
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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 1353.
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