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Amos H. KERR

Amos H. KERR

Male 1818 - 1901  (~ 83 years)

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  • Name Amos H. KERR 
    Born CA 1818  Greene Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Gender Male 
    Census 1860  Marion Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation farmer, day laborer  [2] 
    Died 4 Feb 1901  Marion Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3] 
    Buried Vincent-Kerr (aka Pig Misery) Cemetery, Union Ridge, Ellenboro, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Person ID I10488  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 12 Jun 2016 

    Father Archibald KERR,   b. CA 1775,   d. 8 Aug 1846, Marion Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 71 years) 
    Mother Mary "Polly" HUSTON 
    Family ID F3843  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Rebecca D. VINCENT,   b. 6 Mar 1818, Bentons Ferry, Monongalia (now Marion) Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Feb 1907, Ellenboro, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 88 years) 
    Married 28 May 1840  Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Notes 
    • Rebecca and Amos Kerr moved from Marion Co to Ritchie Co, WV sometime between 1860 and 1870. Their son George stayed in Marion County. [2, 5]
    Children 
    +1. George M. D. KERR,   b. CA 1844, Virginia (now West Virginia) Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Sep 1887, Montana, Marion Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 43 years)
    +2. Susannah KERR,   b. 25 Mar 1846,   d. 10 Jul 1941, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 95 years)
     3. Melvina KERR,   b. CA 1853,   d. 19 May 1903, McKim, Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 50 years)
    +4. Elizabeth Ann KERR,   b. CA 1856, Ritchie Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F3782  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S1838] Headstone - Date calculated from age at death.

    2. [S972] Gaylene Kerr Banister, Houston, TX .

    3. [S5] Headstone.

    4. [S123] Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), (McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995).

    5. [S1583] Marriage record of daughter.