Death Of Mrs. Kerr
Mrs. Caroline Kerr, widow of the late John N. Kerr and daughter of John and Ruth (Knox) Cherrington, died Saturday afternoon, Nov. 3, 1900, in her 80th year, having been born Oct. 6, 1821.
She was united in marriage with Mr. Kerr Aug. 25, 1846 and bore him seven children, Charles W. (dead), Harriet I., wife of Safford Mills, at whose house she died, Charles Warren, ticket and freight agent of the Hocking Valley Railroad and merchant and Postmaster at Kerr Station, Fannie H., wife of Charles A. Hutsinpiller, of Ironton, both of whom in attendance upon her funeral services, Edward E. and Cassius C. in the West and Allen M.(dead).
She was her husband's second wife. He was a very prominent citizen of the county. His first wife was Isabel Morrison by whom he became the father of Augustus P., Mary A. Powell, Marie Walker, wife of Milton Walker, James M. and William M. and Susan C. Blake--all dead and Samuel J. Kerr of Springfield Township. He was commissioner of the county for ten or a dozen years. His father, John Nisewauge Kerr was born in 1804, his own and wife's parents settling in Green Township in 1802, his father cutting down first tree in that township.
Mrs. Kerr, the subject of this sketch, was of noble Christian character, a member of the M.E. Church 70 years and was more than a mother to her husband's first children. Since his death she has resided at the old homestead, about five miles out the Porter Road, when not visiting among her children. She had been to Cincinnati in the summer to have her eyes treated, had visited her daughter, Mrs. Hutsinpiller, in Ironton, came home and was taken ill at her daughter, Mrs. Safford Mills, at first with heart trouble and later with softening of the brain.
Rev. W.H. Gibbons assisted by Rev. J.W. McCormick, conducted her funeral services this Monday morning, Nov. 5, at Mt. Zion Church, where Undertakers Hayward and Son laid her away in the cemetery [rest of article missing]
[Note: Buried in Mt. Zion Cemetery in Green Township.]
Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Nov. 5, 1900
Mrs. Caroline Kerr, widow of the late John N. Kerr and daughter of John and Ruth (Knox) Cherrington, died Saturday afternoon, Nov. 3, 1900, in her 80th year, having been born Oct. 6, 1821.
She was united in marriage with Mr. Kerr Aug. 25, 1846 and bore him seven children, Charles W. (dead), Harriet I., wife of Safford Mills, at whose house she died, Charles Warren, ticket and freight agent of the Hocking Valley Railroad and merchant and Postmaster at Kerr Station, Fannie H., wife of Charles A. Hutsinpiller, of Ironton, both of whom in attendance upon her funeral services, Edward E. and Cassius C. in the West and Allen M.(dead).
She was her husband's second wife. He was a very prominent citizen of the county. His first wife was Isabel Morrison by whom he became the father of Augustus P., Mary A. Powell, Marie Walker, wife of Milton Walker, James M. and William M. and Susan C. Blake--all dead and Samuel J. Kerr of Springfield Township. He was commissioner of the county for ten or a dozen years. His father, John Nisewauge Kerr was born in 1804, his own and wife's parents settling in Green Township in 1802, his father cutting down first tree in that township.
Mrs. Kerr, the subject of this sketch, was of noble Christian character, a member of the M.E. Church 70 years and was more than a mother to her husband's first children. Since his death she has resided at the old homestead, about five miles out the Porter Road, when not visiting among her children. She had been to Cincinnati in the summer to have her eyes treated, had visited her daughter, Mrs. Hutsinpiller, in Ironton, came home and was taken ill at her daughter, Mrs. Safford Mills, at first with heart trouble and later with softening of the brain.
Rev. W.H. Gibbons assisted by Rev. J.W. McCormick, conducted her funeral services this Monday morning, Nov. 5, at Mt. Zion Church, where Undertakers Hayward and Son laid her away in the cemetery [rest of article missing]
[Note: Buried in Mt. Zion Cemetery in Green Township.]
Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Nov. 5, 1900
Death Of Mrs. Kerr
Mrs. Caroline Kerr, widow of the late John N. Kerr and daughter of John and Ruth (Knox) Cherrington, died Saturday afternoon, Nov. 3, 1900, in her 80th year, having been born Oct. 6, 1821.
She was united in marriage with Mr. Kerr Aug. 25, 1846 and bore him seven children, Charles W. (dead), Harriet I., wife of Safford Mills, at whose house she died, Charles Warren, ticket and freight agent of the Hocking Valley Railroad and merchant and Postmaster at Kerr Station, Fannie H., wife of Charles A. Hutsinpiller, of Ironton, both of whom in attendance upon her funeral services, Edward E. and Cassius C. in the West and Allen M.(dead).
She was her husband's second wife. He was a very prominent citizen of the county. His first wife was Isabel Morrison by whom he became the father of Augustus P., Mary A. Powell, Marie Walker, wife of Milton Walker, James M. and William M. and Susan C. Blake--all dead and Samuel J. Kerr of Springfield Township. He was commissioner of the county for ten or a dozen years. His father, John Nisewauge Kerr was born in 1804, his own and wife's parents settling in Green Township in 1802, his father cutting down first tree in that township.
Mrs. Kerr, the subject of this sketch, was of noble Christian character, a member of the M.E. Church 70 years and was more than a mother to her husband's first children. Since his death she has resided at the old homestead, about five miles out the Porter Road, when not visiting among her children. She had been to Cincinnati in the summer to have her eyes treated, had visited her daughter, Mrs. Hutsinpiller, in Ironton, came home and was taken ill at her daughter, Mrs. Safford Mills, at first with heart trouble and later with softening of the brain.
Rev. W.H. Gibbons assisted by Rev. J.W. McCormick, conducted her funeral services this Monday morning, Nov. 5, at Mt. Zion Church, where Undertakers Hayward and Son laid her away in the cemetery [rest of article missing]
[Note: Buried in Mt. Zion Cemetery in Green Township.]
Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Nov. 5, 1900
Mrs. Caroline Kerr, widow of the late John N. Kerr and daughter of John and Ruth (Knox) Cherrington, died Saturday afternoon, Nov. 3, 1900, in her 80th year, having been born Oct. 6, 1821.
She was united in marriage with Mr. Kerr Aug. 25, 1846 and bore him seven children, Charles W. (dead), Harriet I., wife of Safford Mills, at whose house she died, Charles Warren, ticket and freight agent of the Hocking Valley Railroad and merchant and Postmaster at Kerr Station, Fannie H., wife of Charles A. Hutsinpiller, of Ironton, both of whom in attendance upon her funeral services, Edward E. and Cassius C. in the West and Allen M.(dead).
She was her husband's second wife. He was a very prominent citizen of the county. His first wife was Isabel Morrison by whom he became the father of Augustus P., Mary A. Powell, Marie Walker, wife of Milton Walker, James M. and William M. and Susan C. Blake--all dead and Samuel J. Kerr of Springfield Township. He was commissioner of the county for ten or a dozen years. His father, John Nisewauge Kerr was born in 1804, his own and wife's parents settling in Green Township in 1802, his father cutting down first tree in that township.
Mrs. Kerr, the subject of this sketch, was of noble Christian character, a member of the M.E. Church 70 years and was more than a mother to her husband's first children. Since his death she has resided at the old homestead, about five miles out the Porter Road, when not visiting among her children. She had been to Cincinnati in the summer to have her eyes treated, had visited her daughter, Mrs. Hutsinpiller, in Ironton, came home and was taken ill at her daughter, Mrs. Safford Mills, at first with heart trouble and later with softening of the brain.
Rev. W.H. Gibbons assisted by Rev. J.W. McCormick, conducted her funeral services this Monday morning, Nov. 5, at Mt. Zion Church, where Undertakers Hayward and Son laid her away in the cemetery [rest of article missing]
[Note: Buried in Mt. Zion Cemetery in Green Township.]
Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Nov. 5, 1900
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