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From A centennial biographical history of Crawford County, Ohio .. (1902), History of Crawford County and Ohio : containing a history of the state of Ohio, from its earliest settlement to the present time ... a history of Crawford County ... biographical sketches, portraits (1881)
GEORGE T. KERR, farmer and stock-raiser; P. O. Bucyrus; the son of James and Nancy (Towers) Kerr, was born Dec. 13, 1847, in Whetstone Township, where he lived on a farm until the age of 23 years, receiving a common school education. He was married, Jan. 27, 1808, to Miss Lydia Echelberry, of Clarion Co., by whom he has four children — Cloyd, Bertie, James and Elnorah. He farmer in Whetstone Township for two years, when he came to this township in 1871, and farmer 355 acres of his father's estate, with success. He is extensively engaged in raising sheep, and has a verjfine flock of 1,000 head. Mr. Kerr is a Republican in politics, and cases his vote in accordance with the principles of that party.
As printed in History of Crawford County and Ohio : containing a history of the state of Ohio, from its earliest settlement to the present time ... a history of Crawford County ... biographical sketches, portraits (1881). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
GEORGE T. KERR.
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Mr. Kerr is a son of James and Nancy (Towers) Kerr and was born on the home farm in Whetstone township, December 13, 1847. He spent his south there and pursued his education in the country schools. In 1869, after attaining his majority, he married Lydia Echleberry, a native of Pennsvlvania and for two years thereafter engaged in agricultural pursuits in
\Yhetstone township. He then took up his residence in Bucyrus township Avhere he now resides. Here he owns four hundred and thirty acres of fine farming land, and with the exception of about forty acres the entire amount is under cultivation and the improvements are most modern. There is a fine frame house built in attractive design and nicely furnished; a good barn, substantial outbuildings and the latest improved machinery for facilitating the work of the farm. He also owns two hundred acres of land in Marion county. He is perhaps the largest sheep-raiser of the county, having about twelve hundred head. In addition he raises other kinds of stock and is also an extensive farmer.
The marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Kerr has been blessed with eight children, namely: Cloyd, who died at the age of seventeen years; Burtie, at home; James, who died at the age of eight years; Elnora, wife of Charles Hoover, a farmer of Bucyrus township; Bevie May, Clementine, Ava and Walter J. The family is one of prominence in the community, and the members of the household have many warm friends. In his political views Mr. Kerr is a Republican. He has spent his entire life in this county and that many who have known him from boyhood are numbered among his warmest friends is unmistakable evidence of the upright life which he has led. He is well known in business circles for his promptness, trustworthiness and energy and thus he maintains a foremost position among the representative agriculturists of the state.
As printed in A centennial biographical history of Crawford County, Ohio .. (1902). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
Their biographies name George T. Kerr: James Kerr (b. 1820)
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