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Robert Clifton Kerr
ROBERT CLIFTON KERR, one of the substantial young farmers of Bethel
township, Armstrong county, owns and operates a fine farm and is also engaged
as engineer at Station No. 3 of the Philadelphia Gas Company. He is a native
of Wayne Township, this county, born Feb. 11, 1881, son of Robert W. and Ida
Hannah (Hoffman) Kerr. His paternal grandparents, James and Margaret (Walker)
Kerr, were of Scotch and German descent, respectively. Robert W. Kerr�s
uncles, Nevin and Willie, twins, brothers of his father, lived to the ages of
ninety-six and ninety-seven years, respectively.Robert W. Kerr was born in Bethel township, this county, Dec. 30, 18�,
and he has long been a prosperous farmer of Burrell township, still conducting
the farm of 147 acres there which he has long owned. He married Ida Hannah
Hoffman, daughter of Reuben and Leah (Kemery) Hoffman, of Eddyville, Armstrong
county, and they had a family of nine children, five sons and four daughters,
all of whom survive: Robert C., Reuben A., Grace E., William Gregg, John B.,
Ruth, Earl, Martha, and Mildred. Mrs. Kerr�s mother still survives, at the
age (1913) of ninety-five years.Robert C. Kerr grew to manhood in Burrell township, and received his
education in the public schools. He has followed farming since he commenced
life for himself, owning a valuable place in Bethel township, near his father�s.
His postoffice is Kelly Station. He has prospered in his work, and is a very
industrious man, respected by all who know him for his upright character and
other sterling qualities. For the last three years he has been employed as
engineer at the plant of the Philadelphia Gas Company, Station No. 3, Banks
Farm, Bethel township.On Sept. 5, 1905, Mr. Kerr was married to Mahala Bowser, of Armstrong
county, daughter of Alonzo and Mary Ellen (Yerdy) Bowser, and they have four
children, two sons and two daughters: Beulah Alberta, born Feb. 20, 1907;
Theodore Clifford, born Jan. 5, 1909; William Charles, born May 4, 1911; and
Ethel Elizabeth, born Oct. 24, 1912. Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Kerr are members
of the Crooked Creek Presbyterian Church in Bethel township.Source: Pages 696-697 Armstrong County, Pa., Her People, Past and
Present, J. H. Beers Co., 1914.
Transcribed September 1998 by Carl Waltenbaugh for the Armstrong County Beers
Project.
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