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Thompson C Kerr
THOMPSON C. KERR, a veteran of the Civil war, now residing at Apollo, was
born April 24, 1843, at the old home place where his father was also born, and
where he died, a farmer in Armstrong county, Pa.The paternal grandfather came from the North of Ireland to America at an
early day, and after spending a short time in Philadelphia located in
Armstrong county, where he bought 500 acres of land. The maternal grandmother
came from Scotland.Mr. Kerr’s father inherited 172 acres of his father’s property, on which he
resided until his death. During his earlier days the father was a blacksmith,
but devoted all of his time to farming later on in life. Politically hi was a
Democrat, the only on of this family to vote that ticket. His wife died firm
in the Baptist faith, in 1881. She bore her husband ten children, all now dead
but Thompson C.Thompson C. Kerr attended public school until he was sixteen years old, and
resided with his father until his enlistment in company E. 139th Pennsylvania
Volunteer Infantry, in which he served two years and ten months, receiving his
honorable discharge June 27, 1865. Being a musician in the ranks, he did not
participate actively in many of the engagements of his regiment. This company
was recruited by Rev. I. A. Pierce, but lacking a sufficient quota was
consolidated with another company, and mustered into the 139th regiment, which
was placed in the 3d Brigade, 3d Division, 6th Army Corps.Returning to Armstrong county, Mr. Kerr became a laborer in the oil fields.
On June 30, 1872, he married in this county, Mary Elizabeth Coulter, a
daughter of Alexander Coulter. Mrs. Kerr’s paternal grandfather came from the
North of Scotland. Eight children were born of this marriage, all of whom
survive except one: Blanche A., Edsil A., Everett T., Roy C., Glenn M., Leah
Ruth (died Aug. 4, 1890), Frank O., and Edna Irene. Mr. Kerr belongs to the G.
A. R. He and his wife early joined the Lutheran Church in the faith of which
she died Aug. 25, 1911. having been a true Christian Woman all her useful
life. Politically Mr. Kerr is a Democrat.Source: Page 751, Armstrong County, Pa., Her People, Past and
Present, J.H. Beers & Co., 1914
Transcribed October 1998 by Doris Rizza for the Armstrong County Beers Project
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