Merced-Contra Costa-Santa Clara County CA Archives Biographies.....Kerr, Richard F. 1872 - 
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Author: John Outcalt (1925)

RICHARD F. KERR

   An enterprising dairy farmer of Merced County and a director of the Bank of
Gustine, Richard F. Kerr has the distinction of being a native son of the Golden
State, born near Danville, Contra Costa County, on Februray 17, 1872, the son of
Thomas F. and Miss Susan C. (Chrisman) Kerr, natives of Missouri and California,
respectively. Thomas F. Kerr was born on March 27, 1849, in Jasper County,
attended the public schools there and in 1864 came to California and settled in
Contra Costa County and engaged in farming. Soon after he went to Kern County
and was engaged in raising sheep, and in 1877 came to Merced County, remaining
until 1890, when he removed to Santa Clara County. Mrs. Kerr was born in Contra
Costa County, daughter of J. P. Chrisman, a California pioneer of Forty-nine,
who came from Missouri and settled at Danville, Cal. Into the home of Thomas F.
and Susan Kerr seven children have been born, four living, viz: Stuart; Mrs.
Susie B. Fancher, of Pacific Grove; G. L. of Gustine; and Richard F., of this
review. Those who have passed away are John M., May C, and Jessie I. Mr. and
Mrs. Kerr are residing in Pacific Grove, aged seventy-six and seventy-two
respectively.

   Richard F. Kerr attended the grammar school in Merced County and the high
school and business college in San Jose. After leaving school he conducted a
resort at Highland Springs, Lake County, for twelve years. In 1906 he settled at
Gustine, where he purchased a farm of 300 acres two miles from town on which he
has since engaged in the dairy business with increasing success; he now has a
herd of about 225 head of dairy stock, milking on an average of 120 head.  He
disposes of his products through the creameries.

   On Christmas Eve, 1895 at Lakeport, Cal., Mr. Kerr was united in marriage
with Miss Harriet L. Manlove, a native of Lake County, daughter of W. H. and
Sarah (Thompson) Manlove. Her father came around the Horn in 1849 from Virginia
and located in Lake County, where he became a very prominent citizen; he was the
first sheriff of Lake County and helped to organize that county, in which he was
a farmer all his active career. He passed away at the age of eighty-three years;
his wife died in 1922. Mr. Kerr is one of the directors in the Bank of Gustine.
He is treasurer of the San Joaquin River Water Storage District, which takes in
parts of Stanislaus, Merced, Madera and Fresno Counties, one of the most
important projects in this part of the State. He is Democratic in politics, and
fraternally, belongs to Romero Lodge No. 413 I. O. O. F., in Gustine.



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HISTORY OF
MERCED COUNTY
CALIFORNIA
WITH A
Biographical Review
OF
The Leading Men and Women of the County Who Have Been
Identified with Its Growth and Development
from the Early Days to the Present

HISTORY BY
JOHN OUTCALT

ILLUSTRATED COMPLETE IN ONE VOLUME
HISTORIC RECORD COMPANY
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA
1925

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