Fountain County IN Archives Biographies.....Kerr, Samuel 1827 - 
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Author: H. W. Beckwith (1881)

   Samuel Kerr, farmer and stock raiser, Newtown, was born in Butler county,
Ohio, in 1827. He was the oldest son of Josiah and Elizabeth (Gregory) Kerr. The
former was an ordained minister in the Christian church, and preached some, but
did not follow that calling regularly. His son is an old member of the same
denomination. In 1837 the family emigrated to this township, and improved the
homestead where Mr. Kerr has spent his subsequent life. Before this removal his
mother had been here on a visit to relatives, traveling the whole distance on
horseback. In 1856 Mr. Kerr married Virginia, daughter of Charles Dagger, who
settled in Richland township in 1824. They have four children: Charles, Wilber,
Carrie, and Guy. Mr. Kerr was drafted in time of the late war, and furnished a
substitute for a year, paying him $1,200. He owns 1,000 acres of first-class
land, situated in this township, and all in one body, except forty acres. Mr.
Kerr was first a whig, and is now a republican. He is one of the most
substantial and estimable citizens of the community. His wife and two eldest
sons belong to the Presbyterian church.

Additional Comments:
Richland Township

Extracted from:

HISTORY OF FOUNTAIN COUNTY,

TOGETHER WITH
HISTORIC NOTES ON THE WABASH VALLEY,

GLEANED FROM EARLY AUTHORS, OLD MAPS AND MANUSCRIPTS
PRIVATE AND OFFICIAL CORRESPONDENCE, AND OTHER AUTHENTIC, THOUGH, FOR THE MOST
PART, OUT-OF-THE-WAY SOURCES.

BY H. W. BECKWITH,
OF THE DANVILLE BAR; CORRESPONDING MEMBER OF THE HISTORICAL SOCIETIES OF
WISCONSIN AND CHICAGO.

WITH MAP AND ILLUSTRATIONS.

CHICAGO: H. H. HILL AND N. IDDINGS, PUBLISHERS.
1881.

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