BIO:  J. J. KERR, Gettysburg, Adams County, PA

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History of Cumberland and Adams Counties, Pennsylvania
Chicago:  Warner, Beers & Co., 1886
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Part III, History of Adams County, Page 358

J. J. KERR, retired farmer, Gettysburg, was born in Highland Township, Adams 
Co., Penn., August 12, 1809, a son of John and Jane (Hart) Kerr, natives of 
Pennsylvania, and of Scotch-Irish descent.  J. J. Kerr now owns the farm where 
his grandfather, George Kerr, was born, and holds the original deed given by 
William Penn to one of his ancestors, which land, has, by will, since been in 
the family, transferred from one generation to another, all having been farmers 
by occupation.  John Kerr, died in 1837, the father of five children, of whom J. 
J. is the youngest.  The education of our subject was confined to the schools of 
the neighborhood, and he grew up among agricultural pursuits, following farming 
until 1872, when, after having accumulated a comfortable competency, he retired 
and moved to Gettysburg.  He was married to Anna, daughter of Robert McClure, of 
Scotch-Irish descent, and to this union have been born four children.  Mr. and 
Mrs. Kerr are members of the Presbyterian Church, of which he has been elder.  
In politics Mr. Kerr is a Republican.