Cache County UT Archives Biographies.....Kerr, Thomas L. 1876 - 
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Author: S. J. Clarke, Publisher

THOMAS L. KERR.

    Thomas L. Kerr, of Logan, who in the spring of 1919 became salesman for the
Delco Light and Duro Water Systems, his territory embracing five counties in
northern Utah, was born in Wellsville, this state, in 1876, a son of Thomas A.
Kerr, of Wellsville. He acquired his early education In his native town and
spent one season at the Utah Agricultural College of Logan. He then took up
agricultural pursuits, which he followed until the spring of 1919 and was
engaged extensively in the growing of beets. In 1909 he was called to fill a
mission in the central states and thus labored for two and a half years, after
which he returned to Utah and resumed his activities along agricultural lines.
In 1918 he planted nine hundred acres to beets and the previous year had planted
four hundred and fifty acres, which yielded fourteen tons of beets to the acre.
The beets were grown in California.

    In 1901 Mr. Kerr was married to Miss Mary Elizabeth Shaw, a daughter of
Ephraim and Martha Jane (Harrison) Shaw, who were natives of England. Her father
was born in Radcliffe, Lancastershire, England, in 1846, a son of Mathew and
Betty Shaw. He came to Utah in 1868, settling at Centerville, and in 1872
removed to Wellsville. In 1873 his father, Mathew Shaw, arrived in Wellsville
and there spent his remaining days. Ephraim Shaw was a plasterer by trade and
followed that business until his death in 1893. He was a devout member of the
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and at the time of his demise was
filling the office of high priest. In 1872 he married Martha Jane Harrison, a
daughter of Paul and Mary (Hamer) Harrison, of Middleton, Lancastershire,
England, who in 1842 joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Mr.
Harrison came to Utah in 1871, his wife having previously passed away in
England. He taught school in Salt Lake City for a time and afterward removed to
Wellsville, where he taught music. He spent ten years in missionary work in
England prior to coming to the new world and was president of the London
conference. He died in 1878. To Mr. and Mrs. Ephraim Shaw were born five
children: Mathew H., of Logan; Martha V., now Mrs. Hugh McAllister; Mary
Elizabeth, wife of Thomas L. Kerr; Paul H., of California; and Bessie H., at
home. To Mr. and Mrs. Kerr have been born five children: Reatha, Verna, Edna,
Glen and Elmer. Both Mr. and Mrs. Kerr are representatives of old families of
Utah and for many years they have been witnesses of the growth, development and
progress of this state and in every possible way have contributed to its
advancement.

    Mr. Kerr remains a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
and is serving as a member of the Seventy Quorum. He has led a busy life through
his connection with agricultural and commercial interests and is now developing
an excellent business as salesman in five of the counties of northern Utah for
the Delco Light and Duro Water Systems, which are of immense value to the
farmer, enabling him to have both water and light systems upon the farm and thus
enjoy advantages which are usually supposed to be common only to the city.


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UTAH SINCE STATEHOOD
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VOLUME IV
CHICAGO-SALT LAKE: THE S. J. CLARKE PUBLISHING COMPANY
1920

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