Jul-28-2018
Husband: Amos H. Kerr
Born: ca 1818 in Greene Co, PA 1,2
Died: Feb- 4-1901 in Marion Co, WV 3,2
Buried: in Vincent (aka Kerr or Pig Misery) Cem, Union Ridge, Ellenboro, Ritchie Co WV 4
Census: 1860 in Marion Co, (W)VA
Occupation: farmer, day laborer 2
Father: Archibald Kerr (1775 - 1846)
Mother: Mary "Polly" Huston
Wife: Rebecca D. Vincent 5
Married: May-28-1840 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 2
Born: Mar- 6-1818 in Bentons Ferry, Monongalia (now Marion) Co, (W)VA 2
Died: Feb-25-1907 in Ellenboro, Ritchie Co, WV 6,3
Buried: in Vincent (aka Kerr or Pig Misery) Cem, Union Ridge, Ellenboro, Ritchie Co WV 4
Census: 1860 in Marion Co, (W)VA
Father: Edward T. Vincent (1783 - 1868)
Mother: Rebecca Wisby (1793 - 1875)
Notes
M Child 1: George M. D. Kerr
Born: ca 1844 in Virginia (now West Virginia) 7
Died: Sep-30-1887 in Montana, Marion Co, WV 7
Buried: in IOOF Cemetery, Farmington, Marion Co, WV 8
Cause of death: coal mine cave-in 7
Census: 1860 in Marion Co, (W)VA
Occupation: farmer, coal miner 7
Wife: Mary Rogers b. May- -1839 d. 1902
Married: Oct-17-1867 in Marion Co, WV 7
F Child 2: Susannah Kerr
Census name: Susan 9
Born: Mar-25-1846 10
Died: Jul-10-1941 in Ritchie Co, WV 11
Buried: in Vincent (aka Kerr or Pig Misery) Cem, Union Ridge, Ellenboro, Ritchie Co WV 4
Census: 1880 in Grant District, Ritchie Co, WV
Census: 1860 in Marion Co, (W)VA
Husband: David Bainbridge Vincent b. Feb- 7-1846 d. Feb-21-1910
F Child 3: Melvina Kerr
Born: ca 1853 12,13 (see note 1)
Died: May-19-1903 in McKim, Tyler Co, WV 14
Resided: 1876 in Ritchie Co, WV 13
Census: 1860 in Marion Co, (W)VA
Husband: Darwin C. (Winford Scott) Jones b. Oct- 3-1853
Also known as: Scott Jones 15
Married: Apr- 4-1876 in Ritchie Co, WV 16
Husband: Perry Green Hudkins b. ca 1826 d. bef Oct 1899
Census name: Peregrin H. Hudkins
Married: Sep-18-1887 in Ritchie Co, WV 17
Husband: Linza David Owens b. 1849 d. 1939
Census name: Lindsey Owens
Married: Oct-29-1899 in Ritchie Co, WV 18
F Child 4: Elizabeth Ann Kerr
Also known as: Elizabeth A. Carr 19
Born: ca 1856 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA 20
Husband: Alpheus A. Jones b. ca 1849
Married: May- 2-1872 in Ritchie Co, WV 21
Sources:
(1) Headstone - Date calculated from age at death.
(2) Gaylene Kerr Banister, Houston, TX .
(3) Headstone.
(4) Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993,
McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995.
(5) Marriage record of daughter.
(6) Gaylene Kerr Banister, citing Clifford A. Radcliff (FTM WFT Vol 7, Tree 3550).
(7) Gaylene Kerr Banister, Houston, TX .
(8) Gaylene Kerr Banister, citing William Earnest Kerr.
(9) 1930 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Clay District).
(10) Death Record - Birth date calculated from age at death.
(11) Ritchie County WV Deaths 1941-1955, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Dec 1998)
(12) 1860 Census, Marion County, (W)VA.
(13) Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV.
(14) West Virginia Deaths Index, 1853-1973 [database on-line], Ancestry.com.
(15) Marriage record of son.
(16) Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV, MR p. 33, line 26 :
www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11538057&Type=Marriage.
(17) West Virginia Marriages Index, 1785-1971 [database on-line], Ancestry.com.
(18) Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV, Identified as Linza Owens, widowed, 51, b. & res. in Tyler Co; and
Melvina Hutchison (sic), widowed, b. Taylor Co, res. Ritchie Co. Married Oct 29 1899 in Ritchie County. MR p. 104, line
106 : www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11541993&Type=Marriage.
(19) Obituary of daughter.
(20) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985)
(21) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985), Identified as
Alpheus A. Jones, 22, b. & res. in Ritchie Co, son of James R. & Nancy; and Elizabeth A. Kerr, 16, b. & res. in Ritchie
Co, dau of Amos & Rebecca. Married May 2 1872.
Event Notes
Note (1) Birthplace given as Harrison County in one marriage record, but as Taylor
County in another marriage record.
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