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| Name |
Alexander Winkfield Kerr |
| Birth |
1839 |
(White County, Tennessee)  [1] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Military |
CSA - KIA |
| Death |
(1861-1865) |
| Person ID |
I18759 |
The Hennessee Family |
| Last Modified |
27 Apr 2014 |
| Father |
Levi Jarvis Kerr, b. 11 Mar 1814, Tennessee d. 26 Sep 1897, Doyle, White County, Tennessee (Age 83 years) |
| Mother |
Catherine Hill, b. 24 Feb 1822, (White County, Tennessee) d. 24 Jul 1891, Doyle, White County, Tennessee (Age 69 years) |
| Marriage |
0___ 1837 |
(White County) Tennessee [2, 3] |
| Family ID |
F6554 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Laminda P(ermelia) Moore, b. 15 Feb 1842, (White County) Tennessee d. 30 Nov 1876, (White County) Tennessee (Age 34 years) |
| Marriage |
13 Jul 1860 |
White County, Tennessee [4] |
| Children |
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| Family ID |
F6553 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
30 Apr 2023 |
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| Notes |
- Died during the war...Gerald Boyd.
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- From: "Gerald Boyd"
To:
Subject: pages 281 to 290
Date: Thursday, October 02, 2003 7:37 PM
David, I have been intending to send this to you - I finally found the son of Laminda and Alexander Winkfield Kerr. He lived in Oklahoma - not very far from his Boyd 1/2 brothers and sister. Guess I will never know if they knew the other was there or not. No mention of the Boyd connection in this article.
When you get the history book, go down to page 289 and you will find Alexander Winkfield Kerr.
Hope this works!
Billie
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http://www.usgennet.org/usa/topic/historical/1908ok_2_30.htm
- ALEXANDER W. KERR, the pioneer merchant of Hobart, and during the past three years its efficient clerk, was born at Sparta, White county, Tennessee, October 9, 1862, a son Alexander W. and Laurinda (Moore) Kerr, both of Tennessee, and a grandson of Levi Kerr, one of the pioneer< of that commonwealth. During the Civil war Levi Kerr was a Union man but too old for army service, and although he took no part in the struggle he was badly abused by the opposing side, and more than once was left for dead by cowardly attacks upon him. The war proved a sad and disastrous affair to the Kerr family. Levi had five sons old enough and able for army service, and at the beginning of the struggle he told them choose sides for themselves. They were divided on the subject and fought in both armies, brother against brother. Alexander W. Kerr chose the Confederate side and went to the front. Receiving a furlough in 1863 he started to return to his home and family, but was brutally murdered on the way by the Gatewood bushwhackers, his remains finally reaching home where they were buried. During, the conflict both armies passed by the home farm, confiscating or destroying everything in their wake, leaving nothing but the barren land.
After the war and the death of her husband Mrs. Kerr began with her two small sons the reconstruction of the farm, taking the lead in all work, both indoors and out, and it was truly a noble struggle of womanhood. She eked out a good living and kept the little family together, continuing the struggle until called to her just reward in 1873. She lived and died in the faith of the Baptist church, but her husband was a Methodist. They were married in their native state of Tennessee and their two sons were Cissero and A. W., the elder dying in Texas.
A. W. Kerr received a good elementary education in the common schools by his own exertions after a man grown. After the death of his mother he found a home with his grandfather Kerr, but after attaining to the age of nineteen he decided he could paddle his own canoe and left without his grandfather's knowledge or consent. ,Coming to Texas, he first stopped at McKinney in Collin county, where he found himself short of money and compelled to work for his bread. Securing employment as a farm hand, he saved his earnings and was able later to attend one term of school at Tyler, Texas. For four years after leaving school he worked as a farm hand in Dallas county, during a number of years was a clerk and bookkeeper in a grocery store in Hillsboro, and then became the proprietor of a dry goods and grocery store, which he conducted successfully for a number of years, finally closing out to enter the real estate, loan and insurance business. In 1902 he came to Hobart and with a partner bought the dry goods stock, valued at twenty-five thousand dollars, of the Brook-Roper Mercantile Company, the firm name of Kerry and Kerr continuing with ever increasing success until the memorable fire, of July 30, 1903, which destroyed sixty-five business houses. During the conflagraton [conflagration] dynamite was used to destroy the buildings and check the fire, and in one explosion Mr. Kerr was caught and his body badly mangled, nearly costing him his life. He lost the sight of one eye, and the accident left him somewhat maimed for life. In April, 1905, he was elected the city clerk of Hobart, and has since succeeded himself in that office, proving a valuable and conservative official, and at the same time has done much for the upbuilding of Hobart.
At Itaska, Texas, in 1890, he married Miss Florence Rice, who was born in Jasper county, Alabama, in 1870, a daughter of Captain E. J. and Martha (Gravely) Rice. Mrs. Rice is a daughter of the Rev. Gravely of Jaspar, Alabama. Captin [Captain] Rice entered the Confederate service early in the conflict, went through the war to the close and was made the captain of his company. Returning home, he moved with his family to Johnson county, Texas, where he was a farmer and stock trader until moving to Dallas, his present home, and he yet continues his farming and stock trading. His children are: Sarah P., Effie Golden, Florence Kerr, William, Nettie, Ralph and Mabel, all of whom came with their parents to Texas but are now scattered in different parts of the country.
The three children born to Mr. and Mrs. Kerr are Alexander W., Julian and Philip I.
Mrs. Kerr is a member of the Baptist church, and Mr. Kerr is identified with the Knights of Pythias, the Masons, the Woodmen of the World and the Fraternal Union of America.
end of biography [5]
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- [S24739] White County Marriage Records, Part of Book I: January 11, 1859 to June 11, (Reliability: 3).
- [S58] "The Families of White County,Tennessee in 1860", enumerated & notated by, p. 20.
- [S10906] "Catherine Hill Kerr", Profile, retrieved, recorded & uploaded to this website, Wednesday, April 26th, 2017, by David A.
- [S3987] "White County Marriage Records, Part of Book I: January 11, 1859 to June 11,.
- [S10904] "Alexander Winkfield Kerr", Biography, retrieved, recorded & uploaded to this website, Wednesday, April 26th, 2017, by D.
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