Person:John Derr (5)

Obituary from The Marion Star, Marion, Ohio, Wed., Jan. 30, 1946.

Brother of Marion Woman Dies in Kenton

John A. Derr of Kenton, at one time superintendent of the Hardin county home, died about 11:30 a.m. yesterday in his home after an illness of several weeks. He suffered from a kidney ailment.

A native of Hardin county, he was a son of Davis J. Derr and Nancy J. Rice Derr. In 1900 he married Agnes S. Montgomery who survives. A retired farmer, he was engaged in farming before becoming superintendent of the county home, then returned to the farm following termination of his service as superintendent. Because of ill health he then left the farm and moved to Kenton. He and Mrs. Derr were superintendent and matron of the county home about six years, from the late 1920s until about the middle 1930s. he was a member of the Presbyterian church in Kenton and of the Moose Lodge.

Survivors include the widow, two sons, Floyd Derr and Foster Derr, both of south of Kenton, two grandchildren, a brother, Elmer G. Derr, Cleveland attorney, and a sister, Mrs. Erwin Born of 195 North Seffner avenue. Funeral services will be conducted Thursday at 2 p.m. in the Porter funeral home in Kenton and burial will be in Grove cemetery there.

1. ↑ ^1.0 1.1 John A Derr, in Ohio, United States. Ohio Births and Christenings, 1821-1962. (Online: Intellectual Reserve, Inc.).

   born 15 Jun 1877 in Taylor Creek, Hardin, Ohio
   parents: Davis J. Derr and Nancy Price

2. ↑ John A Derr, in United States. Social Security Administration. U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936–2007. (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, 2015).

   born 29 Jun 1879
   died 29 Jan 1946

3.   Taylor Creek, Hardin, Ohio, in United States. 1880 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication T9).

   Davis Derr, age 31
   wife: Nancy I. Derr, age 30
   son: Elmer G. Derr, age 7
   son: John Derr, age 3
   all born in Ohio

4.   Taylor Creek, Hardin, Ohio, in United States. 1900 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication T623).

   Davis Derr, born July 1848 (age 51) in Pennsylvania
   wife: Nancy I. Derr, born Oct 1848 (age 51) in Ohio
   son: John Derr, born Jun 1878 (age 21) in Ohio
   daughter: Flora E Derr, born Oct 1881 (age 18) in Ohio

5. ↑ John A. Derr, in Find A Grave.

   His gravestone has 1879-1946, but the combination of his birth record and the 1870 census prove he was born in 1877.