JOHN KERR, third son of Joseph and Margaret KERR, was born in Ashtabula county, Ohio, February 21, 1805, and removed to Venango township, Butler county, with his parents after the close of the War of 1812. He grew to manhood in this township, and soon after his marriage, in 1834, he settled in Marion township, where he cleared and improved the farm now owned and occupied by his sons, Joseph, James H., and William. He died upon this farm on March 21, 1872. He married Jane BLACK, a daughter of John and Jane (CRISWELL) Black, of Marion township, who bore him a family of eight children, viz.: Joseph; Alexander P.; Nancy J., who married James VANDERLIN; John B.; James H.; Rebecca A., who married Samuel McMURRAY; William, and Carlisle, deceased. Mr. KERR was a member of the Presbyterian church. In politics, he was a Democrat, and served three terms as justice of the peace in Marion township.
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