Kerr Family Cemetery

*From records compiled by Maurice Cotham "Possum" Shelby.
 

NAME

PIC BIRTH DEATH INSCRIPTION VET LOC

*Kerr, Charles Richard

  11 Jun 1875 24 Apr 1882      

*Kerr, James

  24 Sep 1790 23 Dec 1850

Sacred To The Memory Of James S. Kerr; Born In Boyle County Kentucky; Emigrated To Missouri In The Year 1800, Thence To Texas In The Year 1825; Having Participated In Most Of The Struggles For Texas Liberty; He Died In Jackson County Texas; "His Family Sealed This Tomb In Best Memory Of Their Love And Affection, His Good Deeds Require No Epitaph To Perpetuate His Memory In The Hearts Of His Friends; May His Soul Rest In Peace"

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*Kerr, Hattie White

  14 Oct 1868 18 Jun 1875

 

   

*Kerr, Richard

  12 Feb 1793 07 Dec 1852

 

   

*Kerr, Thomas Richard

  15 Feb 1841 12 Jul 1904

Pure Religion Undefiled Before God And The Father Is This; To Visit The Fatherless And Widows In Their Afflictions And To Keep Himself Unspotted From The World

   

*Kerr, Sarah Grace Fulton

  25 Dec 1804 21 Feb 1870

Married James S. Kerr On September 24th 1832

   

*Laughter, Sarah Gertrude [Kerr]

  29 Jun 1843 07 Feb 1868

Married W. P. Laughter On September 14th 1864

   

*Simons, Little Harry

    10 Jan 1887

Son of G. S. & S. G. Simons; Aged 10 days; Our First Joy And Our...

   

 


Maj. James Kerr

Maj. James Kerr, one of the first settlers of Texas, died at his residence in Jackson county on the 25th ult., aged 60 years and 3 months.

The San Antonio Ledger, Thursday, January 16, 1851
 


Thomas Kerr

Edna, Texas, July 14.--Died at his home in El Paso Tuesday, July 13, Mr. Thomas Kerr. His remains arrived here at 2:30 this afternoon and were conveyed to their old family burying grounds for interment. Mr. Kerr was an honored and wealthy stockman of El Paso, Texas, where he was resided for a number of years. Formerly he lived in Jackson county, near this place, where he had a host of friends and relatives.

Houston Post, July 17, 1904
 

 

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