1.  ANDREW KERR was born 1783 in Scotland, and died 1852.  He married SUSANNA _____.

Child of ANDREW KERR and SUSANNA _____ is:
 i. BENSON W. KERR, b. 1830, Ohio.
 
 

2.  BENSON W. KERR (ANDREW) was born 1830 in Ohio.  He married MARTHA PARKINS/PERKINS 27 May 1852 in Gallia County, Ohio.

Children of BENSON KERR and MARTHA PARKINS/PERKINS are:
 i. MARY KERR.
 ii. WILLIAM BENSON KERR, b. 1854; d. 1936.
 iii. FLORIDA E. KERR, b. Abt. 1856, Ohio; m. CHARLES J. HULBERT, 17 Mar 1880, Gallia County, Ohio.
 iv. TARTUS KERR, b. Abt. 1858, Ohio.
 v. JOHN W. KERR, b. Sep 1865, Ohio; d. Bef. 02 Feb 1951.
 
 

3.  WILLIAM BENSON KERR (BENSON W., ANDREW) was born 1854, and died 1936.  He married ELIZABETH JANE WALTER 1870, daughter of JOSEPH WALTER and HANNAH NULL.

Children of WILLIAM KERR and ELIZABETH WALTER are:
 i. EDGBERT KERR, b. Abt. 1871, Gallia County, Ohio.
 ii. OSA B. KERR, b. Abt. 1873, Gallia County, Ohio; m. DANIEL D. LEWIS, 30 Mar 1898, Gallia County, Ohio.
 iii. WILLIAM KERR.
 iv. EMMETT KERR, b. Abt. 1877, Gallia County, Ohio.
 v. EMERY KERR, b. Abt. 1877.
 vi. ESTELLA KERR, b. Abt. 1881, Gallia County, Ohio.
 vii. JOSEPH KERR.
 viii. HULDA KERR, b. 1888, Gallia County, Ohio.
 ix. EDWARD KERR.
 x. VERDA KERR.
 xi. ALMA KERR.

4.  JOHN W. KERR (BENSON W., ANDREW) was born Sep 1865 in Ohio, and died Bef. 02 Feb 1951.  He married CATHERINE A./ARMA NOTTER 24 Mar 1887 in Gallia County, OH, daughter of FRANCIS NOTTER and SOPHIA SANDERS.

Children of JOHN KERR and CATHERINE NOTTER are:
 i. CURTIS M. KERR, b. 31 Jan 1888, Ohio; d. Dec 1975.
 ii. FRANCIS EZRA KERR, b. 02 Feb 1890, Lecta, Gallia Co., OH; d. 10 Apr 1984, Holzer Medical Center, Gallipolis, Gallia Co., OH.
 iii. ORA E. KERR, b. Apr 1892, Ohio.
 iv. CLARENCE A. KERR, b. 03 Apr 1894, Ohio; d. Feb 1981.
 v. HOMER E. KERR, b. Jan 1897, Ohio.
 vi. LILY A. KERR, b. Oct 1899, Ohio.
 
 

5.  EMMETT KERR (WILLIAM BENSON, BENSON W., ANDREW) was born Abt. 1877 in Gallia County, Ohio.  He married (1) MARY ELIZABETH COPELAND 1907.  He married (2) STELLA HEINIS 1918.

Children of EMMETT KERR and MARY COPELAND are:
 i. HELEN KERR.
 ii. FRED KERR.
 iii. GENEVIEVE KERR.
 iv. DONALD COPELAND KERR, b. 1916; d. 1963.

Child of EMMETT KERR and STELLA HEINIS is:
 v. MERRILL KERR.

6.  FRANCIS EZRA KERR (JOHN W., BENSON W., ANDREW) was born 02 Feb 1890 in Lecta, Gallia Co., OH, and died 10 Apr 1984 in Holzer Medical Center, Gallipolis, Gallia Co., OH.  He married (1) MELLIE S. SAUNDERS 08 Jan 1913, daughter of JOHN SAUNDERS and MARTHA COFER.  He married (2) MADELINE KING 20 Jan 1949.  He married (3) MARTHA VERMILION in Home of Mr. and Mrs. Glen Rice, daughter of THOMAS VERMILION.  (click here for a photo of Francis and Mellie Kerr)

Children of FRANCIS KERR and MELLIE SAUNDERS are:
 i. JOHN NEWTON KERR, b. Abt. 1916; d. 15 June 1936, Ohio River at Islandside.
 ii. MAURICE EUGENE KERR, b. 28 May 1922, Gallipolis, Harrison Twsp, Gallia Co., OH; d. 02 Jun 1976, Columbus, Franklin Co., OH.
 
 

7.  GENEVIEVE KERR (EMMETT, WILLIAM BENSON, BENSON W., ANDREW1).  She married DALE TYSON 1932.

Children of GENEVIEVE KERR and DALE TYSON are:
 i. DALE TYSON.
 ii. KENNETH TYSON.

8.  MAURICE EUGENE KERR (FRANCIS EZRA, JOHN W., BENSON W., ANDREW) was born 28 May 1922 in Gallipolis, Harrison Twsp, Gallia Co., OH, and died 02 Jun 1976 in Columbus, Franklin Co., OH.  He married KATHRYN ANN DUKE 15 Feb 1948 in Gallipolis, Gallia Co., OH, daughter of ORIN DUKE and ELIZABETH FREDERICK.  (click here for a photo of Maurice and his mother, Mellie Kerr)

Children of MAURICE KERR and KATHRYN DUKE are:
 i. GINGER-LYN SUMMER, b. 13 Jul 1955, Columbus, Franklin Co., OH; Adopted child.
 ii. JOHN EUGENE KERR, b. 27 Dec 1957, Chillicothe, Ross Co., OH; Adopted child.
 
 

9.  GINGER-LYN SUMMER (BORN RAMONA LYNN HINSHAW, ADOPTED AS DEBORAH KERR) (MAURICE EUGENE KERR, FRANCIS EZRA, JOHN W., BENSON W., ANDREW) was born 13 Jul 1955 in Columbus, Franklin Co., OH.  She married (1) VICTOR ALLEN KING 14 Sep 1985 in Columbus, Franklin Co., OH.  She married (2) RICHARD LOUIS PUTT SUMMER 07 Jul 1995 in Columbus, Franklin Co., OH.
 
 

Kerr Kin

http://www.hctc.com/~hamkarr

An excellent site on the Kerr/Karr/Carr families.  There is a great deal of information to be found in the query sections.
 

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