Edwin Monroe KERR

Birth:
30 Jun 1841
Danville, Boyle co, Ky, Usa
Death:
22 Apr 1883
Fulton, Callaway co, Mo, Usa
Burial:
24 Apr 1883
Marriage:
18 Oct 1871
Sources:
#8
Notes:
                   Dates and places of birth and death from obituary. Fulton, Missouri, Telegraph, April 27, 1883.
Lucy Hockaday VAN METER
Birth:
28 Jul 1849
Lexington, Fayette co, Ky, Usa
Death:
24 Feb 1937
Fulton, Callaway co, Mo, Usa
Sources:
#8
Notes:
                   age 1, living with great-grandparents Lucy & John Mills


Names of children and spouse from G&BS, p. 74.  1900 U.S. Census for Fulton Township, Callaway County, Missouri, gives month and year of birth as July, 1847; states mother of six children, four now living; lists occupation as "Capitalist;" lists mother's place of birth as Missouri; lists four daughters living in household: Susan, Eliz. H., L. Van., M. Belle [Census Microfilm Records: Missouri, 1900 Lived in:  Fulton Township, Callaway County, Missouri, Series: T623, Microfilm: 844, Book: 2, Page: 149].

Listed in The National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution Volume 74, page 270:  Mrs. Lucy Van Meter Kerr. DAR ID Number: 73744: Born in Lexington, Ky. Wife of Dr. Edward M. Kerr. Descendant of Col. Garrett Van Meter. Daughter of Solomon Van Meter (1818-59) and Lucy Hockaday (1823-49), his 2nd wife, m. 1848.

Dates and places of birth and death from obituary. Missouri Telegraph, Fulton, MO, Febraury 25, 1937.
Children
Marriage
1
Susan Buckles KERR
Birth:
Aug 1872
Fulton, Callaway co, Mo, Usa
Death:
2 Apr 1935
Fulton, Callaway co, Mo, Usa
 
Marr:
 
Notes:
                   Date of birth from 1900 U.S. Census for Fulton Township, Callaway County, Missouri, then listed as single, living in mother's household; no occupation listed.

Obituary, Fulton (MO) Daily Gazette, April 3, 1935: Date and place of death from obituary; had been teacher at Missouri School of Deaf.
2
Irvin KERR
Birth:
1874
Fulton, Callaway co, Mo, Usa
Death:
1874
Fulton, Callaway co, Mo, Usa
 
Marr:
 
3
Elizabeth Hockaday KERR
Birth:
Aug 1876
Fulton, Callaway co, Mo, Usa
Death:
14 Feb 1971
Fulton, Callaway co, Mo, Usa
 
Marr:
 
Notes:
                   Date and place of birth from 1900 U.S. Census for Fulton Township, Callaway County, Missouri, then listed as single, living in mother's household; occupation listed as "Teacher of Deaf."
4
Lucy VanMeter KERR
Birth:
19 Sep 1878
Fulton, Callaway co, Mo, Usa
Death:
28 Mar 1901
Fulton, Callaway co, Mo, Usa
 
Marr:
 
Notes:
                   Date and place of birth from 1900 U.S. Census for Fulton Township, Callaway County, Missouri, then listed as single, living in mother's household; no occupation listed. Date of death G&BS, p. 74.
5
Mary Belle KERR
Birth:
Sep 1880
Fulton, Callaway co, Mo, Usa
Death:
25 Jun 1958
Washington, Dc, Usa
 
Marr:
 
Notes:
                   Date and place of birth from 1900 U.S. Census for Fulton Township, Callaway County, Missouri, then listed as single, living in mother's household; occupation listed as "at college."

Place and date of death from Obituary, Fulton (MO) Sun Gazette, June 26, 1958. Served as Receptionist at U.S. State Department, approximately 1944-56; headmistress at Gunston Hall School for girls, Washington, D.C.

Listed in The National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution Volume 109, page 22:  Miss Mary B. Kerr.
DAR ID Number: 108074; born in Fulton, Missouri; descendant of Col. Garrett Van Meter, as follows: 1. Edwin Monroe Kerr (1841-83) m. 1871 Lucy Van Meter (b. 1849).  2. Solomon Van Meter (1818-59) m. 2nd 1848 Lucy Hockaday (1823-49).  3. Isaac Van Meter (b. 1794) m. 1817 Rebecca Cunningham (1800-64).  4. Jacob Van Meter (b. 1764) m. Tabitha Inskeep.  5. Garrett Van Meter m. 1756 Anne (Markell) Sibley.  Garrett Van Meter (1732-88) served in the Virginia militia. He was born in New York; removed to Point Pleasant, W. Va., where he died.
6
Edwin Monroe KERR
Birth:
23 Oct 1882
Fulton, Callaway co, Mo, Usa
Death:
12 Oct 1884
Fulton, Callaway co, Mo, Usa
 
Marr:
 
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Edwin Monroe Kerr - Lucy Hockaday Van Meter

Edwin Monroe Kerr was born at Danville, Boyle co, Ky, Usa 30 Jun 1841. His parents were William Dabney Kerr and Susan Buckles.

He married Lucy Hockaday Van Meter 18 Oct 1871 . Lucy Hockaday Van Meter was born at Lexington, Fayette co, Ky, Usa 28 Jul 1849 daughter of Solomon Van Meter and Lucy M. Hockaday .

They were the parents of 6 children:
Susan Buckles Kerr born Aug 1872.
Irvin Kerr born 1874.
Elizabeth Hockaday Kerr born Aug 1876.
Lucy VanMeter Kerr born 19 Sep 1878.
Mary Belle Kerr born Sep 1880.
Edwin Monroe Kerr born 23 Oct 1882.

Edwin Monroe Kerr died 22 Apr 1883 at Fulton, Callaway co, Mo, Usa .

Lucy Hockaday Van Meter died 24 Feb 1937 at Fulton, Callaway co, Mo, Usa .