John H. Kerr

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c1825

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1876-01-07

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"John H. Kerr" in the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/N00020993, (accessed May 7, 2024).

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Louisville, Kentucky, steamboat agent, painter, and soldier. Washington, D.C. native. Married to Mary Kerr. Father of Mary Kerr, John Kerr, and William Kerr. Served in the Marion Rifles Battalion in Louisville, Kentucky, in 1859. Steamboat agent in Louisville in 1860. Steamboat agent in Louisville in 1861. Painter in Louisville in 1861. Served in the 5th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry (U.S.A.) as a sergeant from September 19, 1861, to September 14, 1864. Painter in Louisville in 1863. Steamboat agent in Louisville in 1865.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville Ward 8, p. 712.
Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville Ward 11, p. 497B.
Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll 994041, Jefferson County Deaths.
Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in Organizations From the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0197.
Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), NARA RG 110, Jefferson County, KY, July 1863, p. 172.
"Correspondence." The Louisville Daily Journal (Louisville, KY), June 9, 1859, p. 2.
Edwards' Annual Director to the Inhabitants, Institutions, Incorporated Companies, Manufacturing Establishments, Business firms, Etc., Etc., in the City of Louisville, For 1865-6 (Louisville: Edwards, Greenough & Deved, 1866), 384.

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