Person

William H. Kerr (Hamilton County, Ohio, prosecuting attorney.)

b. 1835? d. 1866

Hamilton County, Ohio, attorney. New York native. Married to Harriett E. Scanlan Kerr in Hamilton County, Ohio, on December 19, 1860. Father of Henry S. Kerr. Attorney in Cincinnati in 1860. Prosecuting attorney in Hamilton County in 1865.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Ohio, Hamilton County, Cincinnati Ward 15, p. 413.

Tenth Manuscript Census of the United States (1880), Population Schedules, Ohio, Hamilton County, Cincinnati, p. 458B.

Ohio Marriage Records, 1774-1993, Hamilton County Marriages, Film 000344481.

"Death of William H. Kerr," The Cincinnati Daily Enquirer (Cincinnati, OH), February 20, 1866, p. 2.

Williams' Cincinnati Directory: Embracing a Full Alphabetical Record of the Names of the Inhabitants of the City, a Business Directory, and a Complete List of the Post Offices of the United States and Territories, June, 1865 (Cincinnati: Williams & Company, 1865).

Citation

Kerr, William H.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32199259 (November 12, 2026).

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