My Genealogy Hound

J. H. Kerr, one of the early farmers of this county, resides in the Second District, and was born December 3, 1828, in Giles County, Tenn., being the son of Francis Kerr, who was born in 1801, in South Carolina, and came with his father to Giles County, where he lived until the latter died, then moved in 1829 to Fayette County, and settled one mile southwest of Dancyville, and eleven miles north of Somerville, where he died, December 1, 1885. Our subject’s mother’s name was Anna Reed (Neal) Kerr, was born in 1806, and died August 30, 1875, in Fayette County. J. H. Kerr was raised on a farm and remained with his father until he was thirty-one years of age, when he began farming by hiring. He entered the Confederate Army in March, 1864, but remained only a short time, was wounded at Atlanta, Ga., receiving a flesh wound that did not disable him from service; at the close of the war he resumed farming, which he still continues. November 28, 1858, he married Ann I. Wainwright, daughter of George I. and Martha Wainwright, of Fayette County. They have three children: Mattie C, wife of E. P. Nelson; Mollie E. and James B. Mr. and Mrs. Kerr and all of their children belong to the Methodist Episcopal Church South, and in politics he is a Democrat. Mr. Kerr is a self-made man, in comfortable circumstances, and is a most estimable citizen.