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VEARNER KERR (deceased) was born in Allegheny County, Penn., December 1, 1809. His parents, David and Elizabeth (Pangburn) Kerr, were natives of Pennsylvania. He was reared to manhood on a farm. In 1833, he came to Brown County with Samuel Pangburn and located near Red Oak. January 3, 1840, he was united in marriage with Miss Margaret Thompson, daughter of William and Agnes (Kerr) Thompson, the former a native of Ireland and the latter of Allegheny County, Penn. Her father emigrated to the United States in 1792, and settled in Pennsylvania, where he married, and in 1808 removed to Lewis County, Ky., where he died. Mrs. Thompson afterward married William McMichael, who came from Ireland in 1792. In 1818, the family removed to Mason County, Ky., and in 1839 to Brown County, where Mrs. McMichael died August 14, 1874. Mr. Kerr removed to Ripley in 1855. In 1850, he purchased an interest in the Franklin Mills and operated them up to within three years of his death, which occurred December 8, 1866. He was an honored and highly esteemed citizen of Ripley, and was a man of much enterprise. He was successful in the pursuits of life and accumulated considerable property. In 1872, Mrs. Kerr located on her present farm one half mile east of Ripley, where she owns two hundred and twenty-five acres of excellent land.