OBITUARY, Belton Herald - January 22 1914
"Nathan B Kerr, an old Confederate soldier, died early Sunday morning at his home here after a long illness supposed to be cancer of the stomach. Mr. Kerr was 72 years of age and was born in Kentucky coming to this state with his parents before the war. His first wife was killed by the fall of a building used for a federal prison in Kansas City at the same time that Bill Anderson's sisters were killed. Mr. Kerr then joined Quantrill's rangers and was active with them in border warfare. After the war Mr. Kerr married Miss Ann Simmons who survives. They had no children. Nathan Kerr was an upright man and a faithful member of the Christian church for the last 30 years or more. The funeral was held Monday afternoon at the church and burial was in the Belton cemetary."
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Nathan Barnett Kerr was the son of John Kerr and Jemima Yeager Moore Kerr of Division 2 (Campbellsville Post Office), Taylor County, Kentucky.
On January 26, 1860 Nathan married Charity McCorkle in Jackson County, Missouri. She died on August 13, 1863 after the infamous Kansas City Union jail collapse. Nathan left after that to ride with Quantrill's Raiders.
In 1865 Nathan married Ann E Simmons. She was the daughter of Madison Simmons and his second wife Sarah L Botts whom he married on August 29, 1850 in Jackson County. After Madison's death, Ann went to live in Kansas City. She passed at her residence at 501 Indiana Avenue, Kansas City, Missouri.
*by Lila Cole
"Nathan B Kerr, an old Confederate soldier, died early Sunday morning at his home here after a long illness supposed to be cancer of the stomach. Mr. Kerr was 72 years of age and was born in Kentucky coming to this state with his parents before the war. His first wife was killed by the fall of a building used for a federal prison in Kansas City at the same time that Bill Anderson's sisters were killed. Mr. Kerr then joined Quantrill's rangers and was active with them in border warfare. After the war Mr. Kerr married Miss Ann Simmons who survives. They had no children. Nathan Kerr was an upright man and a faithful member of the Christian church for the last 30 years or more. The funeral was held Monday afternoon at the church and burial was in the Belton cemetary."
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Nathan Barnett Kerr was the son of John Kerr and Jemima Yeager Moore Kerr of Division 2 (Campbellsville Post Office), Taylor County, Kentucky.
On January 26, 1860 Nathan married Charity McCorkle in Jackson County, Missouri. She died on August 13, 1863 after the infamous Kansas City Union jail collapse. Nathan left after that to ride with Quantrill's Raiders.
In 1865 Nathan married Ann E Simmons. She was the daughter of Madison Simmons and his second wife Sarah L Botts whom he married on August 29, 1850 in Jackson County. After Madison's death, Ann went to live in Kansas City. She passed at her residence at 501 Indiana Avenue, Kansas City, Missouri.
*by Lila Cole
OBITUARY, Belton Herald - January 22 1914
"Nathan B Kerr, an old Confederate soldier, died early Sunday morning at his home here after a long illness supposed to be cancer of the stomach. Mr. Kerr was 72 years of age and was born in Kentucky coming to this state with his parents before the war. His first wife was killed by the fall of a building used for a federal prison in Kansas City at the same time that Bill Anderson's sisters were killed. Mr. Kerr then joined Quantrill's rangers and was active with them in border warfare. After the war Mr. Kerr married Miss Ann Simmons who survives. They had no children. Nathan Kerr was an upright man and a faithful member of the Christian church for the last 30 years or more. The funeral was held Monday afternoon at the church and burial was in the Belton cemetary."
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Nathan Barnett Kerr was the son of John Kerr and Jemima Yeager Moore Kerr of Division 2 (Campbellsville Post Office), Taylor County, Kentucky.
On January 26, 1860 Nathan married Charity McCorkle in Jackson County, Missouri. She died on August 13, 1863 after the infamous Kansas City Union jail collapse. Nathan left after that to ride with Quantrill's Raiders.
In 1865 Nathan married Ann E Simmons. She was the daughter of Madison Simmons and his second wife Sarah L Botts whom he married on August 29, 1850 in Jackson County. After Madison's death, Ann went to live in Kansas City. She passed at her residence at 501 Indiana Avenue, Kansas City, Missouri.
*by Lila Cole
"Nathan B Kerr, an old Confederate soldier, died early Sunday morning at his home here after a long illness supposed to be cancer of the stomach. Mr. Kerr was 72 years of age and was born in Kentucky coming to this state with his parents before the war. His first wife was killed by the fall of a building used for a federal prison in Kansas City at the same time that Bill Anderson's sisters were killed. Mr. Kerr then joined Quantrill's rangers and was active with them in border warfare. After the war Mr. Kerr married Miss Ann Simmons who survives. They had no children. Nathan Kerr was an upright man and a faithful member of the Christian church for the last 30 years or more. The funeral was held Monday afternoon at the church and burial was in the Belton cemetary."
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Nathan Barnett Kerr was the son of John Kerr and Jemima Yeager Moore Kerr of Division 2 (Campbellsville Post Office), Taylor County, Kentucky.
On January 26, 1860 Nathan married Charity McCorkle in Jackson County, Missouri. She died on August 13, 1863 after the infamous Kansas City Union jail collapse. Nathan left after that to ride with Quantrill's Raiders.
In 1865 Nathan married Ann E Simmons. She was the daughter of Madison Simmons and his second wife Sarah L Botts whom he married on August 29, 1850 in Jackson County. After Madison's death, Ann went to live in Kansas City. She passed at her residence at 501 Indiana Avenue, Kansas City, Missouri.
*by Lila Cole
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