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Anna Kelsey <I>Bacon</I> Karr

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Anna Kelsey Bacon Karr

Birth
Wellsboro Junction, Tioga County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death
18 Jul 1961 (aged 101)
Eureka, Greenwood County, Kansas, USA
Burial
Howard, Elk County, Kansas, USA Add to Map
Plot
A15-04
Memorial ID
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Note: The Karr/Kerr spelling of the surname are mixed in the records. The marriage record - 24 March 1880, Salem, Richardson County, Nebraska, shows the spelling of KERR.
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The Emporia Gazette - Emporia, Kansas, 19 July 1961, Wednesday, Page 7

PIONEER WOMAN DIES AT 101 IN SEVERY
EUREKA (AP) -- Mrs. Anna Kelsey Karr, 101, of Severy, died yesterday in the Greenwood County Hospital at Eureka. Born near Wellsboro, Pa., Sept. 23, 1859, Mrs. Karr moved to an Elk County farm with her family in 1908. She had been a resident of the Severy community 53 years. Survivors include three daughters, Mrs. Edna Gentry, Table Rock, Neb., Mrs. Clara Logsdon, Longton, Kan., and Mrs. Ruby Divine , of the home.
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NOTE: Bio info provided by Contributor: Linda (46822826)
Note: The Karr/Kerr spelling of the surname are mixed in the records. The marriage record - 24 March 1880, Salem, Richardson County, Nebraska, shows the spelling of KERR.
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The Emporia Gazette - Emporia, Kansas, 19 July 1961, Wednesday, Page 7

PIONEER WOMAN DIES AT 101 IN SEVERY
EUREKA (AP) -- Mrs. Anna Kelsey Karr, 101, of Severy, died yesterday in the Greenwood County Hospital at Eureka. Born near Wellsboro, Pa., Sept. 23, 1859, Mrs. Karr moved to an Elk County farm with her family in 1908. She had been a resident of the Severy community 53 years. Survivors include three daughters, Mrs. Edna Gentry, Table Rock, Neb., Mrs. Clara Logsdon, Longton, Kan., and Mrs. Ruby Divine , of the home.
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NOTE: Bio info provided by Contributor: Linda (46822826)


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