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Joseph Kerr

Birth
Chambersburg, Franklin County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death
22 Aug 1837 (aged 71–72)
Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, Louisiana, USA
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Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, Louisiana, USA Add to Map
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US Senator. He was elected as a Senator from Ohio to the United States Senate, serving from from 1814 to 1815. He was elected twice to the Ohio State Senate and four times to the Ohio House. Served as a General of Ohio volunteers during the War of 1812. He was appointed to replace Thomas Worthington when Worthington resigned from the United States Senate. He lost his extensive farm in Ohio due to bankruptcy moving first to Memphis and then to Louisiana where he was a planter when he died.
US Senator. He was elected as a Senator from Ohio to the United States Senate, serving from from 1814 to 1815. He was elected twice to the Ohio State Senate and four times to the Ohio House. Served as a General of Ohio volunteers during the War of 1812. He was appointed to replace Thomas Worthington when Worthington resigned from the United States Senate. He lost his extensive farm in Ohio due to bankruptcy moving first to Memphis and then to Louisiana where he was a planter when he died.

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  • Originally Created by: daytonflyers
  • Added: Nov 15, 2005
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/12355933/joseph-kerr: accessed ), memorial page for Joseph Kerr (1765–22 Aug 1837), Find a Grave Memorial ID 12355933, citing Kerr Family Burying Ground, Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, Louisiana, USA; Maintained by Find a Grave.