[p. 782] one of the proprietors of the Mahoning Valley Lumber Company, which engages in the manufacture of builders' supplies and operates a planing mill, the plant being situated on the corner of Main Street and Swansea Avenue, New Castle, has been a continuous resident of this city for a quarter of a century. He was born in Union Township, Lawrence County, July 14, 1864, and is a son of John I. Kerr.
John I. Kerr was born in Pennsylvania, in 1825, and came to New Castle when he was small. Later he engaged in farming in Union Township, where he still resides. In his political views he is a Republican, and his attitude on all public questions in his neighborhood and his general good citizenship through the course of a long life have made him one of the most respected residents of the county.
A. E. Kerr was reared on his father's farm and attended the local schools. Instead of adopting agriculture as an occupation, he learned the carpenter trade, worked at it for some years, and later, for about thirteen years, was engaged in general contracting. In 1898, with D. G. Duff and E. Hogue, he established the Mahoning Valley Lumber Company, which has been his main business interest ever since. It is numbered with the prosperous concerns of New Castle.
In 1888 Mr. Kerr was married to Miss Susan Morrison, who was born and reared in Perry Township, Lawrence County, and is a daughter of the late Joseph Morrison. They have two sons and one daughter: Eugene, Fred and Ada. The family beiong to the Second United Presbyterian Church. He takes a moderate interest in local politics, and at present is serving as a member of the School Board from the Third Ward. He is a member of the order of the Woodmen of the World, and has been an officer of the same. Mr. Kerr is an excellent citizen and an honorable business man.
20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens Hon. Aaron L. Hazen Richmond-Arnold Publishing Company, Chicago, Ill., 1908
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