Mary Jane Kerr
Mary Jane Kerr was born on April 8, 1850, in Titusville, Pennsylvania, to Andrew and Mary Kerr. Her father was a farmer who owned $2,000 of real estate and $500 of personal property by 1860. She grew up and attended school in Oil Creek, Pennsylvania, and she married Civil War veteran David Mack in the mid-1860s.
They lived in Cherrytree, Pennsylvania, and her husband worked as a farmer. By 1870, they owned $700 of personal property. They moved to West Wheatfield, Pennsylvania, in the 1870s. Her husband died on April 21, 1921. She applied for a widow’s pension in June 1921 and eventually secured one. She died of “carcinoma of [the] liver and stomach” in Dravosburg, Pennsylvania, on November 16, 1935.
DATABASE CONTENT
| (2518) | Kerr, Mary Jane ~ Mack, Mary Jane | 1850-04-08 | 1935-11-16 |
- Conflict Side: Union
- Role: Civilian
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- Gender: Female
- Race: White
Documents - Records: 1
- (3461) [recipient] ~ William M. Kerr to Mary J. Kerr, 24 October 1862
People - Records: 1
- (2518) Kerr, Mary Jane is the [sibling of] (2517) Kerr, William M.
Places - Records: 2
SOURCES
1860, 1870, 1880, 1900, 1910, and 1920 United States Federal Censuses, available from Ancestry.com; General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934, available from Ancestry.com; Pennsylvania Death Certificates, 1906-1968, available from Ancestry.com; The Indiana (PA) Gazette, 18 November 1935.
