Amador County Biographies

THOMAS KERR 

Transcribed by Peggy Hooper

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Was born in 1843 in Crawford county, Pennsylvania, where he remained until he was fourteen years of 
age, during which time he took advantage of such opportunities of informing his mind as the place 
afforded. He came to California in 1860, locating at once in the town of Amador which he has since made 
his home. For a few years he engaged in freighting, the immense quantities of timber and other supplies 
needed in the heavy mining around the town, making that a very extensive business. After four years 
of this kind of work he engaged in the livery business, which he has since followed. In 1871 he was 
married to Miss Augusta Fassett, a native of Illinois, who died February 25, 1880. Have three children, 
two boys and one girl. Mr. Kerr is a Californian in spirit and fact, his active years so far, having been 
given to the Golden State. 

History of Amador, California With Illustrations and Biographical Sketches 
of its Prominent Men and PioneersOakland, California, Thompson and West, 
1881.