Russell E. Kerr
Russell E. Kerr was born November 30, 1838, in Wayne County, Ohio, and is a son of Joseph and Elizabeth (Russell) Kerr, of Lancaster County, Penn., who came to Wayne County in 1833, and located in Canaan Township. They were prominent members of the Seceder Church of Wooster. The mother died in 1864, and the father in 1869. They reared two sons, Cyrus, a resident of Chester County, Penn., and Russell E. The subject of this biography was reared on a farm, and followed agricultural pursuits until 1884, when he establihed his present coopering business at Creston, and four other places, where he is largely engaged in the manufacture of flour and apple barrels.
September 12, 1863, Mr. Kerr married Miss Mary J., daughter of Henry Lee, of Medina County, Ohio, and they have three children: Luella, wife of Charles Steele, of Medina County, Ohio; Eddie K., of Lodi, Ohio, and Vinnie May, at home. Mr. Kerr is one of the principal stockholders of the Creston Milling Company. Politically he is a Democrat, and a member of the township board. He is an elder in the Presbyterian Church, and one of the valued and enterprising citizens of Wayne County.
From Commemorative Biographical Record of the Counties of Wayne and Holmes, Ohio, J. H. Beers & Co., Chicago, 1889