Kenyon, William S – Kerr, Washington Caruthers
Kenyon, William S
congressman.
He was elected a representative from New York to the thirty-sixth congress.
Keogh, Edward
business man, state senator, was born Jan. 22, 1835, in Ireland.
In 1860 he was elected a member of the Wisconsin legislature, and in 1863 was elected state senator.
Kephart, Ezekiel Voring
clergyman, bishop, state senator, was born Nov. 6, 1834, in Decatur, Pa. He has been president of the Western college; and has served as a state senator in the Iowa legislature. In 1881 he was elected bishop of the church of the United Brethren in Christ, with headquarters in Baltimore, Md.
Kepple, George E
journalist, was born April 15, 1863, in Butler county, Pa.
He received his education in the State Lick academy, and the Curry university of Pittsburg. He is the editor of The American of Pittsburg, Pa.; where he is a prominent member of several secret, patriotic, and fraternal orders.
Ker, David
lawyer, jurist. He was an early emigrant to the territory of Mississippi; and in 1802 was appointed a judge of the United States court for that territory.
Ker, David
journalist, author, was born in England. He is a journalist of New York city; and the author of The Broken Image, and Other Tales; On the Road to Khiva; The Wild Horseman of the Pampas; The Boy Slave in Bokhara; From the Hudson to the Neva; Lost Among White Africans; Into Unknown Seas; The Lost City, or the Boy Explorers in Central Asia; and The Wizard King.
Kerfoot, John Barrett
college president, protestant episcopal bishop, was born March 1, 1816, in Ireland. From 1842 to 1864 he was president of St. James college, Maryland, and was also president Oi Trinity college from 1864 to 1867. He was first protestant episcopal bishop of Pittsburg and seventy-eighth in succession in the American episcopate. He died July 10, 1881, in Meyersdale, Pa.
Kerlerec, Louis Billouart De
governor, was born in 1704 in France.
For twenty-five years he was in the French navy; and during 1753-63 was governor of Louisiana.
Kerlin, Isaac Newton
physician, author, was born May 27, 1834, in Burlington, N. J. He served in the civil war as a physician and surgeon; and is the author of The Mind Unveiled; and Manual of Elwyn.
Kern, Albert J. W
philologist, author, poet, was born Feb. 1, 1857, in Germany. For many years he has been professor of modern languages at Harvard school of New York city. He is the author of many articles on subjects of comparative philology, literature and art; is a fertile contributor to German, English and French periodicals; and the author and editor of several school books.
He is also the author of several meritorious poems in German and in English.
Kern, John Worth
lawyer, legislator, was born Dec. 20, 1849, in Howard county, Ind. In 1869 he graduated from the university of Michigan; and has since attained prominence as an able lawyer of Indianapolis, Ind. During 1885-89 he was reporter of the supreme court of Indiana; served with distinction as state senator during 1892-96; and in 1897 was elected city attorney for the city of Indianapolis, Ind.
Kernan, Francis
lawyer, state legislator, congressman, United States senator, was born Jan. 14, 1816, in Tyrone, N. Y. He served in the state legislature; and was elected a representative from New York to the thirty-eighth congress.
He was elected to the United States senate for the term commencing in 1875.
Kerney, Martin Joseph
educator, journalist, lawyer, author, was born in 1819 in Lewiston, Md. In 1852 he was a member of the Maryland state legislature.
For four years he edited the Metropolitan magazine in Baltimore; and was the author of a Compendium of History; and various other school books. He died March 16, 1861, in Baltimore, Md.
Kernodle, John David
lawyer, journalist, was born Nov. 3, 1856, in Guilford county, N. C. In 1877 he graduated from Trinity college, N. C., after taking a full literary, language and mathematical course. In 1880 he was admitted to the bar by the supreme court of North Carolina; and since that time has also been the editor of The Alamance Gleaner of Graham, N. C. He has been a member of the town council, and served with distinction as mayor of Graham.
Kerr, Alvah Milton
author, poet, was born in 1855 in Mount Vernon, Ohio.
He is the author of Trean; An Honest Lawyer, and other works.
Kerr, Daniel
soldier, lawyer, state legislator, congressman, was born June 18, 1836, in Scotland. He entered the service as a private in 1862; and was promoted first lieutenant in 1864. He was elected to the legislature of Illinois in 1868. He removed to Iowa in 1870; and was elected to the legislature of Iowa in 1883. He was elected to the fiftieth and fifty-first congresses as a republican.
Kerr, Halbert S
civil engineer, railroad manager, was born Jan. 3, 1865, in St. Michaels, Md. During 1884-85 he was engineer in charge of construction of the San Pete Valley railway; and since 1888 its general superintendent.
Kerr, J. A
lawyer, jurist, poet. In 1878 he opened a law office in Tippecanoe City, Ohio; and in 1889 was elected judge of the common pleas of the county. He is also the author of a number of poems.
Kerr, James
lawyer, manufacturer, jurist, congressman, was born Oct. 2, 1851, in Mifflin county, Pa. Since 1867 he has lived in Clearfield; was elected a justice of the peace in 1878; was elected prothonotary for his county in 1880; and was re-elected in 1883. In 1888 he was elected a member of the fifty-first con- He was a clerk of the national gress. house of representatives for the fiftysecond and fifty-third congresses. He is now chiefly engaged in the mining and shipping of bituminous coal, and the construction of railroads.
Kerr, James Horner
educator, clergyman, was born April 3, 1847, in Turbotville, Pa. He received his education in the Lafayette college and the Western Theological seminary. For many years he was engaged in educational work, and was teacher in the Brainerd institute of Cranberry, N. J. In 1871 he began preaching; in 1873 was ordained; and has filled pastorates in the presbyterian church at McConnellsburg, Rural Valley and Centre Hall, Pa.; and has been missionary in Park River, and in Sheldon, N. D.; and is now serving his church in Casey, Iowa.
Kerr, John
congressman. He was a representative in congress from Pennsylvania from 1813 to 1817.
Kerr, John
lawyer, congressman, was born in North Carolina. He was a representative in congress from his native state from 1853 to 1855; and was subsequently elected to the house of commons of that state.
Kerr, John Bozman
lawyer, congressman, was born March 5, 1809, in Easton, Md. He was a member of the general assembly of Maryland from 1836 to 1838; and from 1847 to 1849 acted as deputy for the attorney-general of Maryland for Talbot county. From 1849 to 1851 he was a representative in congress.
He died Jan. 27, 1878, in Washington, D. C.
Kerr, John Francis
lawyer, legislator, jurist, was born April 30, 1857, in Scranton, Pa. He served two terms in the New Jersey state legislature; and for five years was judge of the district court of Paterson, N. J. con-
Kerr, John Leeds
lawyer, gressman, United States senator, was born Jan. 15, 1780, in Greenbury Point, Md.
He was a representative in congress from Maryland from 1825 to 1829, and again from 1831 to 1833. He was a senator in congress from 1841 to 1843. He died Feb. 21, 1844, near Easton, Md.
Kerr, Joseph
United States senator.
He was a senator in congress from Ohio from 1814 to 1815 to fill a vacancy.
Kerr, Michael Crawford
lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born March 15, 1827, near Titusville, Pa. In 1856 he was elected for two years to the Indiana state assembly; and in 1862 was elected reporter to the supreme court of the state, and published five volumes. In 1864 he was elected a representative from Indiana to the thirty-ninth congress, and was reelected to the fortieth, forty-first and forty-second congresses. Having been re-elected to the forty-fourth congress, was the choice of his party for speaker, and was duly elected. He died Aug. 20, 1876, in Alum Springs, Va.
Kerr, Robert Pollok
author, was born in 1850 in Massachusetts. He is the author of Presbyterianism for the People; History of Presbyterianism; Hymns of the Ages; and Voice of God in History.
Kerr, Shadrach
missionary, was born June 4, 1833, in the British West Indies. In 1859 he did extensive mission work at the Turks and Caicos islands, and in 1863 was appointed master of public schools at Grand Turks. In 1867 he was sent as a missionary to Hayti, and in 1873 was appointed professor at the National Lyceum college. In 1883 he was sent to Jamaica, and the following year was appointed rector of the Panama Railroad church. In 1889 he made extensive missionary tours through Central America, and performed the religious services at the opening at the Nicaragua canal.
In 1890 he returned to the West Indies, and was transferred to the diocese of Florida as the rector of St. Peter's Episcopal church of Key West.
Kerr, Walter Lowrie
farmer, legislator, was born Feb. 17, 1848, in Poland, Ohio. He received the rudiments of his education in the public schools, and graduated from the Iowa university. He is a successful farmer of Norton, Kan.; has served with distinction as a member of the Kansas house of representatives; and filled various other public offices in the gift of his county and state.
Kerr, Washington Caruthers
geologist, was born May 24, 1827, in Alamance county, N. C. He became one of the foremost geologists of the south; and has contributed a number of valuable papers to scientific publications. He died Aug. 9, 1885, in Asheville, N. C.