This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Kerr, Fitch Classification: Death Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/kg.2ADI/1606 Message Board Post: Barry Adage, Barry, Pike Co. IL, Fri. Nov. 30, 1883: " A telegram to Mrs. Simeon Fitch last Saturday conveyed the sad news to her of the death of her father, Wm. Kerr, at Hunnewell, Mo. Mr. Kerr was a gentleman of advanced years and his arrival in this county dates back many winters. He was a native of Ireland. The disease terminating his death is supposed to have been contracted during his visit to Hunnewell, where his son resides, and the funeral occurred there."