The following is a biographical sketch. It has been proofread (I suppose there still is a possibility of error). My interest is in the McCurdy line. Particular interest is in William McCurdy and another daughter Mary Ann married to Daniel Thurston also of Beaver County, PA. Any help or information would be appreciated. Phil Holm Transcription is by Phil Holm <pholm@rconnect.com> The book citation is: Title: History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania; including its early settlement; its erection into a separate county; its subsequent growth and development; sketches of its boroughs, villages and townships ... biographies of many of its representative citizens; statistics, etc. Publisher: Philadelphia, A. Warner, 1888. Description: 908 p. illus, map, ports. 26 cm. Page: 674. “William W. Kerr, bookkeeper, Beaver Falls, was born in Freedom, this county, June 23, 1833, and is a son of Thomas G. and Grizzy H. (McCurdy) Kerr. His paternal grandfather was Nathaniel Kerr, of Scotch-Irish descent, a soldier of the war of 1812 and a pioneer farmer of this county; he reared a family of three children: Thomas G., Mary A. (Mrs. Thomas Crooks), and Nathaniel P. Of these Thomas G., a blacksmith by trade, lived and died in this county. He had three children who grew to maturity: William W., Rev. Nathaniel P. and Mary (Mrs. George McCaskey). The maternal grandfather of our subject was William McCurdy, a pioneer of Brighton township, this county. William W. was reared and educated in Freedom, where he learned the trade of ship carpenter, which he followed from 1849 until 1877. Since then he has been a bookkeeper. He located in 1886 in Beaver Falls, where he has since resided. In 1856 he married Nancy J., daughter of Thomas and Abigail Devenney, of New Brighton, this county, and by her has four children: Thomas C., Olive S., Mary M. and Myra E. Mr. Kerr is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church; he is a F. & A. M.; in politics a Republican.”