Harriett Kerr 9/28/1858- 8/13/1887

KERR, BRADFORD, HENRY

Posted By: Karen Bergquist Uhr
Date: 2/9/2009 at 20:53:40

Kerr-Mrs. Harriet, at her father's home in Bonaparte, Iowa, Saturday Aug. 13, 1887. aged 28 years, 10 months and 15 days.

Diseased was the seventh child and fourth daughter of Mr. Anthony and Sarah Bradford and was born in Van Buren county, Iowa. Sep. 28, 1858. She was married to Harvey Kerr Aug. 31, 1881. This union was blessed with one beautiful child Theo Waunita, who is left in good Christian care too young to realize her great loss, finding a home with Mr. and Mrs. Levi Henry of this place.

She bore her sufferings very patiently and answered readily and willingly to her summons hence. Many friends manifested their respect for the dead and symphy (sic) for the bereaved family at the house where prayer was offered and a hymn sung, and in attending the remains to their last resting place in the Thompson cemetry. (sic)

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