Texas Legislators: Past & Present

Abnus Bailey Kerr

Full Name: Abnus Bailey Kerr
Birth date: March 4, 1832
Death date: April 20, 1908

Terms of Service

Senate, 26th ⁽²⁾ & 25th ⁽¹⁾ Legislatures
1/12/1897 - 1/8/1901
Democrat

(1) 25th Legislature - Roll of Senators-elect, oath of office administered, 1/12/1897, p. 1. Senate Journal .
(2) 26th Legislature - Roll of holdover Senators, 1/10/1899, pp. 1-2. Senate Journal .

Biographical Notes and Resources

Resolutions and Journal entries

43rd Legislature, 1st C.S. - Memorial Service for Barry Miller, 10/10/1933, pp. 305-306. Listed as a Senator from the 26th or 27th Legislatures "among those who are now dead." Senate Journal .

Photographs

Photograph. A.B. Kerr, State Preservation Board
Photograph. A.B. Kerr, State Preservation Board

Other Resources

Biographical sketch and portrait, Abnus Bailey Kerr, Volume II, pp. 406-410. A Twentieth Century History of Southwest Texas Illustrated 1907.
Abner Baily Kerr, death date 4/20/1908 in Muldoon, Fayette County; residence in San Antonio. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976 .
Abness Bailey Kerr, birth date 3/5/1834, death date 4/20/1908, burial in Oak Hill Cemetery, Flatonia, Fayette County. Includes reprint of obituary in the San Antonio Light, 4/21/1908. Find a Grave .
Biographical sketch, Abnus B. Kerr, pp. 496-500. Memorial and Genealogical Record of Southwest Texas: Containing Biographical Histories and Genealogical Records of Many Leading Men and Prominent Families 1894.
Obituary, Abner B. Kerr, 4/21/1908. San Antonio Light .
Biographical sketch, Abnus Bailey Kerr, pp. 31-34. Born 3/4/1832 in Augusta County, Virginia. Texas State Government: A Volume of Biographical Sketches and Passing Comment, 25th Legislature 1897.