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Kerr-Settle family of North Carolina

Note: This is just one of 1,164 family groupings listed on The Political Graveyard web site. These families each have three or more politician members, all linked together by blood, marriage or adoption.

These groupings — even the names of the groupings, and the areas of main activity — are the result of a computer algorithm working with the data I have, not the choices of any historian or genealogist.

  John Kerr (1782-1842) — of Virginia. Born near Yanceyville, Caswell County, N.C., August 4, 1782. Democrat. U.S. Representative from Virginia, 1813-15, 1815-17 (14th District 1813-15, 15th District 1815-17). Slaveowner. Died September 29, 1842 (age 60 years, 56 days). Interment at Baptist Cemetery, Yanceyville, N.C.
  Relatives: Father of John Kerr Jr.; granduncle of John Hosea Kerr; first cousin by marriage of Thomas Settle (1789-1857); first cousin of Bartlett Yancey; first cousin once removed of Thomas Settle (1831-1888); first cousin twice removed of Thomas Settle (1865-1919).
  Political family: Kerr-Settle family of North Carolina.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  Bartlett Yancey (1785-1828) — of North Carolina. Born near Yanceyville, Caswell County, N.C., February 19, 1785. U.S. Representative from North Carolina, 1813-17 (at-large 1813-15, 9th District 1815-17); member of North Carolina state senate, 1817-27. Slaveowner. Died near Yanceyville, Caswell County, N.C., August 30, 1828 (age 43 years, 193 days). Interment in private or family graveyard.
  Relatives: First cousin by marriage of Thomas Settle (1789-1857); first cousin of John Kerr; first cousin once removed of Thomas Settle (1831-1888); first cousin twice removed of Thomas Settle (1865-1919).
  Political family: Kerr-Settle family of North Carolina.
  Yancey County, N.C. is named for him.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  Thomas Settle (1789-1857) — of North Carolina. Born near Reidsville, Rockingham County, N.C., March 9, 1789. Democrat. Member of North Carolina house of commons, 1816, 1826-27; U.S. Representative from North Carolina 9th District, 1817-21; superior court judge in North Carolina, 1832. Slaveowner. Died in Rockingham County, N.C., August 5, 1857 (age 68 years, 149 days). Interment a private or family graveyard, Rockingham County, N.C.
  Relatives: Father of Thomas Settle (1831-1888); uncle of David Settle Reid; grandfather of Thomas Settle (1865-1919); first cousin by marriage of John Kerr and Bartlett Yancey.
  Political family: Kerr-Settle family of North Carolina.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  John Kerr Jr. (1811-1879) — of Yanceyville, Caswell County, N.C. Born near Danville, Pittsylvania County, Va., February 10, 1811. U.S. Representative from North Carolina 5th District, 1853-55; member of North Carolina house of commons, 1858. Slaveowner. Died September 5, 1879 (age 68 years, 207 days). Interment at City Cemetery, Yanceyville, N.C.
  Relatives: Son of John Kerr.
  Political family: Kerr-Settle family of North Carolina.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  David Settle Reid (1813-1891) — also known as David S. Reid — of Reidsville, Rockingham County, N.C. Born in Rockingham County, N.C., April 19, 1813. Democrat. Lawyer; U.S. Representative from North Carolina 3rd District, 1843-47; Governor of North Carolina, 1851-54; U.S. Senator from North Carolina, 1854-59. Slaveowner. Died June 19, 1891 (age 78 years, 61 days). Interment at Greenview Cemetery, Reidsville, N.C.
  Relatives: Nephew of Thomas Settle.
  Political family: Kerr-Settle family of North Carolina.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography
  Thomas Settle (1831-1888) — of Rockingham County, N.C.; Florida. Born in Rockingham County, N.C., January 23, 1831. Member of North Carolina house of commons, 1854-59; delegate to North Carolina secession convention, 1861; served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; delegate to North Carolina state constitutional convention, 1865; member of North Carolina state senate, 1866-68; justice of North Carolina state supreme court, 1868-71; U.S. Minister to Peru, 1871; candidate for Governor of North Carolina, 1876; U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of Florida, 1877-88; died in office 1888. Died in Raleigh, Wake County, N.C., December 1, 1888 (age 57 years, 313 days). Interment at Oakdale Cemetery, Wilmington, N.C.
  Relatives: Son of Thomas Settle (1789-1857); father of Thomas Settle (1865-1919); first cousin once removed of John Kerr and Bartlett Yancey.
  Political family: Kerr-Settle family of North Carolina.
  See also federal judicial profile — U.S. State Dept career summary — Biographical Directory of Federal Judges
  Thomas Settle (1865-1919) — of Reidsville, Rockingham County, N.C.; Asheville, Buncombe County, N.C. Born near Wentworth, Rockingham County, N.C., March 10, 1865. Republican. U.S. Representative from North Carolina 5th District, 1893-97; delegate to Republican National Convention from North Carolina, 1904, 1916; candidate for Governor of North Carolina, 1912. Died in Asheville, Buncombe County, N.C., January 20, 1919 (age 53 years, 316 days). Interment at Oakdale Cemetery, Wilmington, N.C.
  Relatives: Son of Thomas Settle (1831-1888); grandson of Thomas Settle (1789-1857); first cousin twice removed of John Kerr and Bartlett Yancey.
  Political family: Kerr-Settle family of North Carolina.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial
  John Hosea Kerr (1873-1958) — also known as John H. Kerr — of Warrenton, Warren County, N.C. Born in Yanceyville, Caswell County, N.C., December 31, 1873. Democrat. Lawyer; mayor of Warrenton, N.C., 1897-98; superior court judge in North Carolina 3rd District, 1916-21; U.S. Representative from North Carolina 2nd District, 1923-53; delegate to Democratic National Convention from North Carolina, 1940. Baptist. Member, Freemasons. Died in Warrenton, Warren County, N.C., June 21, 1958 (age 84 years, 172 days). Interment at Fairview Cemetery, Warrenton, N.C.
  Relatives: Son of Capt. John H. Kerr and Eliza Katherine (Yancey) Kerr; married to Ella Foote; grandnephew of John Kerr.
  Political family: Kerr-Settle family of North Carolina.
  The John H. Kerr dam, in Mecklenburg County, Virginia, is named for him.  — Kerr Lake, an impoundment on the Roanoke River, in Mecklenburg, Charlotte, and Halifax counties, Virginia, and Vance, Granville, and Warren counties, North Carolina, is named for him.
  Epitaph: "He Loved God And His Fellow Man."
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
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