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Abnus Bailey Kerr Full Name: Abnus Bailey Kerr Date of birth: March 4, 1832 Date of death: April 20, 1908 Terms of Service Biographical Notes Committee Information Terms of Service top Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District S 18 Jan 12, 1897 - Jan 8, 1901 25th (2)   26th (1)   Democrat Flatonia / Fayette   Colorado, Fayette, Lavaca (1) 26th Legislature - Roll of holdover Senators, 1/10/1899, pp. 1-2. Senate Journal. (2) 25th Legislature - Roll of Senators-elect, oath of office administered, 1/12/1897, p. 1. Senate Journal.   Biographical Notes and Resources top 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. Biographical Sketches Abness Bailey "Abner" Kerr, birth date 3/5/1834, death date 4/20/1908, interment in Oak Hill Cemetery, Flatonia, Fayette County. Includes reprint of San Antonio Light obituary, 4/21/1908. Find a Grave. 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. Biographical sketch and portrait, Abnus Bailey Kerr, Volume II, pp. 406-410. A Twentieth Century History of Southwest Texas Illustrated, 1907. Biographical sketch. Fayette County. TXGenWeb Project. Photographs Photograph. A.B. Kerr, 25th Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. A.B. Kerr, 26th Legislature, State Preservation Board Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol 25th session composite photo of Senate members (Senate chamber gallery, west wall. 3E.5). State Preservation Board. 26th session composite photo of Senate members (Senate chamber gallery, west wall. 3E.5). State Preservation Board. Committee Informationtop 26th R.S. - 1899 Contingent Expenses (Chair)  Finance   Labor   Public Debts, Claims and Accounts   State Affairs   State Penitentiaries   25th R.S. - 1897 Claims and Accounts   Commerce and Manufacturing   Confederate Home and Southwestern Insane Asylum, Special   Confederate Home, Special   Contingent Expenses (Chair)  Counties and County Boundaries   Finance   Frontier Protection   Penitentiaries   Private Land Claims   Public Debt   Roads, Bridges and Ferries   State Affairs   Stock and Stock Raising   Towns and City Corporations   Uniformity of Text-books, Special

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