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MRS. LUCY A. KERR, Hickman County, was born November 13, 1824, in Franklin County, Tenn. She is a daughter of James Stanley, who was born in South Carolina, and while in Tennessee held the office of sheriff, and various other officer He moved to Charleston, Mo., in 1832, and died there in 1838. Our subject was married to John O. Morton, in 1840; he died soon after, leaving one son, John M. Her second marriage was in 1844, to John W. Dunn; he died in 1847, leaving one child, Mary A. Her third marriage, in 1849, was to James C. Burgess, of Virginia; he died in 1862, leaving two sons and one daughter. Her fourth marriage, in 1867, was to N. M. Kerr, of Virginia; he died in 1876, leaving one daughter. In 1844 Mrs. Kerr went to Cape Girardeau, Mo.; after remaining there one year, she returned to Charleston, and in 1849 moved to Wolf Island; there she continued to reside until 1878, when she came to Columbus. She owns two farms on the island, consisting of several hundred acres, one of which is now rented. John W. Dunn was elected county judge, and died in the fall of his election. Her son, John M. Morton, served in the late war and is now engaged in farming on Wolf Island. Mrs. Kerr is a member of the Baptist Church.