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    RAYMOND A. KERR

    Raymond A. Kerr, prosecuting attorney of Miami county, and one of the leading younger members of the State bar, was born at Tippecanoe City, Ohio, November 10, 1880, a son of Ellis and Etta (Tenney) Kerr. Mr. Kerr probably owes at least a part of his ability in the law to inheritance, as his father was one of Miami county's prominent attorneys and a graduate of the Cincinnati Law School. There were three children in the family: Raymond A.; Loran A., a successful realtor of Southern California, and Vera K., the wife of R. W. Kessler, commander in the United States Navy, who saw service during the World war in conveying transports. Raymond A. Kerr attended the public schools of his native place, following which he took a course at Ohio Wesleyan University from which he received his Bachelor of Arts degree. His law studies were prosecuted at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, which conferred upon him the degree of Doctor of Laws, and in June, 1905, he commenced practice at Tippecanoe City. In November, 1916, he was elected prosecutor of Miami county, and the splendid manner in which he conducted the affairs of his office in his first term led to his re-election in 1918. He is a Mason and Odd Fellow belongs to the Junior Order of United American Mechanics, and maintains membership in the Methodist church. Mr. Kerr married Myra W., daughter of W. H. Wehrly, district superintendent of the Methodist Episcopal church, Cincinnati district. To this union there have been born two children: Ellis Wehrly and Robert.

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