William B. Kerr/Keer
(note:  further research needed to resolve the inconsistencies in the records reproduced below)
Illinois Civil War Muster and Descriptive Rolls Database:
        
Honor Roll of State of Illinois, Illinois Veteran's Commission, Oct 1, 1956:
          Kerr, William B - Capt, Co G, 137 USCT (US Colored Troops)
          Died, 28Oct1919; Buried, Oakwood Cemetery, Joliet, IL, Section F
Headstone Readings, Oakwood Cemetery, Joliet, IL, GAR Section
          CAPT WILLIAM B KEER - 137 USC INF - 1820- 1898    
Will County Illinois USGenWeb Necrologist Reports (© 2002 The ILGenWeb Project All Rights Reserved):
          June 20th(1898), William B. Kerr, of Joliet, aged 68. Deceased was a soldier in the late civil war and has been a resident of the city for many years.

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