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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