i am trying to find out if laura texas kerr rutledge was a sister or a cousin to robert s kerr the senator?

Answer 1

Robert S Kerr had 6 brothers and sisters, none named Laura unless it was a baby that did not survive. Some weirdness with brothers Thomas and Billie... I don't know if Laura was a distant cousin since I everything I've read has Robert's father being an only child who was orphaned by age 5 and raised by an uncle named Peter Mitchell. Laura Texas Kerr's parents were Charles H. Kerr and Mary A. Rowland, both of TX. As far as I know Charles Kerr was not an uncle of Robert S Kerr.

I found these pages about Laura Texas Kerr who married a John Henry RUTLEDGE. Who knows if they are correct:
http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=REG&db=:2181729&id=I112825592
http://genforum.genealogy.com/kerr/messages/3881.html

Census info (Robert S. Kerr family):
In 1900, Township 3, Chickasaw, Indian Territory
William Kerr 32, born MO
Maggie E Kerr 28, born TX
Lois Kerr 5, born TX
Robert S Kerr 3, born Indian Territory
Mildred Kerr 1, "

In 1910, Chickasaw, Pontotoc Co., Oklahoma.
William S Kerr 42, born MO
Maggie E Kerr 38, born TX
Francis L Kerr (aka Lois) 15, born TX
Robert S Kerr 13, born OK
Mildred M Kerr 11, "
Aubrey M Kerr 9, "
Travis M Kerr 8, "
Thomas C Kerr 3, "

1920, Ada Ward 4, Pontotoc, Oklahoma
W S Kerr, 52, born MO
Margaret Kerr, 48, born TX
Mildred Kerr, 21, born OK
Aubrey M Kerr, 19, "
Travis M Kerr, 17, "
Billie B Kerr, 12, "

bio/obit for William Samuel Kerr (lists 6 kids):
http://digital.library.okstate.edu/chronicles/v019/v019p250.html