Commission Merchant
Centurion, 1854–1856
Born c. 1818 in England
Died after 23 January 1856 in North Atlantic, At Sea
Buried Lost at Sea
Proposed by William P. Wright
Elected 7 January 1854 at about age thirty-six
Archivist’s Note: The date of death recorded here refers to when the sidewheel steamer SS Pacific, which Kershaw was aboard, left port in Liverpool en route to New York; the precise date and location of her sinking are unknown.