KENNEDY, Flora

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• Reference Number: KENN.F003
• _FGRAVE: 24070906

Family/Spouse: DAVIDSON, Samuel D.. Samuel was born in 1863 in Indiana; died on 9 Feb 1923 in Richland County, Illinois; was buried in Clay City Cemetery, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: KENN.W005
• _FGRAVE: 207662230

Notes:

William Denbow Kennedy (Kenedy/Kannaday) was born in Maryland on 6 April 1819 according to the details on his death record. He was a Tailor by trade. It is listed in an 1880 Census Schedule for others with disabilities that he is blind at this point in his life.

We know at this time that William was married at least twice.

His first marriage was to Laura Van Tassel. Her last name is spelled a variety of ways over the years, too. Some records say she was born in New York and others say Michigan. It appears that she and most her siblings were born in NY and then migrated to Michigan when she was a child. They were married in 1842.

William and Laura's early life together started in Michigan and they have at least two children identified in the 1850 Census. William's occupation is Tailor. They live very close to Laura's Van Tassel family and they are identified in the well documented Van Tassel genealogy that goes back to the early Dutch settlements in the 1620s.

At this time I can identify two children from the 1850 Census. Charles A. Kennedy (abt 1844) and Sarah Kennedy (abt 1846). Both born in Michigan. I pick up the family again in Indiana by 1858 as they had at least two daughters, Alice Elvira Kennedy Wells (1858-1927), and Laura Belle Kennedy Neff (1862-1949), both born in Indiana. They are found living in Vincennes, Knox County, Indiana and some records list Perrysville, Indiana.

Laura died in 1867 but I haven't found her details at this time.

William's second wife was Miriam Kiddy. Their marriage was recorded in 1868 and they were together for 26 years. She was born Sep 1841 in Carroll County, Ohio and died 8 Aug 1928 in St. Louis Missouri but is buried here at Clay City Cemetery, as well.

William and Miriam's children include: Florence "Flora" May Kennedy Davidson (1868-1917), Jacob Franklin Kennedy (1871-1939), Bertha Jeanette Kennedy Bradford McCauley (1877-1948), and Fred Alfred Kennedy (1881-1954). All born in Clay County, Illinois.

William's death record gives the following information:
William D Kennedy
Sex: Male Color: White
At time of death he was Year: 75 Month: 3 Days 16
Occupation: Tailor
Date and Time of Death: 22 July 1894 at 4 a.m.
Married, American, Born in Maryland
Resident of Illinois: 30 Years
Place of Death: Clay City, Illinois
Cause of Death: Tuberculosis
Duration of Disease: 1 Year
Burial Place and Date: Clay City Cemetery on 23 July 1894
Undertaker: TN Pearce in Clay City
Physician Returning Certificate: OW and JW Boyles of Clay City, Illinois

Info from Kaylen Wells Cirillo
3rd Great Granddaughter via William's daughter Alice Elvira Kennedy Wells

William + Kiddy, Miriam. Miriam was born in Sep 1841 in Carroll County, Ohio; died on 8 Aug 1928 in St. Louis, St. Louis County, Missouri; was buried in Clay City Cemetery, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: KIDD..M001
• _FGRAVE: 36735470