History of
Harrison County, Iowa
Chicago: National Pub. Co., 1891.
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David W. Kennedy
submitted
by Peggy S. Kennedy
David W. Kennedy, who lives adjoining the town plat of Logan, is a
native of Ohio, born in Athens County, April 11, 1838. He is the son of
Charles and Elizabeth (Marshall) Kennedy, and came with the family to Crawford
County, Iowa, arriving November 15, 1854, locating on a quarter section of land.
Charles Kennedy, father of our subject, was a native of Ireland,
born in April 1790, remained in his native land until about 1821 and then emigrated to
America, locating in Philadelphia, Pa., where he engaged at making hair trunks, having
learned the weaver's trade in Ireland. In 1837, he removed to Athens County, Ohio
where he remained until coming to Iowa. He moved to Harrison County in 1868, where
both he and his wife spent the remainder of their days, with their children. He was
united in marriage in 1829, to Elizabeth, daughter of William and Jennie (Armstrong)
Marshall, who were natives of Ireland, Elizabeth being the eldest of their seven children.
She was born in Fermanagh County, Ireland, February 8, 1795, and came to this
country in 1821, her parents locating at Philadelphia. Her father soon returned to
Ireland on business, and there died, the mother having died soon after landing in this
country.
Charles and Elizabeth (Marshall) Kennedy were the parents of the
following children: Sarah Jane, born July 14, 1838; Samuel G., born September 4, 1831, and
died October 8, 1859, leaving a wife and two children; Zelotes
M., born July 13, 1833, now deceased; Joshua M., born October 30, 1835; David W., our
subject, born April 11, 1838; Elizabeth Ann, born April 30, 1840. Charles Kennedy,
the father of these children, died in Harrison County, Iowa, February 27, 1873, aged
eighty-three years. The mother died March 19, 1883, aged eighty-three years, and is
buried in Whitesboro Cemetery, in Harrison County.
Charles Kennedy's parents were Patrick and Esther (Butler) Kennedy,
natives of Ireland. Patrick, under the leadership of Henry Gratton, took sides with
the Patriot's in the Rebellion of 1798, and was not seen or heard
of afterwards.
David W., of whom we write this sketch, located on eighty acres of
land near the old town site of Whitesboro, in Jefferson Township, March 1, 1878, where he
remained and added to his land until September ;8, 1885, and then moved to his present
place. He was united in marriage, January 1, 1868, to Miss Nellie J. Newman, a
native of New York State, born August 10, 1841. She is the daughter of Stephen F.
and Lovinia (Klock) Newman, also natives of the Empire State. Our subject's wife
came to Illinois in December 1861, and four years later to Crawford County, Iowa, arriving
May 2, 1865. Her father was born in New York, November 1, 1809, and was the son of
Nathaniel and Esther (Frost) Newman, and was of English descent.
Our subject and his wife are the parents of the following children:
Charles S., born December 23, 1868; George M., born August 9, 1870; Merritt E., born
December 15, 1871; David Earl, born May 13, 1874, died September 2, 1874; Lewis M., born
February 17, 1876, died January 22, 1882; Minnie L., born November 22, 1878; Mark B., born
August 31, 1881; and Nellie May, born February 28, 1886. Charles S. attended the
district school at Whitesboro until sixteen years of age, and then attended the High
School at Logan three years, after which he took a course in the Omaha Business College,
graduating from the same July 16, 1890, and at present is engaged in studying stenography
and typewriting. George M. is engaged in the windmill and pump
business at Logan.
Politically our subject affiliates with the Republican party, while
in religious matters he and his wife are members of the Latter Day Saints Church. He
belongs to the Masonic fraternity, being a member of Chrysolite
Lodge, No 240, A. F. & A. M., at Logan.
Joshua M. Kennedy submitted
by Peggy S. Kennedy
Joshua M. Kennedy first bought land in Harrison County in the spring
of 1868, and he now resides on the south west quarter of section 4, of Jefferson Township.
He first located on section 3. His present farm comprises six
hundred and seventy-seven acres, all in Jefferson township. The Boyer River runs
diagonally through the part of the tract upon which his house is situated. This
farm, like most of the farms in this fertile valley is one of
much value.
Mr. Kennedy was born in Philadelphia, Pa., October 31, 1835.
His father was Charles Kennedy, a native of Ireland, born in Dublin in 1790, and came to
America in 1826, locating in Philadelphia. In 1837, he emigrated to Ohio, and in
1854 to Iowa, locating in Crawford County, twelve miles south of Denison. From
there he moved to Harrison County in 1868, where he died February 27, 1876.
Our subject attended school in Ohio, and came West with his parents,
from Ohio, being five weeks and two days on the road, arriving in Crawford November 15,
1854. The first land they entered was located in J. M.'s name, but was for his
gather, who paid #1.25 per acre. There our subject made his home until 1866, when he
located at Dunlap, but had been following the carpenter trade for some eight years at
Council Bluffs. In the fall of 1869, he removed to his present farm, building a
small frame house, in shich he lived about seven years and then erected his present large,
well arranged farm house on section 4. He has since added to this building, until it
is the largest within the township.
He was married April 27, 1867, to Lizzie Beachtel, a native of
Maryland, born July 14, 1845. Mr. and Mrs. Kennedy are the parents of five children:
Charles E., now a farmer in Jefferson Township; Florence M., engaged at teaching;
Gertrude B., a teacher, both graduates from Woodbine Normal; Frank W., at home; and
Wilburt R., at home.
Every intelligent citizen has his political choice, and our subject
believes in the principles of the Republican party. In his religious belief, Mr.
Kennedy is a Methodist.
His special feature in farming is stock raising, usually keeping one
hundred head of cattle and a large number of horses, and of hogs usually one hundred head.
His farm is divided into plow and meadow land; two hundred
acres of which is seeded in tame, and one hundred and sixty in wild grass, which grew nine
feet high in 1891, the whole tract being finely watered and drained by the Boyer River and
Six Mile Creek, which makes a most excellent stock ranch. He also has thirty acres
of good timber in Six Mile Grove.
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