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Spanish
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James A. Kennedy
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| Shenango
Township, Pennsylvania |
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Private
Company F,
Fifteenth
Regiment PA Volunteers Infantry
Entered 10
May 1898
Mustered
In, 11 May 1898
Mustered
Out, 31 Jan 1899, Athens, GA
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| James
A. Kennedy, son of James S., was born
in Shenango township, Mercer county, Pennsylvania, March 3, 1873; he was
educated in the. Grove City public schools and at Grove City College. He
learned the stationary engineer’s trade from his father and followed
this for coal mines up to 1899, when he was appointed assistant postmaster
under his father. In 1898 he enlisted in Company F, Fifteenth Pennsylvania
Regiment, or service in the Spanish-American war and was mustered out of
service at Athens, Georgia, February, 1899. He is still a member of the
same company, now known as Company M, of which he was second lieutenant
for three years and for the last two years has been first lieutenant. He
is a member of the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, Greenville Lodge
No. 145. In religious matters Mr. Kennedy is
a member of the Methodist Episcopal denomination.
Twentieth Century History of
Mercer County, 1909, pages
 From
Record of Pennsylvania Volunteers of the
Spanish-American War, 1898, published under the
Provisions of the Act of Assembly, Approved April 13,
1899. Compiled under the Supervision of Thomas J.
Stewart, Adjutant General, 1901.
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