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William Kerr Kennedy

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William Kerr Kennedy

Birth
Pennsylvania, USA
Death
2 Feb 1897 (aged 78)
Marion County, Ohio, USA
Burial
Whetstone Township, Crawford County, Ohio, USA Add to Map
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William married Margaret Shank May 21, 1844.
After Margaret died William married Mary Lance Jan. 23, 1862.

William K. Kennedy was born in Mifflin county, Pennsylvania, February 16, 1818, and died February 2, 1897, aged 78 years, 11 months and 16 days.
He came to Ohio with his parents in the year 1832, locating in Crawford county, just east of Bucyrus. For nearly seven years he labored as a farm hand for the small sum of from six to twelve dollars per month.
He was married May 28, 1844 to Margaret B. Shank, to which union were born nine children. The same year he moved to Marion county, taking up his residence in a log cabin about one quarter of a mile east of his present home. For fifty-three years he lived on the same farm, occupying two or three different houses during those years. His wife departed this life June 2, 1860. He was married to his present wife, Mary A. Lamb [Lance], January 23, 1862. To this union one child was born.
William Kennedy was a good neighbor, a kind husband and father, and a very successful business man. Nearly 400 persons gathered at the Whetstone M. E. church to pay a last tribute of respect to a one who had lived so long among them. The funeral services were conducted by the Rev. C. L. Lewis, the pastor.
He leaves a companion, seven children, forty-three grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren, besides a multitude of neighbors and more distant friends to mourn their loss. The surviving children are Lydia Jane Baker, T. S. Kennedy, James W. Kennedy, Emma Roberts, Anzilla Watts, Margaret E. Hill and Samira K. Jones.

Bucyrus Journal, Fri. Feb. 15, 1897
William married Margaret Shank May 21, 1844.
After Margaret died William married Mary Lance Jan. 23, 1862.

William K. Kennedy was born in Mifflin county, Pennsylvania, February 16, 1818, and died February 2, 1897, aged 78 years, 11 months and 16 days.
He came to Ohio with his parents in the year 1832, locating in Crawford county, just east of Bucyrus. For nearly seven years he labored as a farm hand for the small sum of from six to twelve dollars per month.
He was married May 28, 1844 to Margaret B. Shank, to which union were born nine children. The same year he moved to Marion county, taking up his residence in a log cabin about one quarter of a mile east of his present home. For fifty-three years he lived on the same farm, occupying two or three different houses during those years. His wife departed this life June 2, 1860. He was married to his present wife, Mary A. Lamb [Lance], January 23, 1862. To this union one child was born.
William Kennedy was a good neighbor, a kind husband and father, and a very successful business man. Nearly 400 persons gathered at the Whetstone M. E. church to pay a last tribute of respect to a one who had lived so long among them. The funeral services were conducted by the Rev. C. L. Lewis, the pastor.
He leaves a companion, seven children, forty-three grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren, besides a multitude of neighbors and more distant friends to mourn their loss. The surviving children are Lydia Jane Baker, T. S. Kennedy, James W. Kennedy, Emma Roberts, Anzilla Watts, Margaret E. Hill and Samira K. Jones.

Bucyrus Journal, Fri. Feb. 15, 1897

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