Son of Job and Elizabeth(Benjamin)Kenyon. He entered this dept. after one year of medical study with Harvey Campbell, M. D. (Yale 1816), of Voluntown, Conn.,- the township adjoining Exeter on the west.
Immediately after graduation he began the practice of his profession in the village of Carolina Mills, in Richmond, R. I., whence he removed in 1853 to Anthony, a post-village in Coventry in the same State. In September, 1862, he became Assistant Surgeon to the 3d Regiment R.I. Heavy Artillery, then stationed at Hilton Head, S. C., but was obliged by ill health to leave the service in the following January. In 1864 he opened an office in Providence, which he maintained for the rest of his life, while still retaining his office and residence elsewhere. From 1865 to 1869 he held the position of physician to the U. S. Marine Hospital, then located in Providence. In 1869 he removed his residence to River Point, in the town of Warwick, R. I. where he remained until his death. In 1871 he was appointed by Governor Padelford a member of the board of State Charities and Connections; which office he filled with great efficiency until his resignation in 1884. He was a member of the State Senate from 1865 to 1889, and again in 1874. He was Highly esteemed in his profession, and in 1882 and again in 1883 was elected to the presidency of the State Medical Society.
He was attacked with apoplexy while attending to his practice in his providence office, on the morning of August 5, 1889, and expired at a later hour of the same day, in the 69th year of his age.
He was married in April 1854, to Phebe M., daughter of John Hoxie, of Richmond, R. I., who died in July, 1865. He was again married, January 22, 1885, to Sarah A., daughter of Joseph Sison, of Warwick, who survives him.
Source: Obituary Record of Graduates of Yale University ending June 1890.
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Connecticut, Town Marriage Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection)
Name: Job Kenyon
Marriage Date: 7 Apr 1854
Marriage Place: Griswold, Connecticut, USA
Residence Place: Richmond, R.i.
Spouse: Phebe M Hoxsie
Spouse Residence Place: Richmond, R.i.
New York, New York, Extracted Marriage Index, 1866-1937
Name: Job Kenyon
Gender: Male
Marriage Date: 21 Jan 1885
Marriage Place: Manhattan, New York, USA
Spouse: Sarah Sisson
Certificate Number: 53535
Rhode Island, Death Index, 1630-1930
Name: Job Kenyon
Kin 1: Job Kenyon
Kin 2: Elizabeth Kenyon
Death Date: 5 Aug 1889
Age: 68 Yrs
U.S. Veterans' Gravesites, ca.1775-2019
Name: Job Kenyon
Death Age: 68
Birth Date: 9 Jul 1821
Death Date: 5 Aug 1889
Cemetery Address: Coventry, RI 02816
Cemetery: Greenwood Cemetery
Interment Place: Rhode Island
Notes: MAJ US ARMY CIVIL WAR
Immediately after graduation he began the practice of his profession in the village of Carolina Mills, in Richmond, R. I., whence he removed in 1853 to Anthony, a post-village in Coventry in the same State. In September, 1862, he became Assistant Surgeon to the 3d Regiment R.I. Heavy Artillery, then stationed at Hilton Head, S. C., but was obliged by ill health to leave the service in the following January. In 1864 he opened an office in Providence, which he maintained for the rest of his life, while still retaining his office and residence elsewhere. From 1865 to 1869 he held the position of physician to the U. S. Marine Hospital, then located in Providence. In 1869 he removed his residence to River Point, in the town of Warwick, R. I. where he remained until his death. In 1871 he was appointed by Governor Padelford a member of the board of State Charities and Connections; which office he filled with great efficiency until his resignation in 1884. He was a member of the State Senate from 1865 to 1889, and again in 1874. He was Highly esteemed in his profession, and in 1882 and again in 1883 was elected to the presidency of the State Medical Society.
He was attacked with apoplexy while attending to his practice in his providence office, on the morning of August 5, 1889, and expired at a later hour of the same day, in the 69th year of his age.
He was married in April 1854, to Phebe M., daughter of John Hoxie, of Richmond, R. I., who died in July, 1865. He was again married, January 22, 1885, to Sarah A., daughter of Joseph Sison, of Warwick, who survives him.
Source: Obituary Record of Graduates of Yale University ending June 1890.
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Connecticut, Town Marriage Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection)
Name: Job Kenyon
Marriage Date: 7 Apr 1854
Marriage Place: Griswold, Connecticut, USA
Residence Place: Richmond, R.i.
Spouse: Phebe M Hoxsie
Spouse Residence Place: Richmond, R.i.
New York, New York, Extracted Marriage Index, 1866-1937
Name: Job Kenyon
Gender: Male
Marriage Date: 21 Jan 1885
Marriage Place: Manhattan, New York, USA
Spouse: Sarah Sisson
Certificate Number: 53535
Rhode Island, Death Index, 1630-1930
Name: Job Kenyon
Kin 1: Job Kenyon
Kin 2: Elizabeth Kenyon
Death Date: 5 Aug 1889
Age: 68 Yrs
U.S. Veterans' Gravesites, ca.1775-2019
Name: Job Kenyon
Death Age: 68
Birth Date: 9 Jul 1821
Death Date: 5 Aug 1889
Cemetery Address: Coventry, RI 02816
Cemetery: Greenwood Cemetery
Interment Place: Rhode Island
Notes: MAJ US ARMY CIVIL WAR
Son of Job and Elizabeth(Benjamin)Kenyon. He entered this dept. after one year of medical study with Harvey Campbell, M. D. (Yale 1816), of Voluntown, Conn.,- the township adjoining Exeter on the west.
Immediately after graduation he began the practice of his profession in the village of Carolina Mills, in Richmond, R. I., whence he removed in 1853 to Anthony, a post-village in Coventry in the same State. In September, 1862, he became Assistant Surgeon to the 3d Regiment R.I. Heavy Artillery, then stationed at Hilton Head, S. C., but was obliged by ill health to leave the service in the following January. In 1864 he opened an office in Providence, which he maintained for the rest of his life, while still retaining his office and residence elsewhere. From 1865 to 1869 he held the position of physician to the U. S. Marine Hospital, then located in Providence. In 1869 he removed his residence to River Point, in the town of Warwick, R. I. where he remained until his death. In 1871 he was appointed by Governor Padelford a member of the board of State Charities and Connections; which office he filled with great efficiency until his resignation in 1884. He was a member of the State Senate from 1865 to 1889, and again in 1874. He was Highly esteemed in his profession, and in 1882 and again in 1883 was elected to the presidency of the State Medical Society.
He was attacked with apoplexy while attending to his practice in his providence office, on the morning of August 5, 1889, and expired at a later hour of the same day, in the 69th year of his age.
He was married in April 1854, to Phebe M., daughter of John Hoxie, of Richmond, R. I., who died in July, 1865. He was again married, January 22, 1885, to Sarah A., daughter of Joseph Sison, of Warwick, who survives him.
Source: Obituary Record of Graduates of Yale University ending June 1890.
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Connecticut, Town Marriage Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection)
Name: Job Kenyon
Marriage Date: 7 Apr 1854
Marriage Place: Griswold, Connecticut, USA
Residence Place: Richmond, R.i.
Spouse: Phebe M Hoxsie
Spouse Residence Place: Richmond, R.i.
New York, New York, Extracted Marriage Index, 1866-1937
Name: Job Kenyon
Gender: Male
Marriage Date: 21 Jan 1885
Marriage Place: Manhattan, New York, USA
Spouse: Sarah Sisson
Certificate Number: 53535
Rhode Island, Death Index, 1630-1930
Name: Job Kenyon
Kin 1: Job Kenyon
Kin 2: Elizabeth Kenyon
Death Date: 5 Aug 1889
Age: 68 Yrs
U.S. Veterans' Gravesites, ca.1775-2019
Name: Job Kenyon
Death Age: 68
Birth Date: 9 Jul 1821
Death Date: 5 Aug 1889
Cemetery Address: Coventry, RI 02816
Cemetery: Greenwood Cemetery
Interment Place: Rhode Island
Notes: MAJ US ARMY CIVIL WAR
Immediately after graduation he began the practice of his profession in the village of Carolina Mills, in Richmond, R. I., whence he removed in 1853 to Anthony, a post-village in Coventry in the same State. In September, 1862, he became Assistant Surgeon to the 3d Regiment R.I. Heavy Artillery, then stationed at Hilton Head, S. C., but was obliged by ill health to leave the service in the following January. In 1864 he opened an office in Providence, which he maintained for the rest of his life, while still retaining his office and residence elsewhere. From 1865 to 1869 he held the position of physician to the U. S. Marine Hospital, then located in Providence. In 1869 he removed his residence to River Point, in the town of Warwick, R. I. where he remained until his death. In 1871 he was appointed by Governor Padelford a member of the board of State Charities and Connections; which office he filled with great efficiency until his resignation in 1884. He was a member of the State Senate from 1865 to 1889, and again in 1874. He was Highly esteemed in his profession, and in 1882 and again in 1883 was elected to the presidency of the State Medical Society.
He was attacked with apoplexy while attending to his practice in his providence office, on the morning of August 5, 1889, and expired at a later hour of the same day, in the 69th year of his age.
He was married in April 1854, to Phebe M., daughter of John Hoxie, of Richmond, R. I., who died in July, 1865. He was again married, January 22, 1885, to Sarah A., daughter of Joseph Sison, of Warwick, who survives him.
Source: Obituary Record of Graduates of Yale University ending June 1890.
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Connecticut, Town Marriage Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection)
Name: Job Kenyon
Marriage Date: 7 Apr 1854
Marriage Place: Griswold, Connecticut, USA
Residence Place: Richmond, R.i.
Spouse: Phebe M Hoxsie
Spouse Residence Place: Richmond, R.i.
New York, New York, Extracted Marriage Index, 1866-1937
Name: Job Kenyon
Gender: Male
Marriage Date: 21 Jan 1885
Marriage Place: Manhattan, New York, USA
Spouse: Sarah Sisson
Certificate Number: 53535
Rhode Island, Death Index, 1630-1930
Name: Job Kenyon
Kin 1: Job Kenyon
Kin 2: Elizabeth Kenyon
Death Date: 5 Aug 1889
Age: 68 Yrs
U.S. Veterans' Gravesites, ca.1775-2019
Name: Job Kenyon
Death Age: 68
Birth Date: 9 Jul 1821
Death Date: 5 Aug 1889
Cemetery Address: Coventry, RI 02816
Cemetery: Greenwood Cemetery
Interment Place: Rhode Island
Notes: MAJ US ARMY CIVIL WAR
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