Mr. Kenyon is a native of the town of Brownville, Jefferson county, New York, where he was born on the15th of September, 1817. He is descended from genuine American stock. His father, Samuel Kenyon, is still living, at the advanced age of about seventy-eight, and his mother, whose maiden name was Susan Cross, died some twenty-eight years ago.
Mr. Kenyon, like most successful American boys, was educated in the common schools of his native place. In early life he worked on a farm and was engaged in stage driving, and is now proprietor of an extensive line of stages at Rome, Oneida county, where he has resided since 1839.
Politically he has always been an old-fashioned conservative Democrat, of the Gen. Jackson school, voting for Gen. Cass in 1848, and is now one of the most influential men in his party in the district which he represents. He never held any important public position previous to his election to the present Legislature, but has nevertheless shown himself a good legislator and" a most capital manone who will never disgrace any position whose duties-require the exercise of good common sense, untiring industry, and strict integrity of character.
Mr. Kenyon, like most successful American boys, was educated in the common schools of his native place. In early life he worked on a farm and was engaged in stage driving, and is now proprietor of an extensive line of stages at Rome, Oneida county, where he has resided since 1839.
Politically he has always been an old-fashioned conservative Democrat, of the Gen. Jackson school, voting for Gen. Cass in 1848, and is now one of the most influential men in his party in the district which he represents. He never held any important public position previous to his election to the present Legislature, but has nevertheless shown himself a good legislator and" a most capital manone who will never disgrace any position whose duties-require the exercise of good common sense, untiring industry, and strict integrity of character.
Mr. Kenyon is a native of the town of Brownville, Jefferson county, New York, where he was born on the15th of September, 1817. He is descended from genuine American stock. His father, Samuel Kenyon, is still living, at the advanced age of about seventy-eight, and his mother, whose maiden name was Susan Cross, died some twenty-eight years ago.
Mr. Kenyon, like most successful American boys, was educated in the common schools of his native place. In early life he worked on a farm and was engaged in stage driving, and is now proprietor of an extensive line of stages at Rome, Oneida county, where he has resided since 1839.
Politically he has always been an old-fashioned conservative Democrat, of the Gen. Jackson school, voting for Gen. Cass in 1848, and is now one of the most influential men in his party in the district which he represents. He never held any important public position previous to his election to the present Legislature, but has nevertheless shown himself a good legislator and" a most capital manone who will never disgrace any position whose duties-require the exercise of good common sense, untiring industry, and strict integrity of character.
Mr. Kenyon, like most successful American boys, was educated in the common schools of his native place. In early life he worked on a farm and was engaged in stage driving, and is now proprietor of an extensive line of stages at Rome, Oneida county, where he has resided since 1839.
Politically he has always been an old-fashioned conservative Democrat, of the Gen. Jackson school, voting for Gen. Cass in 1848, and is now one of the most influential men in his party in the district which he represents. He never held any important public position previous to his election to the present Legislature, but has nevertheless shown himself a good legislator and" a most capital manone who will never disgrace any position whose duties-require the exercise of good common sense, untiring industry, and strict integrity of character.
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