Frederick Albert Kennon, of this city, died on Wednesday of last week, February 2., in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, of intestinal obstruction. The remains were sent to this city last Saturday, and funeral services were held from the home, of deceased, on Sunday morning at 10 o'clock, conducted by Rev. S. F. Gutelius, and internment was made in the Walnut Grove
cemetery.
Mr. Kennon has for some time been in the employ of the John Deers Plow Co, with headquarters in Oklahoma City. On the afternoon of his death
he complained of not feeling well and in the evening a physician was summoned. He left the patient resting easier and went to supper. On returning later in the evening, he found Mr. Kennon dying, and the best efforts to sustain him proved unavailing. For many years Mr. Kennon has suffered with occasional attacks of this nature.
Deceased was born in Plattsburg, New York, July 24, 1857. He came to this city about a quarter of a century ago, and on April 30,1887, was married to Miss Clara E. D. LaRue. To this union five children were born, three sons and two daughters, four of whom together with the widow, survive the father. They are Edith, Fred L., Frank D, and Ralph E. Mr. Kennon was known to most people in this county, having been engaged in the hardware business for a good many years, and later in the implement line. He was a member of the local . Masonic lodge which had charge of the funeral ceremonies, and was also a Knight.of Pythias. Rev. Father Lovejoy, who was the assisting minister at the funeral, officiated at the wedding of Mr. Kennon.
Adams County Free Press, February 9, 1910, page 2
Miss Edith Kennon who was called home on account of the death of her father. F. A. Kennon, returned to her school work In the Pipestone Indian schools at Pipestone, Minn., Monday.
Adams County Free Press, February 12, 1910, page 7
Frederick Kennon, an enterprising young hardware merchant of Corning, was born in Clinton county, New York, in 1857, a son of Albert G. and Elizabeth (Garrett) Kennon, natives also of that State. The father, a farmer, came to Iowa in 1872, settling in Nodaway township, Adams county. His wife died in 1887, and this year (1891) he retired to a neat little farm in the suburbs of Corning. He has two children living - the daughter, Clara, is now Mrs. Worley, a widow.
Mr. Kennon, whose name heads this sketch, was brought up on a farm. At the age of twenty-three he took a brief course in the Indiana Normal University, then learned telegraphy, and was an operator in the employ of the Pittsburg & Ft. Wayne Railroad Company for a time, and then in that of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company, at Pacific Junction, and finally at Corning. In 1890 he established himself at his present business as hardware merchant at Corning. In this line he carries a complete stock. His industry, integrity and shrewd judgment are bringing him to the front. He is a member of the Masonic order and of King Arthur Lodge, K. of P. He was married in 1887, to Edith La Rue, sister of Frank La Rue, the cashier of the Corning Savings Bank. The two children are Edith and Fred.
cemetery.
Mr. Kennon has for some time been in the employ of the John Deers Plow Co, with headquarters in Oklahoma City. On the afternoon of his death
he complained of not feeling well and in the evening a physician was summoned. He left the patient resting easier and went to supper. On returning later in the evening, he found Mr. Kennon dying, and the best efforts to sustain him proved unavailing. For many years Mr. Kennon has suffered with occasional attacks of this nature.
Deceased was born in Plattsburg, New York, July 24, 1857. He came to this city about a quarter of a century ago, and on April 30,1887, was married to Miss Clara E. D. LaRue. To this union five children were born, three sons and two daughters, four of whom together with the widow, survive the father. They are Edith, Fred L., Frank D, and Ralph E. Mr. Kennon was known to most people in this county, having been engaged in the hardware business for a good many years, and later in the implement line. He was a member of the local . Masonic lodge which had charge of the funeral ceremonies, and was also a Knight.of Pythias. Rev. Father Lovejoy, who was the assisting minister at the funeral, officiated at the wedding of Mr. Kennon.
Adams County Free Press, February 9, 1910, page 2
Miss Edith Kennon who was called home on account of the death of her father. F. A. Kennon, returned to her school work In the Pipestone Indian schools at Pipestone, Minn., Monday.
Adams County Free Press, February 12, 1910, page 7
Frederick Kennon, an enterprising young hardware merchant of Corning, was born in Clinton county, New York, in 1857, a son of Albert G. and Elizabeth (Garrett) Kennon, natives also of that State. The father, a farmer, came to Iowa in 1872, settling in Nodaway township, Adams county. His wife died in 1887, and this year (1891) he retired to a neat little farm in the suburbs of Corning. He has two children living - the daughter, Clara, is now Mrs. Worley, a widow.
Mr. Kennon, whose name heads this sketch, was brought up on a farm. At the age of twenty-three he took a brief course in the Indiana Normal University, then learned telegraphy, and was an operator in the employ of the Pittsburg & Ft. Wayne Railroad Company for a time, and then in that of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company, at Pacific Junction, and finally at Corning. In 1890 he established himself at his present business as hardware merchant at Corning. In this line he carries a complete stock. His industry, integrity and shrewd judgment are bringing him to the front. He is a member of the Masonic order and of King Arthur Lodge, K. of P. He was married in 1887, to Edith La Rue, sister of Frank La Rue, the cashier of the Corning Savings Bank. The two children are Edith and Fred.
Frederick Albert Kennon, of this city, died on Wednesday of last week, February 2., in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, of intestinal obstruction. The remains were sent to this city last Saturday, and funeral services were held from the home, of deceased, on Sunday morning at 10 o'clock, conducted by Rev. S. F. Gutelius, and internment was made in the Walnut Grove
cemetery.
Mr. Kennon has for some time been in the employ of the John Deers Plow Co, with headquarters in Oklahoma City. On the afternoon of his death
he complained of not feeling well and in the evening a physician was summoned. He left the patient resting easier and went to supper. On returning later in the evening, he found Mr. Kennon dying, and the best efforts to sustain him proved unavailing. For many years Mr. Kennon has suffered with occasional attacks of this nature.
Deceased was born in Plattsburg, New York, July 24, 1857. He came to this city about a quarter of a century ago, and on April 30,1887, was married to Miss Clara E. D. LaRue. To this union five children were born, three sons and two daughters, four of whom together with the widow, survive the father. They are Edith, Fred L., Frank D, and Ralph E. Mr. Kennon was known to most people in this county, having been engaged in the hardware business for a good many years, and later in the implement line. He was a member of the local . Masonic lodge which had charge of the funeral ceremonies, and was also a Knight.of Pythias. Rev. Father Lovejoy, who was the assisting minister at the funeral, officiated at the wedding of Mr. Kennon.
Adams County Free Press, February 9, 1910, page 2
Miss Edith Kennon who was called home on account of the death of her father. F. A. Kennon, returned to her school work In the Pipestone Indian schools at Pipestone, Minn., Monday.
Adams County Free Press, February 12, 1910, page 7
Frederick Kennon, an enterprising young hardware merchant of Corning, was born in Clinton county, New York, in 1857, a son of Albert G. and Elizabeth (Garrett) Kennon, natives also of that State. The father, a farmer, came to Iowa in 1872, settling in Nodaway township, Adams county. His wife died in 1887, and this year (1891) he retired to a neat little farm in the suburbs of Corning. He has two children living - the daughter, Clara, is now Mrs. Worley, a widow.
Mr. Kennon, whose name heads this sketch, was brought up on a farm. At the age of twenty-three he took a brief course in the Indiana Normal University, then learned telegraphy, and was an operator in the employ of the Pittsburg & Ft. Wayne Railroad Company for a time, and then in that of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company, at Pacific Junction, and finally at Corning. In 1890 he established himself at his present business as hardware merchant at Corning. In this line he carries a complete stock. His industry, integrity and shrewd judgment are bringing him to the front. He is a member of the Masonic order and of King Arthur Lodge, K. of P. He was married in 1887, to Edith La Rue, sister of Frank La Rue, the cashier of the Corning Savings Bank. The two children are Edith and Fred.
cemetery.
Mr. Kennon has for some time been in the employ of the John Deers Plow Co, with headquarters in Oklahoma City. On the afternoon of his death
he complained of not feeling well and in the evening a physician was summoned. He left the patient resting easier and went to supper. On returning later in the evening, he found Mr. Kennon dying, and the best efforts to sustain him proved unavailing. For many years Mr. Kennon has suffered with occasional attacks of this nature.
Deceased was born in Plattsburg, New York, July 24, 1857. He came to this city about a quarter of a century ago, and on April 30,1887, was married to Miss Clara E. D. LaRue. To this union five children were born, three sons and two daughters, four of whom together with the widow, survive the father. They are Edith, Fred L., Frank D, and Ralph E. Mr. Kennon was known to most people in this county, having been engaged in the hardware business for a good many years, and later in the implement line. He was a member of the local . Masonic lodge which had charge of the funeral ceremonies, and was also a Knight.of Pythias. Rev. Father Lovejoy, who was the assisting minister at the funeral, officiated at the wedding of Mr. Kennon.
Adams County Free Press, February 9, 1910, page 2
Miss Edith Kennon who was called home on account of the death of her father. F. A. Kennon, returned to her school work In the Pipestone Indian schools at Pipestone, Minn., Monday.
Adams County Free Press, February 12, 1910, page 7
Frederick Kennon, an enterprising young hardware merchant of Corning, was born in Clinton county, New York, in 1857, a son of Albert G. and Elizabeth (Garrett) Kennon, natives also of that State. The father, a farmer, came to Iowa in 1872, settling in Nodaway township, Adams county. His wife died in 1887, and this year (1891) he retired to a neat little farm in the suburbs of Corning. He has two children living - the daughter, Clara, is now Mrs. Worley, a widow.
Mr. Kennon, whose name heads this sketch, was brought up on a farm. At the age of twenty-three he took a brief course in the Indiana Normal University, then learned telegraphy, and was an operator in the employ of the Pittsburg & Ft. Wayne Railroad Company for a time, and then in that of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company, at Pacific Junction, and finally at Corning. In 1890 he established himself at his present business as hardware merchant at Corning. In this line he carries a complete stock. His industry, integrity and shrewd judgment are bringing him to the front. He is a member of the Masonic order and of King Arthur Lodge, K. of P. He was married in 1887, to Edith La Rue, sister of Frank La Rue, the cashier of the Corning Savings Bank. The two children are Edith and Fred.
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