Ida May Kennedy was born February 3, 1878 in Smithville, Ritchie County West Virginia. Ida's mother, Anna Elizabeth Mary (Prince) Kennedy, died when Ida was eleven months old. Ida had two half brothers by her father's first wife, Minerva (Webb) Kennedy, who were older than her, William Edwin & Charles Franklin & one full brother who was also older than her, John Robert Kennedy. Ida married Charles Monroe Elliott on April 20, 1904 in Smithville West Virginia. Shortly after the death of their baby daughter, Mary Elizabeth, Charles & Ida moved to Mariposa County California and settled near Charles' maternal grandmother, Martha Jane Westfall, and Charles' maternal uncles, James, Sampson,& Charles Kuykendall Westfall and his two maternal aunts, Melinda Davidson & Sarah Nutter. Charles & Ida purchased the old Dunning homestead at what is now called Elliott Corner and they also homesteaded 160 acres adjoining this property which backed up to the Westfall ranches along what is now called East Westfall Road. Elliott Corner & the homestead property are where Charles & Ida lived the remainder of their life. All of their children attended grammar school at the little Chowchilla School about a quarter of a mile from Elliott Corner and Mariposa County Highschool. A daughter, Jessie (Elliott) Hilton taught two of her siblings at the school years later. Ida died at Elliott Corner in Mariposa County California on January 30, 1961.
Her paternal granparents were Russell Kennedy & Hettie (Pitman) Kennedy. Her maternal grandparents were John Henderson Prince & Drusilla (Webb) Prince. Her father, John Pitman Kennedy, was a Civil War soldier, Company G, 6th West Virginia, for the Union. He entered as a private and was discharged as a sergeant. Ida's parents are buried in the Webb Cemetery in Smithville, Ritchie County West Virginia. Ida's children were John Wesley, Mary Elizabeth, Jessie Myrtle, Charles Robert, Edith Virginia, William Franklin, and Ida May Elliott.