Individual Details
James E. KENNEDY
(Apr 1825 - 23 Jun 1902)
William Kennedy married Julia Ann Peddicord (lived in Brush Valley Township, Indiana County, Pennsylvania)
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James Kennedy married Nancy McCoy Sarah Kennedy married Daniel McFarland Samuel Kennedy
(lived in Conemaugh Township, Indiana County) (lived in Brush Valley Township, Indiana County)
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William Smith Kennedy Daniel McCoy Kennedy Howard J. Kennedy Margaret Alice Kennedy
The following information was used to determine the identity of James Kennedy's parents: William and Julia Ann Peddicord. James' son Smith Kennedy was living with Daniel McFarland in the 1870 census in Brush Valley Township, Indiana County, Pennsylvania. James' son Howard was living with Daniel McFarland in the 1880 census in Brush Valley Township, Indiana County, Pennsylvania. According to a biography for Captain Daniel McFarland in the Indiana County History by Stewart, he was married to Sarah Kennedy. William and Juliann Kennedy are living near Daniel McFarland and his wife Sarah in the 1850 census in Brush Valley Township, Indiana County, Pennsylvania. Julia A. Kennedy is living near Daniel McFarland and his wife Sarah in the 1860 census in Brush Valley Township, Indiana County, Pennsylvania. Julia Kennedy is living near Daniel McFarland in the 1870 census in Brush Valley Township, Indiana County, Pennsylvania. A biographical article on the Kennedy family of Indiana County, Pennsylvania in the Genealogical and Personal History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania by Jordan states that the maiden name of William Kennedy's wife was Peddicord and that they had three children: Samuel, James, and Sarah.
James and Nancy (McCoy) Kennedy named their oldest son William Smith Kennedy. William was James father's name and Smith was the maiden name of Nancy's mother. James remarried in 1878 after his first wife Nancy's death. None of his children lived with him after he remarried.
According to James' granddaughters Eva and Pearl Kennedy, their father Daniel McCoy left home when he was 16 since he did not get along with his father. He was living with a Smith Templeton and his wife Elizabeth in the 1870 census in Conemaugh Township, Indiana County, Pennsylvania. His daughters Eva and Pearl Kennedy said he took a wall clock and a trunk when he left home. The wall clock hung over the mantle in the sitting room and the trunk was in a small first floor bedroom when I visited their home while they were living. James' youngest child Margaret was living with Daniel McCoy Kennedy and his wife Evaline in the 1880 census in Conemaugh Township, Indiana County, Pennsylvania.
James was supported by the Overseers of the Poor in Young Township, Indiana County, Pennsylvania in 1900. As a result, the Court ordered Daniel and Smith Kennedy to pay 75 cents a week each towards their father's support. The only death record found for James Kennedy was a notice in the Indiana Weekly Messenger on 25 June 1902.
Events
| Birth | Apr 1825 |  | |||
| Marriage | Abt 1849 | Nancy MCCOY | | ||
| Occupation | From 1850 to 1900 | shoemaker - Indiana County, Pennsylvania | | ||
| Census | 1850 | Conemaugh Township, Indiana County, Pennsylvania | | ||
| Census | 1860 | Clarksburgh Post Office, Conemaugh Township, Indiana County, Pennsylvania | | ||
| Miscellaneous | 1 Jul 1863 | registered for the draft during the Civil War - Conemaugh Township, Indiana County, Pennsylvania | | ||
| Census | 1870 | Saltsburg Post Office, Conemaugh Township, Indiana County, Pennsylvania | | ||
| Marriage | 8 Jan 1878 | Young Township, Indiana County, Pennsylvania - Elizabeth F. ORBISON | | ||
| Census | 1880 | West Lebanon, Young Township, Indiana County, Pennsylvania | | ||
| Property | 3 May 1881 | lots to J. W. Walker - West Lebanon, Young Township, Indiana County, Pennsylvania | | ||
| Census | 1900 | Young Township, Indiana County, Pennsylvania | | ||
| Death | 23 Jun 1902 | West Lebanon, Young Township, Indiana County, Pennsylvania | | ||
| Burial | 1902 | Clarksburg Presbyterian Cemetery, Clarksburg, Indiana County, Pennsylvania |  |
Families
| Spouse | Nancy MCCOY (1823 - 1878) |
| Child | William Smith KENNEDY (1850 - 1922) |
| Child | Daniel McCoy KENNEDY (1852 - 1939) |
| Child | Sarah Agness KENNEDY (1855 - ) |
| Child | Charles M. KENNEDY (1859 - 1870) |
| Child | Howard J. KENNEDY (1865 - 1918) |
| Child | Margaret Alice KENNEDY (1869 - 1900) |
| Spouse | Elizabeth F. ORBISON (1837 - 1910) |
| Father | William KENNEDY (1785 - 1858) |
| Mother | Julia Ann PEDDICORD (1789 - 1870) |
| Sibling | Sarah KENNEDY (1820 - 1860) |
| Sibling | Samuel KENNEDY (1822 - 1898) |
Notes
Burial
According to his granddaughters Eva and Pearl Kennedy, he is buried at the Clarksburg Presbyterian Cemetery, Clarksburg, Indiana County, Pennsylvania. There is no tombstone for him.Endnotes
1. 1900 U.S. census, Indiana County, Pennsylvania, population schedule, Young Township, enumeration district (ED) 69, page 222 (stamped), sheet 5A, dwelling 105, family 107, James Kenneddy; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 30 October 2013); from National Archives microfilm T623, roll 1416.
2. "U.S., Civil War Draft Registrations Records, 1863-1865," database, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 10 February 2014), James Kennedy.
3. Capt. C. T. Arms; E. White, compiler, History of Indiana County Pennsylvania 1880 (Newark, Ohio: J. A. Caldwell, 1880; reprint, U.S. A.: Walsworth Publishing Company , 1981), 520.
4. 1850 U.S. census, Indiana County, Pennsylvania, population schedule, Conemaugh Township, page 291B, dwelling 13, family 13, James Canedy; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 30 October 2013); from National Archives microfilm M432, roll 785.
5. 1860 U.S. census, Indiana County, Pennsylvania, population schedule, Conemaugh Township, Clarksburgh Post Office, page 157 (stamped), page 108 (penned), dwelling 791, family 766, James Kenedy; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 30 October 2013); from National Archives microfilm M653, roll 1116.
6. "U.S., Civil War Draft Registrations Records, 1863-1865," database, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 10 February 2014), James Kennedy.
7. 1870 U.S. census, Indiana County, Pennsylvania, Conemaugh Township, Saltsburg Post Office, page 185A (stamped), page 29 (penned), dwelling 217, family 213, James Kennedy; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 30 October 2013); from National Archives microfilm M593, roll 1350.
8. 1880 U.S. census, Indiana County, Pennsylvania, population schedule, West Lebanon, Young Township, enumeration district (ED) 133, page 113D (stamped), page 12 (penned), dwelling 146, family 148, James Kennedy; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 30 October 2013); from National Archives microfilm T9, roll 1135.
9. 1900 U.S. census, Indiana County, Pennsylvania, population schedule, Young Township, enumeration district (ED) 69, page 222 (stamped), sheet 5A, dwelling 105, family 107, James Kenneddy; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 30 October 2013); from National Archives microfilm T623, roll 1416.
10. 1850 U.S. census, Indiana County, Pennsylvania, population schedule, Conemaugh Township, page 291B, dwelling 13, family 13, James Canedy; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 30 October 2013); from National Archives microfilm M432, roll 785.
11. 1860 U.S. census, Indiana County, Pennsylvania, population schedule, Conemaugh Township, Clarksburgh Post Office, page 157 (stamped), page 108 (penned), dwelling 791, family 766, James Kenedy; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 30 October 2013); from National Archives microfilm M653, roll 1116.
12. "U.S., Civil War Draft Registrations Records, 1863-1865," database, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 10 February 2014), James Kennedy.
13. 1870 U.S. census, Indiana County, Pennsylvania, Conemaugh Township, Saltsburg Post Office, page 185A (stamped), page 29 (penned), dwelling 217, family 213, James Kennedy; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 30 October 2013); from National Archives microfilm M593, roll 1350.
14. "Kennedy-Rosensteel," Marriage notice, The Indiana Progress, 24 January 1878; Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 4 August 2013); Newspaper Archive.
15. Affidavit of J. C. Telford dated 20 July 1891, marriage of James Kennedy and Elizabeth F. Rosensteel, 8 January 1878: Tobias B. Rosensteel, Second Lieutenant, Company C, 4th Pennsylvania Cavalry pension file (from 1869 to 1904)||Tobias B. Rosensteel pension file invalid certificate number 103,494; widow application number 769,074 (rejected) ; minor certificate number 570,330; Case Files of Approved Pension Applications of Veterans Who Served in the Army and Navy Mainly in the Civil War and the War with Spain ("Civil War and Later Survivors' Certificates"), 1861-1934||Civil War and Later Surviviors' Certiicates; Civil War and Later Pension Files, Records of the Department of Veterans Affairs, Record Group 15||VA, RG15; National Archives, Washington, D.C..
16. 1880 U.S. census, Indiana County, Pennsylvania, population schedule, West Lebanon, Young Township, enumeration district (ED) 133, page 113D (stamped), page 12 (penned), dwelling 146, family 148, James Kennedy; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 30 October 2013); from National Archives microfilm T9, roll 1135.
17. Indiana County, Pennsylvania, Indiana County Deed Records, 101:249, Elizabeth Kennedy (widow) to Henry Carney, 1 January 1907; recorded 21 February 1907; Indiana County Courthouse, Indiana, Pennsylvania.
18. 1900 U.S. census, Indiana County, Pennsylvania, population schedule, Young Township, enumeration district (ED) 69, page 222 (stamped), sheet 5A, dwelling 105, family 107, James Kenneddy; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 30 October 2013); from National Archives microfilm T623, roll 1416.
19. "James Kennedy," Death notice, Indiana Weekly Messenger, 25 June 1902; Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 4 August 2013); Newspaper Archive.
20. Declaration for Widow's Pension and General Affidavit of Elizabeth F. Kennedy, death of James Kennedy, 23 June 1902: Tobias B. Rosensteel, Second Lieutenant, Company C, 4th Pennsylvania Cavalry pension file (from 1869 to 1904)||Tobias B. Rosensteel pension file invalid certificate number 103,494; widow application number 769,074 (rejected); minor certificate number 570,330; Case Files of Approved Pension Applications of Veterans Who Served in the Army and Navy Mainly in the Civil War and the War with Spain ("Civil War and Later Survivors' Certificates"), 1861-1934||Civil War and Later Surviviors' Certiicates; Civil War and Later Pension Files, Records of the Department of Veterans Affairs, Record Group 15||VA, RG15; National Archives, Washington, D.C..