KENNEDY ANNEX
Frances Lee (Kennedy) Biles Pedigree
(Start at generation 1, below.)
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Last Change: 5 April 2023
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Special thanks to the following people for their
help in compiling the information in this annex:
1. Martin and Frances Lee
(Kennedy) Biles.
Origin of
the surname “Kennedy:”
Generation
X Kennedy ancestors in America moved south through
Virginia and Kentucky into, eventually, Texas.
9
8 (?) Kennedy
1. Biographical notes:
Born . Died .
2. Wife: (?)
Born . Died .
3. Children: (order uncertain)
a. John Kennedy, Sr.: Born about 1730 in
Ireland. Died 1813/14
at the home of his daughter, Mary Gordon, near the Pulaski, Brick Church
neighborhood, Giles County, Tennessee.
Moved to Kentucky in 1775. Married Elizabeth (?) and had the following
children:
(1. John Kennedy, Jr.: (more info) Born 16 April 1753 in Rowan County, North
Carolina. Died 26
December 1780 (killed by Indians) at Cumberland Gap, Kentucky. Veteran of the American Revolutionary War;
served as a Captain and was one of Daniel Boone's "30 guns," who cut
the road through the wilderness from Long Island in the Upper Holston, just
south of the present line between Virginia and Tennessee, to Boones Borough,
and assisted in building the fort there.
John's cabin was one of the 1st 3 built outside the fort in 1775. Married, as her 1st husband, Mary Anderson
(b. 1757/59, d. 24 Jan 1823), daughter of John and Ann (Irvine) Anderson, on 15
April 1780 at Fort Boones Borough, Kentucky and had the following daughter:
(a. Nancy Kennedy: Born
April 1781. Married Samuel Kelley and
raised a large family
on Clifty Creek in Pulaski County.
Widow Mary
(Anderson) Kennedy married (2nd) Captain Samuel Campbell (b. 1743, perhaps in
Bedford Co., VA, d. 18 Mar 1821 in Madison Co., KY) on 12 April 1785.
(2. Margaret Kennedy: (more info) Born 19 March 1755 in North Carolina. Died after 1880 in Garrard County, Kentucky
(will dated there on 2 Nov 1825).
Married Thomas Faulkner, Sr. (will dated 2 Nov 1825) and had several
children.
(3. Thomas M. Kennedy: (more info) Born 11 September 1757 in North Carolina. Died 18 June 1836, age 79, at Paint Lick,
Garrard County, Kentucky. Veteran of the
American Revolutionary War; served a general officer, and was one of the 1st US
Senators from Kentucky. Had a 10,000 acre plantation at Paint Lick,
Lancaster Township, Garrard County, Kentucky, on which stood Uncle Tom's Cabin,
immortalized in the book authored by Harriet Beecher Stowe.
Thomas Kennedy married (1st) Agnes "Nancy"
Ross (b. 1756, d. 21 Aug 1807, age 51; interred Paint Lick, KY), sister of
Ambrose Ross and Hugh Ross, and had the following daughter:
(a. Polly Kennedy.
Thomas and Agnes (Ross) Kennedy also raised Mary Denney, daughter of Alexander and May/Mary (Allison)
Denney, who, age age 14, married James Kennedy, II,
generation 6, below, on 16/21 February 1797.
Thomas Kennedy married (2nd) Edna Withers (b. abt
1780, d. 3 Aug 1821, age 40), daughter of James and Elizabeth (Jones) Withers,
on 4 April 1808 and had all of Thomas's surviving children:
(b. Elizabeth Kennedy: Born
28 March 1782. Died 27
January 1840. Married (1st) John
A. Miller (d. 26 Oct 1834), son of Thomas and Sally (Adams) Miller, and had the
following children:
(1) Thomas K. Miller: Died young.
(2) Edna W. Miller.
Elizabeth (Kennedy) Miller married (2nd) William A.
Bridges in 1835 and had the following children:
(3) William A. Bridges, Jr.
(c. Thomas M. Kennedy, Jr.:
Born 16 March 1817. Died
23 June 1840. Married, as her 1st
husband, Mary Susan Bohannon "Susan" (b. 18 Sep 1820) on 16 February
1836 and had the following daughter:
(1) Edna Kennedy: Born 1839 (was 9 months old when
her father died). Married Joseph L.
Francis and had several children.
Susan (Bohannon) Kennedy married (2nd) her 1st
husband's cousin, Thomas Kennedy Francis (d. 23 Jun 1862) on 19 December 1845.
(d. John W. Kennedy: Born
about 1820. Died 1847
in Lincoln County.
(e. Agnes "Nancy" Kennedy: Married James
H. Letcher.
Thomas Kennedy married (3rd) widow Elizabeth
(Miller) Kavanaugh, daughter of Colonel John Miller
and widow of William Woods Kavanaugh (drowned 14 Dec
1814), son of Philemon Kavanaught) on 10/8 November
1820; no children.
(4. Joseph Kennedy: (more
info) Born 28 August 1760 in North
Carolina. Died 30 November 1844 in
Garrard County, Kentucky; interred Elks Garden Cemetery, on Richmond Road,
about 3 miles from Kirksville, Madison County, Kentucky. Moved to Kentucky in 1776. Veteran of the American
Revolutionary War; served as a major.
Married (1st) Martha "Patsy" Perrin (d. abt 1799), daughter of
Josephus Perrin, on 9 May 1788 in Lincoln County and had the following
children:
(a. Elizabeth Kennedy: Born
1790. Died 1867. Married her 1st cousin, Samuel Perrin Harris
and had 9 children.
(b. Ede Kennedy: Born 1791. Died 1876.
(c. Joseph Kennedy.
(d. Cassandra Kennedy.
(e. John Kennedy.
Joseph Kennedy married (2nd) Elizabeth Morrison (b.
1779, d. 22 Oct 1844; interred with Joseph), daughter of Colonel William Mitchel Morrison of Lincoln County, on 13 November 1803 and
had the following children:
(f. Mitchel
Kennedy.
(g. Jane Kennedy.
(h. Amanda Kennedy.
(i.
Cythia Kennedy.
(j. Patsy Kennedy.
(5. Andrew Kennedy: (more
info) Born 3 February 1764. Died 31 January 1825 in
Garrard County, Kentucky. Veteran
of the American Revolutionary War.
Married Agnes "Nancy" McCreary, daughter of Colonel John and
Susanna (Estill) McCreary, in 1792 and had the following daughter:
(a. Susanna Estill Kennedy:
Born 10 September 1793 in Madison County.
Died 1863.
At age 14 married Joseph Miller, son of Colonel John and Jane (Dulaney) Miller, on 17 September 1807 and had the following
children:
(1) Andrew Kennedy Miller.
(2) Nancy Jane Miller.
(3) John McCreary Miller.
(4) Robert Green Miller.
(5) Joseph K. Killer.
(6. Elizabeth Kennedy: (more info) Born 7 August 1766. Died 16 May 1805. Perhaps married William
Caldwell on 8 August 1786 in Franklin County, Kentucky.
(7. David Kennedy: (more
info) Born 21 September 1769 in
Burks County, North Carolina. Died 21 September 1850 in Garrard County, Kentucky. Veteran of the American
Revolutionary War; enlisted 1780 at age 11. Married Jane Cox (b. 1780) of Tennessee on 29
July 1794 and had the following children:
(a. David Kennedy, Jr.:
Born 1807. Died 1849. Married, as her 1st husband, Eliza Kennedy
(b. 1818, d. 1877), daughter of Andrew A. and Mary (Bates) Kennedy, on 4
January 1837 and had several children.
Eliza (Bates) Kennedy married (2nd) (?) Yeakey.
(b. Ellizabeth
Kennedy: Married (?) Forsythe.
(c. Sally Kennedy: Married
(?) Bornham.
(8. Mary "Molly" Kennedy: (more info) Born 6 December 1771 in Rowan County, North
Carolina. Died 30 May 1854 at Pulaski,
Giles County, Tennessee; interred Brick Church, Giles County, Tennessee. Moved to Kentucky with her
father. Married neighbor Robert
D. Gordon (b. 14 Feb 1768 in VA, d.
2 Jun 1847, age 85, in Giles Co., TN; interred with Mary), son of Samuel Gordon
(b. Scotland) of Paint Lick Creek, on 9 June 1791 and had the following
children:
(a. Thomas Kennedy Gordon:
Born 6 April 1792 in Garrard County, Kentucky.
Died 31 March 1880. Married Elizabeth Lane on 24 February 1820
and had the following children:
(1) David Gordon.
(2) Mary Annie Elizabeth Gordon.
(3) Courtney Sevils
Gordon.
(4) Thomas Martin Gordon.
(5) Ephriam
Foster Gordon.
(6) Helen Gordon.
(7) William Wallace Gordon: Married Louise Hill,
daughter of John Royal and Elizabeth Herron (Kennedy) Hill.
(8) Nitia Gordon: Married
(?) White.
(9) Mirabeau Gordon.
(10) Lucretia Gordon.
(b. Elizabeth Gordon: Born
18 September 1793 in Garrard County, Kentucky.
Died 10 April 1863. Married Joseph McDonald on
1 February 1810.
(c. Evender
Gordon: Born 1 April 1796. Died 5 June
1883, age 86; interred Brick Church Cemetery.
(d. John
Boyd Gordon: Born 8 August 1798 in
Garrard County, Kentucky. Died 30
September 1890 at Brick Church, Giles County, Tennessee; interred there. Married Mary Anne Kennedy "Annie" (b.
10 Oct 1801 in KY, d. 25 Apr 1871; interred with John), daughter of James and
Mary (Denney) Kennedy (see gen 6, below), on 4 October 1821 and had the
following children:
(1) Robert James Gordon. Married Mary Hasten Reed.
(2) Nancy Mildred Gordon: Married Robert Henderson
Laird, son of Mackie and Polk (Blackburn) Laird.
(3) Mary J. Gordon: Married Samuel B. Ewing.
(4) John C. Gordon.
(5) Dewitt Clinton Gordon.
(6) Andrew Ruthven Gordon: Married Rebecca C.
Dickerson.
(7) David Leonidas Gordon:
Died age 12.
(8) Edward McMillan Gordon: Born 16 March 1840. Died 17 February 1862.
(9) William Albion Gordon "Albion": Died
about age 10.
(10) Ann Elizabeth Gordon: Married Henry Martin Bugg.
(11) Mary Isabella Gordon: Born 13 May 1827. Died 11 June 1853. Married Samuel B. Ewing.
(12) Thomas Kennedy Gordon: Born 21 July 1829. Died 16 May 1838, age 9; interred Brick
Church Cemetery.
(e. Samuel Gordon: Born 26
October 1800. Died 2
August 1813.
(f. Andrew Gordon: Born 15
December 1802 in Garrard County, Kentucky.
Died 24 June 1889. Married Elizabeth "Eliza"
Goff/Gough on 13 June 1825.
(g. Mary Gordon: Born 12
November 1804 in Garrard County, Kentucky.
Died 21 October 1844. Married Martin B. Wood on
22 May 1823.
(h. David Gordon: Twin. Born 9 February 1809 in Giles County, Tennessee. Died 30 August 1841; interred Brick Church
Cemetery, Giles County, Tennessee. Married, as her 1st husband, Martha Smith on 13 December 1827. Martha (Smith) Gordon married (2nd) (?) Faust
and resided at Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee.
(i.
Robert Gordon: Twin. Born 26 February 1809. Died 23 December 1855; interred Brick Church
Cemetery, Giles County, Tennessee. Married Mary Hinton Lane on 4 March 1834.
(j. Margaret Gordon: Born
27 June 1811. Died 1
April 1892. Married Jonathan Rothrock on 10 November 1831 and had children.
(k. Nancy Jane Gordon: Born
10 October 1813. Died
20 September 1869. Married Thomas
Jefferson Lane of Giles County, Tennessee, son of Thomas Lane, on 17 February
1831 and had
several children.
(9. Jane Kennedy: Born 13 June 1775. Married (?) Caldwell, perhaps relative of William Caldwell of Franklin County,
Kentucky (see Para. (6., above).
b. James Kennedy, I: See generation 7,
below.
c. Joseph Kennedy, Sr., MD: Born in Ireland. Died 1777 in Mecklinberg County, North Carolina. First professional physician in Mecklinberg County, North Carolina; moved there in
1766. Married, as her
1st husband, Esther (?), daughter of Mrs. Mary Curran and had the following children:
(order uncertain)
(1. Samuel Kennedy.
(2. Joseph Kennedy, Jr.
(3. David Kennedy.
Esther (?) Kennedy married (2nd) (?) McCullough.
7 James B. Kennedy, I
1. Biographical notes:
Born 1735 in Ireland. Died 1
October 1825 at Lancaster, Madison County, Kentucky (also seen: d. Paint Lick,
Garrard Co., TN); interred Paint Lick Cemetery, Lancaster, Garrard County,
Kentucky (very close to Thomas Kennedy. Settled in Mecklenberg County, North Carolina. Then was among the 1st
settlers of Garrard County, Kentucky.
Reportedly had 13 children with 2 wives (the following children per his
grandson, the Honorable David Newton Kennedy, in an 1898 letter from
Clarksville, Montgomery County, Tennessee; order uncertain).
2. Wife #1: Elizabeth McCreary/McClary/McCleary
a.
Biographical notes:
Born in Ireland. Died . By family tradition, married James Kennedy, I in Ireland.
b. Children: (perhaps; order uncertain)
(1. James B. Kennedy, II:
See generation 6, below.
(2. John Kennedy: Born 12 October
1774 in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina.
Died 16 October 1854 at Culleoka, Maury
County, Tennessee.
Was named in his father's 1826 will. Moved to Giles and Maury
Counties, Tennessee with siblings James and Thomas. In 1840 resided about 8 miles north of
Columbia, Tennessee.
John Kennedy married Barbara Gordon (b. abt 1774 in NC, d. 6 Nov 1805
in KY), daughter of Samuel Gordon (immigrant to America in
1750), on 9 November 1790 in Garrard/Madison County, Kentucky and had the
following children: (order uncertain)
(a. Hannah
Gordon Kennedy: Married Thomas Amos/Amis in Tennessee.
(b. James
Kennedy, III.
(c.
Elizabeth Kennedy.
(e. Samuel
Kennedy.
(j. David Kennedy:
Married Peggy Faulkner.
(3. Thomas Kennedy: Married Polly Young in
1805. Moved to Giles
and Maury Counties, Tennessee with siblings James and John.
(4. Mary "Molly" Kennedy: Born in North
Carolina. Married Hugh/Thomas Ross (d.
before 1804 in Garrard Co., KY), brother of Agnes (Ross) Kennedy and Ambrose
Ross, on 21 February 1786.
(5. Hannah Kennedy: Married Thomas Patterson. Perhaps moved to Tennessee.
(6. William Kennedy: Reportedly youngest child with
Elizabeth McCreary. Born 1773 (per family
record)/1783 (per gravestone) in Garrard County, Kentucky (also seen: b.
NC). Died 1832 at
Elkton, Elkton and Todd Counties, Kentucky. Married once to Mary "Dolly"
Thompson (b. 1782, d. 1822), daughter of John Tompson,
on 24 December 1800 in Garrard County, Kentucky and perhaps had the following
children:
(a. David Newton Kennedy:
Born about 1820. Died
1909. In 1888 resided at
Clarksville, Montgomery County, Tennessee.
(b. William Thompson
Kennedy: Perhaps had the following children:
(1. Herbert Kennedy.
(2. Groves Kennedy.
(3. Lewis Kennedy.
(4. Helen Kennedy: Married (?) Schultz.
3. Wife #2: Elizabeth
"Betty" (?)
a.
Biographical notes:
Born . Died .
b. Children: (perhaps; order
uncertain)
(1. Elizabeth Kennedy: Perhaps married Hugh Ross on
22 February 1786. Also
reported to have married John King in 1817.
(2. Joseph Kennedy, MD: Half brother of those
above. First resident
physician in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. Married Sally Nicholson, daughter of James
Nicholson, on 10 March 1819 and had the following son:
(a. Thomas Kennedy, MD:
Moved to Columbia, Tennessee. In 1898
resided at Cornerville, Marshall County, Tennessee.
(3. Samuel Kennedy: Born 10 October 1795. Died 8 June 1841/44; interred Paint Lick
Cemetery. Employed as
a stone mason and clergyman.
Married Rebecca Pickelheimer, daughter of
Henry Pickelheimer (who moved to Missouri), on 6
January 1814.
(4. David Kennedy: Born 4 January 1790 in
Kentucky. Died 20
March 1872 at Paint Lick, Kentucky.
Married once to Margaret "Peggy" Faulkner (b. 26 Dec 1794),
daughter of Thomas and Margaret (Kennedy) Faulkner. Settled at Paint Lick, Kentucky and had a
large family.
(5. Robert Kennedy: Born 17 November 1788 near
Lancaster, Kentucky. Married Betsy King
(b. 16 Nov 1788), daughter of George King, on 17 March 1805. It appears he remained in Garrard County,
Kentucky.
(6. Andrew W. Kennedy: Born 20 November 1793 in
Kentucky. Died 28 June
1863 at Paint Lick, Kentucky.
Appears he purchased his father's property from the other heirs. Married once to Mary Bates (b. 1792, d.
1867), daughter of Humphrey Bates, on 14 June 1814.
(7. Francis Kennedy: Died before 1826/29. Married (1st (?) in
Kentucky. Married
(2nd) Mary Brooks, daughter of John Brooks, on 8 May 1801.
6 James B. Kennedy, II
1. Biographical notes:
Born about 1757/77 in Mecklenberg County,
North Carolina (also seen: b. Garrard Co., KY).
Died 20 October 1837 in Marshall County, Tennessee; interred old family
cemetery near Moorsville (abt 5 miles west of
Lewisburg), Tennessee. Moved to Giles and Maury Counties, Tennessee with siblings John and
Thomas.
2. Wife: Mary Denney
Born 2 February 1783 in North Carolina; daughter of Alexander (b. 1747, d. 1827; Revolutionary War Veteran) and (1st wife) Mary/May (Allison) Denney (d. Feb 1785). Died 25 January 1864 in
Marshall County, Tennessee; interred with James. At age 14 married James Kennedy on 16/21
February 1797 in Madison County, Kentucky (also seen: m. Lancaster, Garrard
Co., KY).
3. Children: (5 total; order uncertain)
a. Hannah Kennedy: Born about 1798 in Maury County,
Texas. Married John W. Record, son of
Reverend John and Mary (Moore) Record, on 12 December 1816 in Marshall County,
Tennessee and had the following children:
(1. Jap Record.
(2. Ed Record.
(3. Claude Record: (female)
b. Thomas Denney Kennedy: See generation 5,
below.
c. James Kennedy, Jr.: Interred Point Lick Cemetery,
Kentucky.
d. Mary Anne Kennedy "Annie": Born 10
October 1801 in Kentucky. Died 25 April 1871.
Married John Boyd Gordon (b. 8 Aug 1798 in KY, d. 30 Sep 1890 at Brick
Church, Giles Co., TN), son of Robert D. and Mary (Kennedy) Gordon (see gen 8,
above), on 29 September/4 October 1821 in Maury County, Tennessee and had
several children.
e. Elizabeth Herron Kennedy: Born about 1805/07 in
Garrard County, Kentucky. Died 6 June 1878 in Marshall County, Tennessee.
1850 US Census: John R. Hill, Jr., age 45 (b. NC),
was heading a household in Marshall County, Tennessee. The household also included his wife, Eliz H.
Hill, age 45 (b. KY); daughter, Eliz P. Hill, age 18 (b. TN); son, Isaac H. Hill,
age 16 (b. TN); daughter, Hannah Hill, age 11 (b. TN); daughter, Martha C.
Hill, age 9 (b. TN); daughter, Sarah H. Hill, age 6 (b. TN); son, John R. Hill,
Jr., age 4 (b. TN); daughter, Susan R. Hill, age 7 months (b. TN); and
mother-in-law, Mary Kennedy, age 67 (b. NC).
Elizabeth H. Kennedy married John Royal Hill, Jr.
(b. 1802 at Caswell, NC, d. 13 Jun 1880 in Marshall Co., TN), son of Richard,
Jr. and Elizabeth (Royal) Hill, on 7 October 1829 in Marshall County,
Tennessee. John R. Hill was the first
sheriff of Maury County, Texas. John and
Elizabeth (Kennedy) Hill had several children.
f. Nancy R. Kennedy: Born about 1802. Died 1863. Married James Carrol
Record, son of Reverend John and Mary (Moore) Record, on 19 January 1820, and
in 1846 they moved to Paris, Lamar County, Texas.
g. Howaab? Kennedy:
Married John W. Record.
5 Thomas Denney Kennedy (photos) (more
info)
1. Biographical notes:
Born 20 September 1798 in Garrard County, Kentucky. Died 24
March 1884, age 86, at Ladonia, Fannin
County, Texas; interred Odd Fellows Cemetery, Ladonia
Township, Fannin County, Texas. Was a Colonel.
2. Wife: Louisa A. Marsh
Born 15/13 October 1813 in North Carolina; daughter of Simeon
(Revolutionary War Vet from CT) and Isabella Elizabeth (Shelby) Marsh
(b. 1795, d. 28 Jul 1846 in Marshall Co., TN).
Died 1 May 1886, age 73, at Ladonia, Fannin County, Texas.
Married Thomas Denney Kennedy on 23 December 1829 in
Marshall County, Tennessee.
3. Children: (9 total; order uncertain)
a. Son: Born and died 6 December 1830.
b. Mary Isabella Kennedy: Born 11 May 1832 in
Marshall County, Tennessee. Married L.
C. Alexander on 10 March 1849 at Paris, Lamar County, Texas.
c. Elizabeth Ann Kennedy: Born 7 June 1834 in
Marshall County, Tennessee. Married Dr. Andrew J. Nelson on 3 January 1854 in Lamar County,
Texas.
d. James Simeon Kennedy: See generation 4,
below.
e. William Shelby Kennedy "W.S.":
Born 22 January 1838. Died
18 September 1884, age 46 years.
Married Betsy/Bettie Fuller on 1 October 1871 at Ladonia,
Fannin County, Texas.
f. John Thomas Kennedy, MD: (photos)
(more info) Born 12 April 1840 in Marshall/Giles County,
Tennessee. Died 11/12 August 1911, age
71, in Bonham Township, Fannin County, Texas;
interred there in Willow Wild Cemetery. Vouched for the application of his brother's widow, Emma C.
Kennedy, for a pension from the State of Texas for the service of his brother,
James Kennedy, during the American Civil War. Employed as a physician.
John T. Kennedy married Georgia Anna Clinton (photos)
(b. 13/16 Dec 1852 in Smith Co., TX, d. 2 May 1943 in Bonham Twp, Fannin Co., TX), daughter of George Washington (b. 11 Mar
1813, d. 5 Jan 1883) and Elizabeth (Stewart) Clinton (b. 22 Dec 1818, d. 4 Jan
1885), on 12 January 1873 in Hunt County, Texas (also seen: m. Ladonia, Fannin Co., TX) and had
the following children: (order uncertain)
(1. Alvis Battle Kennedy
I: (photos) Born 29 January 1874 at Ladonia,
Fannin County, Texas.
Died 30 July 1964 at Sherman, Grayson County, Texas. Employed as a physician. Married Nella Allen
Preston (b. 20 Mar 1878 in Bonham Twp, Fannin Co.,
TX, d. there 18 Dec 1958), daughter of George Abner
and Martha Susan (Alexander) Preston, on 24 November 1903 in Fannin County, Texas.
(2. Tishi John Kennedy:
Born 2 October 1875. Died
1 February 1880.
(3. Bertha May Kennedy: (photos)
Born 5 July 1881 at Ladonia, Fannin
County, Texas. Died 3
June 1964 at Jonesboro, Craighead County, Arkansas. Married Gordon Matthews (b. 1 Jun 1880 at
Jonesboro, Craighead Co., AR, d. there 20 Nov 1937),
son of Zachariah Taylor and Cynthia Jane (Witt) Matthews, on 2/12 April 1904 in
Bonham Township, Fannin County, Texas and had the
following son:
(a. Reverend Gordon Kennedy
Matthews: Born 28 April 1909 at Jonesboro, Craighead County, Arkansas. Died 31 May 1974 at Memphis, Shelby County, Tennesee; interred City Cemetery,
Jonesboro, Arkansas. Married Dawne Beverly Ramsey (b. 15 Dec 1914 at Sherman, Grayson
Co., TX, d. 2 May 2000 at Jonesboro, Arkansas), daughter of John Henry Brown
and Ella May (Barker) Ramsey, on 6 February 1939 at Sherman, Grayson County,
Texas and had the following son:
(1) Gordon Kennedy Matthews, Jr.: Born 1943. Resided in Georgia.
(2) Kathleen Ramsey Matthews: Born 1952. Married (?) Sandman
and resided in Kentucky.
(4. Stella Clinton Kennedy: (photos)
Born 17 August 1889.
(5. Mary Isabelle Kennedy: (photos)
Born 4 January 1892. Married
Earl O. Robinson (d. 10 Feb 1949, age 58) on 6 January 1920.
g. Marian/Mariam Wallace
Kennedy: (photos) Born 13 March 1842 in Giles County,
Tennessee. Died 12
October 1914 at Dallas, Texas.
Married Dr. M. B. Drake (d. before Marian)on 4
March 1858 at Ladonia, Fannin
County, Texas.
h. Aurelia Cordelia
Kennedy: Born 12 February 1844 in Giles County, Tennessee. Married William Bagley on 27 February 1861 at
Ben Franklin, Lamar (now Delta) County, Texas.
i. Isaac Newton Kennedy: Born 7 January 1846 in Giles
County, Tennessee. Died
there 4 October 1846, age 9 months.
j. Robert Bruce Kennedy: Born 19 June/January 1848 in
Lamar County, Texas. Married
Jessie White on 19 April 1877 at Ladonia, Fannin County, Texas.
k. Georgia Anna Kennedy: Born 16 December 1852. Died 2 May 1943, age 91.
4 James Simeon Kennedy (photos) (more
info)
"Jim"
1. Biographical notes:
Born 31 May 1836 (per Bible record) in
Giles/Marshall County, Tennessee. Died 7 August 1871 in Hunt County, Texas
(also seen: d. Ladonia, Fannin
Co., TX); interred first at Ladonia, Fannin County, Texas, but on 28 May 1929 his remains were
moved to Willow Wild Cemetery, Bonham Township, Fannin
County, Texas. Veteran of the American
Civil War; served in Company H of the 23rd Texas Cavalry of the Confederate
States of America.
2. Wife: Emmaline Catherine Early (photos)
"Emma"
Born 27 June 1840 in Tennessee (also seen: b. Lamar/Fannin
Co., TX); daughter of Colonel
Elbert William (more info) (b. 4 Dec 1811, d. 20 Apr 1904) and Mary Ann (Dent) Early (b. 4 Apr
1824 in SC, d. 24 May 1897). Died 18
February 1929 in Bonham Township, Fannin County,
Texas; interred there with James. At age
16 (per granddaughter, Leota (Kennedy) Laws, then
considered one of the most beautiful women in TX) married James Simeon Kennedy,
Sr. on 10/4 August 1858 at Ladonia, Fannin County, Texas.
Applied for a pension from Texas for her husband's
service during the American Civil War.
1850 US Census: Elbert Early, age 38 (b. KY) and
employed as a farmer, was heading a household in Texas [1st sheriff of Lamar
Co., TX]. The household also included
his wife, Mary A. Early, age 26 (b. TN); daughter, Emaline C. Early, age 10; son, Mathius John P. Early, age 6 (TX)
[b. 12 Apr 1844, d. 21 Aug 1896]; son, Seldon Y.
Early, age 4 (b. TX); son, Samuel C. Early, age 2 (b. TX); and son, Elbert M. Early,
age 1 (b. TX) [(b. 1850, d. 1901); City Marshall; interred Ladonia
Cemetery].
3. Children: (3 total; order uncertain)
a. Mathius J. B. Kennedy:
(perhaps)
b. Seldon Y. Kennedy:
(perhaps)
c. Thomas Elbert Kennedy: See generation 3,
below.
d. James Simeon Kennedy, Jr. "Sim": (photos) Born 26 September 1860 at Ladonia,
Fannin County, Texas.
Died 30 October 1932 in Bonham Township, Fannin
County, Texas; interred there in Willow Wild Cemetery. Employed as a blacksmith. Carried for his widowed
mother. Never
married.
e. Walter Dodson/Drake Kennedy: (more info) Born 7 February 1866 at Ladonia, Fannin County, Texas.
Died 28 June 1937 in Bonham Township, Fannin County, Texas. Married Rebecca Lucy Moss (photos)
(b. 16 Jun 1869 in Green Co., KY, d. 1 Feb 1954 at Bonham, Fannin
Co., TX; interred 2 Feb 1954 in Willow Wild Cem., Bonham, Fannin
Co., TX), daughter of Thomas P. B. and Catherine F. (Bagby)
Moss, on 25 March 1888 in Fannin County, Texas, with
Reverend J. A. Stafford officiating. Resided at Ada, Oklahoma. Walter and Rebecca had the following
children:
(1. Leota Kennedy: Born 18
February 1889 in Texas. Died 11 April 1963 at San Diego, San Diego County, California. Married Augustine Wilson Laws (b. 9 Nov 1885
in VA, d. 5 Aug 1950 at El Paso, El Paso Co., TX) on 27 June 1908 in Travis
County, Texas and had the following children:
(a. Norval
Walter Laws: Born 29 April 1908 in Bonham Township, Fannin
County, Texas. Died
April 1911 at Honey Grove, Fannin County, Texas.
(b. Rebecca Katherine Laws:
Born 5 February 1915 at Texas City, Galveston County, Texas. Died 26 June 1993 in San
Diego County, California. Married
Gayden Kenyon Kilbourne (b.
9 Aug 1914 at Miami, Gila Co., AZ, d. 15 Apr 1980 at
Riverside, CA).
(2. James Taylor Kennedy: Born 12 December 1893 at
Celeste, Hunt County, Texas. Died 14 January 1984 in Palm Beac County,
Florida. Vouched
for his grandmother's pension application. Married (1st) Julia V. Cranford (b. 1897 in
GA) on 18 March 1918 at Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan. Married (2nd) Mable Celeste
Caldwell (b. 3 Feb 1902 in KS, d. 4 Feb 1973 in Palm Beach Co., FL).
(3. Willa Dee Kennedy: (female) Born 1898 in Grayson
County, Texas. Died 1964 at Durant,
Bryan County, Oklahoma. Married, as his 2nd wife,
John Eugene Carruth (b. 24 Nov 1887 at Howe, Grayson
Co., TX, d. Jan 1964 in OK) on 27 November 1917 in Pontotoc County, Oklahoma. John had married (1st) Virginia Hazel Altman
(b. 14 Apr 1892 at Hamilton, Caldwell Co., MO, d. 4
Aug 1962 at Wichita, Sedgwick Co., KS) on 16 January 1910 in Jefferson County,
Oklahoma.
(4. Joe Sim Kennedy: (more info) Born 8 May 1904 in Austin County, Texas. Died 10 October 1986 in
Tarrant County, Texas. Married Thelma Inez Pallett (b. 17 Oct
1903 in TX, d. 10 Oct 1986 at Grapevine, Tarrant Co., TX).
3 Thomas Elbert Kennedy (photos) (more
info)
"Tom"
1. Biographical notes:
Born 5 August 1859 at Ladonia, Fannin County, Texas. Died 16 July 1929, age 59 years, 11 months,
and 11 days, from complications of myocarditis
(inflammation of the middle layer of the heart wall) and chronic asthma, in
Bonham Township, Fannin County, Texas; interred there
in Willow Wild Cemetery. Employed last as manager of The Bonham Ice Company, which his
wife's family started.
2. Wife: Hellena May Clendenen
"Sweetie"
Born 27 March 1858/56 at LaFayette,
Walker County, Georgia; daughter of Dr. Albert W. T. (b. TX; physician and Methodist-Episcopal Minister) and Mary Elizabeth V. (Rogers) Clendennen (b. GA). Died 8
September 1936, age 78 years, 5 months, and 11 days, from complications of
apoplexy (incapacity
from cerebral hemorrhage or stroke), at
Dallas, Dallas County, Texas; interred with Thomas. Married Thomas Elbert
Kennedy on 5 October 1881 at Gainesville, Cooke County, Texas, with Reverend P.
C. Archer officiating.
3. Children: (7 total)
a. Pauline Kennedy "Toots": (more info) Born 30 July 1882 in Bonham Township, Fannin
County, Texas. Died 3
November 1971 at Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas. Married (1st) Charles "Charlie"
Melton Suddath (b. 5 May 1875 at Blossom Prairie, Lavar Co., TX, d. 21 Oct 1947 at Oakland, Alameda Co., CA),
son of Milton Monroe and Susan E. (Graves) Suddath,
on 4 February 1902 in Grayson County, Texas and had at least the following
daughter:
(1. Helen Kennedy Suddath:
Born 1 August 1903 in Bonham Township, Fannin County,
Texas. Died 14 December 1986 at
Grand Prairie, Tarrant County, Texas.
Married (1st) Richard Foster Lanham (b. 25 Nov 1900 at Austin, Travis
Co., TX, d. 4 Jun 1963 at Austin, Travis Co., TX) on
14 July 1921 in Sherman Township, Grayson County, Texas and had the following
children:
(a.
Richard Foster Lanham, Jr.: (more info)
Born 30 August 1923 in Bonham Township, Fannin
County, Texas. Died 1
November 2017 at Dallas, Dallas County, Texas. Married Virginia Ann Wagoner (b. 25 Dec 1922,
d. 2021) on 25 May 1945 at Maricopa, Pinal County, Arizona and had at least the
following daughter:
(1) Honey Sue Lanham: (more info) Born 1946 at Dallas, Dallas
County, Texas.
(b. Helen
Charlene Lanham "Charlene": Born 22 November 1928 at Dallas, Dallas
County, Texas. Died
there 4 December 1992. Married George Rivenburg (b. abt 1928).
(c. Donald
Kennedy Lanham: Born 6 September 1930 at Dallas, Dallas County, Texas. Died 5 July 2001 in Harris
County, Texas.
Helen Kennedy (Suddath)
Lanham married (2nd) Edward Clemmons Harcrow (b. 4
Dec 1902, d. 8 Jan 1969 at Fort Worth, Tarrant Co., TX).
Pauline (Kennedy) Suddath married (2nd), as his 2nd wife, F. A. West (b. 19
Nov 1879 in McCune Twp, Crawford Co., KS, d. Sep 1952 at Tulsa, Tulsa Co.,
OK). F. A. West had married (1st) Italy Clendenen (b. 24 Mar 1886 in Bonham Twp, Fannin Co., TX, d. 9 Nov 1932 at Dallas, Dallas Co., TX),
daughter of Albert Joseph and Mary (Hartsfield) Clendenen.
b. Roy Clendenen Kennedy
"Artie": (photos) Born 5 January 1885 at Austin, Travis County,
Texas. Died 7 November 1963 in Dallas
County, Texas; interred Willow Wild Cemetery, Bonham Township, Fannin County, Texas.
In 1929 resided at Sacramento, California. Married (1st) Catherine
Crowning (d. young, leaving Roy a wifower) on 6 April
1910. Married
(2nd) Myrtle Patricia Patuott (d. young, leaving Roy
a widower) on 6 June 1922. Roy C.
Kennedy married (3rd) Mrs. Ernestine (?) (subsequently
divorced) and had the following daughter:
(1. Elaine LeRoyce
Kennedy: Born 8 January 1934. Married Edgar Hall.
c. Thomas Houston Kennedy "Jack": (more info) Born 16 August 1887 in Bonham Township, Fannin
County, Texas. Died 29
November 1956 at Dallas, Texas. In 1929 resided in Bonham Township, Fannin
County, Texas. Married Marie
Annabelle Hood "Annabelle" (more info) (b. 15 Jan 1891 at
Savoy, Fannin Co., TX, d. 6
May 1993 at Dallas, TX), daughter of William Jordan and Mary Parnell (Deatherage) Hood, on 2 March 1910 and had the following
children:
(1. Mary Helen Kennedy: Born 28 April 1911 in Bonham
Township, Fannin County, Texas. Died there 29 November
1991. Married Nunnelee
Smith, son of Bland Sneed and Mamie Savannah (Arledge)
Smith, on 29 December 1933 and had at least the following daughter:
(a. Barbara Bennie Smith:
Born 1 September 1937. Died 19 June 2003. Married Garth Weldon Ottinger (b. 27 Jan
1933, d. 18 Sep 1999) on 14 October 1957 in Titus County, Texas.
(2. Thomas Houston Kennedy, Jr. "Jack": Born
25 August 1913 in Bonham Township, Fannin County, Texas. Died 23 March 1999.
Married Mariam Edith Smith (b. 9 Sep 1913 at
Dallas, Dallas Co., TX, d. 4 Dec 1989 at El Paso, El Paso Co., TX), daughter of
Charles Harlan and Ellen Douglas (Reeves) Smith.
(3. William Thomas Kennedy: Born 5 January 1917 in
Bonham Township, Fannin County, Texas. Died 3 December 1999 at
Friendswood, Galveston County, Texas.
Married Jeanne Elizabeth Chappelle (b. 11 May
1919 at Springfield, Galveston Co., TX, d. 2011 at Friendswood, Galveston Co.,
TX), daughter of Alonzo Fay and Helen Baker (Vinson) Chappell, on Saturday, 9
February 1946 at Dallas, Dallas County, Texas.
(4. Alvis Battle Kennedy,
II: Born 26 September 1921. Died 19 October 1992.
Married Carol Eileen Garner on 31 August 1946.
(5. Anne Hood Kennedy: Born 19 January 1924 at
Dallas, Dallas County, Texas. Married Mahlon Russell Kruse (b. 9 Dec 1920 at Dallas, TX, d. there
30 Nov 2009), son of Karl Mann and Sadie Ima (Pickle)
Kruse, on 26 August 1944 in California.
(6. Jeanne Kennedy: Born 5 June 1927 (per Bible
record; also seen 5 May 1927) at Dallas, Dallas County, Texas. Died 27 February 1991 at
Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge County, Louisiana. Married Jere Will
Higgs, Jr. (b. 22 Aug 1927 at Dallas, Dallas Co., TX, d.
15 Feb 1972), son of Jere Will and Grace (Clowdis) Higgs, on 23 February 1946 and had at least the
following son:
(a. Jere
Will Higgs, III: Born 24 October 1948. Died 9 February 1964 at Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge County,
Louisiana.
d. Jimmie "Jim" Merle/Mirle Kennedy: (female) Born 30 September 1889 in Bonham
Township, Fannin County, Texas. Died 23 July 1938 at University Park, Dallas
County, Texas; interred Willow Wild Cemetery, Bonham Township, Fannin County, Texas.
Died 23 July 1938 (per Bible record; also seen: d. 5 Jun 1927) at
Dallas, Texas. Married
Floyd A. Campbell on 14 June 1916; no children.
e. Albert Finley Kennedy "Son": (more info) Born 14 March 1892 in Bonham Township, Fannin
County, Texas. Died 7
May 1956 in Dallas County, Texas.
Married Nezzie Niona
Bridges (b. 13 Aug 1897 at Gober, Fannin
Co., TX, d. 10 Jan 1989 at Fredericksburg, Gillespie Co., TX), daughter of Dr.
William Edward and Mary Lavinia (Lanius)
Bridges, on 4 December 1913 and had the following children:
(1. Albert Finley Kennedy, Jr.: Born 4 August 1918
at Paris, Lamar County, Texas. Married Alice Estelle Baker
on 24 May 1945.
(2. Eddie LaVannia/Lavenia Kennedy: Born 11 November 1920 at Greenville, Hunt
County, Texas. Died 17
March 1997 in Kerr County, Texas.
Married P. Charles Northrup
(b. 1919 in TX) in 1939.
f. John Brice/Bryce Kennedy: (photos)
(more info) Born 8 August 1894 in Bonham Township, Fannin County, Texas.
Died 20 November 1976 at Dallas, Texas. Resided at Dallas, Texas. Married Anne Forest Neeley
(b. 16 Jan 1898 in MO, d. 1989 in TX) of Missouri on 5 August 1923 at Sedalia,
Pettis County, Missouri and had at least the following daughter:
(1. Emily Anne Kennedy: Born 29 April 1926 at
Dallas, Dallas County, Texas. Died 12
March 2011 at Frisco, Collin County, Texas; interred Baccus
Cemetery, Plano, Collin County, Texas.
Married Charles Bishop Pearson (b. 2 May 1922 at Frisco, Collin Co., TX,
d. 6 Nov 2015 in TX) on 21 November 1947 in Collin
County, Texas and had at least the following daughter:
(a. Libby Louise Pearson:
Born 23 August 1955 in Dallas County, Texas.
Died 7 April 1979 in Denton County, Texas; interred Baccus
Cemetery, Plano, Collin County, Texas.
g. Bennett Zac
Kennedy: See generation 2, below.
2 Bennett Zac Kennedy (photos) (more info)
"Ben"
1. Biographical notes:
Born 20 October 1898/97 (Bible says 1896) in Bonham
Township, Fannin County, Texas; named for Zack Smith
and Bennett Cox, old/close friends of Thomas Elbert Kennedy. Died 5 October 1948 (7 AM), age 49 years, 11
months, and 15 days, from complications of a coronary occlusion, at home (911
Anniston Street, Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana); interred Willow Wild
Cemetery, Bonham Township, Fannin County, Texas. Described as 5' 11"
tall and handsome, with dark hair and eyes. Growing up worked in his father's ice
business. Graduated
from Bonham High School in 1915.
Took a correspondence course and became a Certified Public
Accountant. Operated
The Kennedy Jewelry Company in Beaumont, Texas until 1929, when the Great
Depression began. Then traveled for many years for the US Rubber Company. Lastly operated a jewelry
business in Norman, Oklahoma, closing shop about 1940 to move to Shreveport,
Louisiana.
2. Wife: Josie Lee Watkins (photos) (more info)
"Doty" (also seen: Josey)
Born 23 January 1898 (11 PM) at Orangeville, Trenton Township, Fannin County, Texas; daughter of Mack Claude and Emma Henrietta (Chadwell)
Watkins. Died Saturday, 30 November 1974 (8 PM) in
Bonham Township, Fannin County, Texas; interred with
Bennett. Likely named in honor of
her grandfather's 1st wife, Josephine (?) Watkins, and Aunt
Mary Josephine (Watkins) Ford. She, who
was 5' 4" tall, with thick curly blond hair and blue eyes, and her sister,
Billie, were described in 1958 by Speaker of the US House of Representatives,
Sam Rayburn, as "two of the prettiest girls that ever lived in
Bonham" (Speaker Rayburn met Billie first; she roomed with his niece in
college.)
Josie Watkins married Bennett Zack Kennedy, who she met at Bonham High School, on 14
November 1916 at her residence in Bonham Township, Fannin
County, Texas with Reverend Tom Walker of the Bonham Church of Christ
officiating (Josie's parents were not pleased that they married so young.)
Following her husband's death in 1948, Josie (Watkins) Kennedy moved
back to Bonham, Texas.
3. Children: (2 total)
a. Bennett "Ben" Zac
Kennedy, Jr.: Born 6/21/22 August 1917 in Bonham Township, Fannin
County, Texas. Died
July 1971. Graduated
from Clinton High School, Clinton, Oklahoma. Described as 6' tall, with
blue eyes and dark blond, curly hair.
Subsequently attended a teacher's college in Oklahoma,
then the University of Oklahoma, majoring in engineering. Veteran of World War II;
served in the US Army.
Bennett Z. Kennedy, Jr. married (1st)
Catherine/Kathryn "Kay" Claire Davis (b. 14 Dec 1918 at Amarillo,
Potter Co., TX, d. ), daughter of George Trent and Lillian C. (Carey) Davis, of
Amarillo, Potter County, Texas (and granddaughter of Michael & Frances (?) Carey), on 20/30 December 1937 in the parsonage of the Polk Street
Methodist Church in Amarillo, Texas, with Dr. C. C. Grimes officiating. Kathryn had graduated from Amarillo High
School and was home for Christmas from Grenau College
in Gainesville, Georgia when they married; subsequently divorced. Bennett and Kathryn (Davis) Watkins had the
following children:
(1. Bennett Zac Kennedy,
III "Butch": (photos) Born 5 December 1938 at
Amarillo, Potter County, Texas. Died 5
January 2000 in Elkhart Township, Morton County, Kansas; interred Willow Wild
Cemetery, Bonham, Fannin County, Texas. Married Linda Weber of Seagoville, Dallas
County, Texas, daughter of Hubert Baer? Weber, on 30 August 1958 at Seagoville, Dallas County, Texas.
(2. Emma Jo Kennedy "Jo": Born 1940 at
Dallas, Dallas County, Texas. Married
George Richard Warrick, and had the following children:
(a. Tina Warrick.
(b. George Richard Warrick,
Jr.
(c. Patricia Lynn Warrick.
Bennett Kennedy, III married (2nd), as her 2nd
husband, Catherine/Katherine Mildred (Peek) Wolf (b. 10 Dec 1917), daughter of
Samuel F. and Lois (Bice) Peek of Shreveport, Caddo
Parish, Louisiana, on 28 September 1947 at Shreveport. Katherine had married (1st) Dr. Robert Wolf
(d. KIA during WWII while serving in the US Navy), son of Dr. Herman and Eva
(Watson) Wolf, and had the following children:
(3. Robert "Bob" Wolf: Born 1942.
(4. Richard "Dick" Wolf: Born 1944.
Bennett and
Katherine had the following son:
(5. Samuel "Sammy" Watkins Kennedy: Born
1949 at Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana.
b. Frances Lee Kennedy: See generation 1,
below.
1 Frances Lee Kennedy: (photos) (more info)
"Lee"
Born 8
January 1919 in Bonham Township, Fannin County,
Texas. Died September 2002. Married, as his 1st
wife, Martin Broomall Biles, descendant # 1.3 of generation 11 of the
Descendants of John Addison Biles on 26 June 1943 at the Base Chapel,
Blytheville Air Force Base, Mississippi County, Arkansas, with Reverend Dr.
James A. Overholser officiating.
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