Kennedy, Leonard L. D. 1825-1907

KENNEDY, MORGANSON, LAMB

Posted By: Barbara Hug (email)
Date: 2/20/2005 at 18:33:35

The last funeral rites for the late L. L. Kennedy, Newton’s pioneer, who died New Year’s Day 1907, at 1:45 p.m., was held at the family home yesterday at half past one o’clock, The services were conducted by Rev. O. S. *** A quartette sang the following, “Nearer My God To Thee,” **** with Me,” and “Asleep in ****.”

The quartette singing the hymns were Mesdames E. H. Robb, Nona ****, Messrs Mark Moorman and Eugene Bean. The pallbearers were old settlers and pioneer friends of Mr. Kennedy. They were Charley ***, George Shehton, H. V. Van ***, B. S. Gilson, Frank Russell and ***am Long.

The interment was made in the Newton Union Cemetery.

Mr. Kennedy had been a resident of Newton for a half century. His native state was Kentucky, where he was born Dec. 28, 1825. When he was three years old his parents went to Indiana to live and it was there in Henderson County his early years were spent. At the age of twenty-five he moved to Iowa with his brother Jesse Kennedy and Richard and Caleb Lamb and settled in Newton. A few *** later Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Kennedy, *** parents, moved here.

Three years after his first arrival in Newton Mr. Kennedy returned to Indiana, and on the sixth day of October 1853 he married Miss Nancy Morganson. He purchased a team and wagon at **** in which they journeyed to their future home. The trip covered ten days, which now can be made in that many hours.

There are few if any living in Newton who have been here as long as Mr. Kennedy has resided here; and another remarkable feature of his stay **** during all those many years, his longest stay away from town was three or four weeks, and the trips were made not only short ones but **** number.

Deceased had been identified with the Methodist Church many years, and he established a reputation of fairness and honesty during his residence of a *** period in the city, and he leaves many friends among his neighbors and acquaintances.

The wife and three children, Anna, Arthur and Fred survive him. Two children having died many years ago.

Deceased had suffered with heart trouble for some time, but only during the last month had his malady been considered very serious. For about one week before his demise he was confined to his bed and his death on the beginning of the new year came suddenly, only a few days after his eighty-first birthday. ~ The Newton Daily News, Friday, January 4, 1907, Page 1, Column 1