KENNEDY, JOHN G

KENNEDY, VANCE

Posted By: County Coordinator
Date: 5/5/2019 at 00:00:14

MADISON TOWNSHIP.
P. O. FORT MADISON

KENNEDY, JOHN G., retired; was born in Granville County, N. C, April 17, 1812 ; his father was a soldier in the war of 1812, and was in the army at that time ; John was brought up in Tennessee, and learned the trade of carpenter and joiner ; he moved to Rushville, Schuyler Co., Ill., in 1833, and lived there until he came to Iowa ; came to Fort Madison, April 12, 1836, and began working at his trade ; he is one of the earliest settlers in Lee County, and the oldest, resident of Fort Madison ; has lived here forty-three years ; he was engaged in the building business until 1854. He has held the office of Deputy Sheriff, Constable and City Marshal. He married Miss Mary C. Vance Jan. 16, 1837 ; she is a native of Kentucky, and was born July 20, 1817 ; they have had seven children—Lucretia M., born Sept. 16, 1838; Eliza J., Aug. 27, 1841 ; George J., Sept. 12, 1844 ; Emma A., Nov. 12, 1847 ; Katie E., June 22, 1850; Mary E., Oct. 22, 1853; Thomas B., July 29, 1855.

Source: BIOGRAPHICAL DIRECTORY
HISTORY OF LEE COUNTY IOWA
CHICAGO: WESTERN HISTORICAL COMPANY, 1879

Transcription typed/proofed as article was originally published in 1879