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p. 329 CHARLES S. KENNEDY, M.D. The
medical profession of Harrison County has a very able and
highly respected representative in Dr. Charles S. Kennedy, of
Logan, a member of one of the old families of the county, and
a man whose personal character is beyond reproach. He was born
in Jefferson Township, Harrison County, Iowa, December 23,
1868, a son of David W. Kennedy and grandson of Charles
Kennedy.
The birth of Charles Kennedy occurred in Ireland, in
April, 1800, and about 1821 he came to the United States,
locating in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where he became a
maker of hair trunks, for which work he had prepared by
learning the weaver's trade in his native land. In 1829 he was
married to Miss Elizabeth Marshall, a daughter of William and
Jennie (Armstrong) Marshall, natives of Ireland. Mrs. Kennedy
was the oldest of the seven children of her parents and was
born in Ireland, February 8, 1795, and came to America with
her parents in 1821, at which time they located in
Philadelphia. Her father soon thereafter returned to Ireland
on business, and there he died, leaving the children full
orphans, as the mother had died soon after the family's
arrival in this country. Charles Kennedy and his wife came to
Iowa in 1854, first settling in Crawford County, where they
arrived November 15 of that year. In 1868 they moved to
Harrison County, and there they rounded out their useful lives
with their children, he passing away February 27, 1873, and
she, March 19, 1883. The parents of Charles Kennedy were
Patrick and Esther (Butler) Kennedy, natives of Ireland.
Patrick Kennedy, under the leadership of Henry Gratton, took
sides with the "patriots" in the Rebellion of 1798, and was
not seen or heard of afterward.
David W. Kennedy, father of Doctor Kennedy, was born in
Athens County, Ohio, April 11, 1838, and came with his parents
to Iowa in 1854. He became a farmer of Jefferson Township,
near Logan and he died May 27, 1900. On January 1, 1868, he
married Miss Nellie J. Newman, who was born in New York State,
August 10, 1841, and died in Harrison County, Iowa, April 21,
1929. She was a daughter of Stephen F. and Lovinia (Klock)
Newman, also natives of the Empire State. Nellie J. Newman
came to Illinois in 1861 and four years later arrived in
Crawford County, Iowa, where she met and subsequently married
Mr. Kennedy. Her father was born in New York State, November
1, 1809, a son of Nathaniel and Esther (Frost) Newman, and was
of English descent. David W. Kennedy and his wife became the
parents of the following children: Doctor Kennedy; George M.,
who was born August 9, 1870, lives at Culver City, California,
and is connected with the moving picture industry; Merritt,
who was born December 15, 1871, died February 2, 1900; David
E., who was born may 13, 1874, died September 2, 1874; Lewis
M., who was born February 17, 1876, died January 22, 1882;
Minnie L., who was born November 22, 1878, is the widow of J.E.
Massie and resides in Kansas City, Missouri; Mark B., who was
born August 31, 1881, is in the drug business at Logan; and
Nellie May, who was born February 28, 1886, is the wife of
John Hanneman, a farmer of Harrison County.
Doctor Kennedy was educated in the common and high schools
of Logan and had a commercial course at Omaha, Nebraska, being
graduated in the latter July 16, 1890. He then entered the
drug business and became a registered pharmacist March 3,
1896. In the years that followed he studied medicine and in
1902 was graduated from the John A. Creighton Medical College,
of Omaha, and then located at Logan, where he has since been
engaged in a general practice, and has built up wide and
valuable connections all over the county. During the World war
he enlisted in June, 1918, and was commissioned a captain in
the Medical Corps, being assigned to the Medical Officers
Training Camp at Fort Riley, Kansas, where he was later
actively engaged in the influenza hospital wards during the
epidemic in 1918. He was at Hoboken, New Jersey, ready to
embark for overseas duty when the armistice was signed. He was
then ordered back and received his honorable discharge at Camp
Crane, Allentown, Pennsylvania.
On September 12, 1900, Doctor Charles S. Kennedy married
Miss Esther Hansen, a daughter of Ingvert and Kate (Sorensen)
Hansen, natives of Denmark, and early settlers in Crawford
County. Doctor and Mrs. Kennedy have an adopted daughter,
Louise Grace, wife of Glenn McKain of Logan.
Doctor Kennedy has held all of the offices of Harrison
County Medical Society. Very high in Masonry, he belongs to
the Commandery, K. T., of Council Bluffs, Iowa; Abu Bekr
Temple, A.A.O.N.M.S. of Sioux City, Iowa, and he holds his
Blue Lodge membership at Missouri Valley, and both he and his
wife belong to the Easter Star.
He has billed all of the chairs in the Grand Chapter,
O.E.S., of Iowa. In 1914-15 he was grand worthy patron of the
Eastern Star of Iowa. His wife was grand treasurer of the
Grand Chapter of the Eastern Star for six years, declining
further services at the expiration of her last term. She was
grand chaplain in 1907, served four years as district
instructor of the Grand Chapter, and held various committee
appointments. Both are Republicans in politics, and have been
very active and zealous in behalf of their party. In religion
they are Latter Day Saints.
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DAVID W. KIMBERLY, state senator from Scott
county, has the distinction of having the longest continuous
service of any present member of the State Legislature.
Senator Kimberly, whose home is at 924 East Locust Street,
Davenport, has been a substantial factor in the agricultural
and civic affairs of Scott County for many years.
His birthplace was one of the most turbulent and romantic
mining districts of the great West, Deadwood, South Dakota,
where he was born August 6, 1878, while that was still one of
the great mining centers. His parents, Amos E. and Mary
(Wilson) Kimberly, moved back to Iowa in 1884, settling at
West Liberty in Muscatine County. His mother is still living
at West Liberty. David W. Kimberly attended school there, the
Springdale High School, and finished his education with a
course in the Bryant and Statton Business College in Chicago.
Most of his life since early manhood has been spent on a farm.
Senator Kimberly married Elsie King of Chicago. He is
prominent in the Masonic and other fraternities, being a
member of the Golden Rule Lodge No. 24 of Cedar County, is a
Knight Templar and thirty-second degree Scottish Rite Mason at
Davenport, member of Kaaba Temple of the Mystic Shrine,
Mohassan Grotto, and Order of the Eastern Star. He also
belongs to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, B. P. O.
Elks, Fraternal Order of Eagles, the Owls, and Turners
Society.
Mr. Kimberly was first elected a member of the Legislature
and the House of Representatives in 1914 and reelected in
1916. He was elected to the Senate in 1918, 1922, 1926,and
1930, and has given the people of Scott County a record of
fourteen years of consecutive service with four more years in
office. He has represented them well, and without any
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