near where he was renting he removed thereon and continued to reside there until 1900, at which time he bought one hundred and sixty acres of land in Story county, upon which he lived until called to his final rest on the 6th of August, 1910. His death was very sudden and a great shock to his family and friends.
Eleven children were born unto Mr. and Mrs. Scott, all of whom are living at home with their mother, with the exception of Lisle G., who is married and living on a farm near Elwell in this county, the others being Cecil E., Glen M., Forrest A., J. Burness, Anna Laura, Marion and Marie, twins, Alice L., Dale John and Arnold R. The family all attend the Christian church, of which Mr. and Mrs. Scott were members.
Mr. Scott was a stanch republican, feeling that party's policy of protection was essential to the best interest of home industries. Although he always cast his ballot at each election he never sought political honors or public office. His active interest in educational matters caused him to serve as school director in this district for several years. He was a liberal, broadminded, public-spirited man, at all times doing his utmost to promote every movement for the betterment of the community in which he lived. Thoughtful and kind to the friendless, aiding the needy, always striving to bring into the lives of the unfortunate a little cheer, he was, ever highly esteemed and respected.
Mrs. Scott, who was a teacher before her marriage, is a woman of unusual culture and refinement, and her home has always been one which stood for the highest and best, the family occupying an influential position in the social life of the community.
ADELBERT LEE Kennedy.
In the list of useful and lucrative occupations of Story county agriculture and stock-raising occupy the premier place. It is to these pursuits that the county owes its high standing in the state, and few sections of Iowa can boast of more carefully cultivated fields or of better grades of live stock. Among the well kept farms is that of Adelbert Lee Kennedy, who was born near Laporte, Marshall county, Indiana, February 3, 1854, a son of Emerson and Louisa (Bixby) Kennedy, the former a native of Ashtabula county, Ohio, and the latter of Steuben county, New York. They were married in Ohio, to which state the mother had removed as a child with her parents, and after their marriage went to Marshall county, Indiana, coming to Iowa in 1857. After spending eleven years in Black Hawk county, Iowa, Mr. Kennedy purchased a farm of one hundred and sixty acres on section 10, Collins township, Story county, upon which he settled. In 1894 he retired from active life and took up his home with a daughter in Pocahontas county, Iowa, subsequently removing to Oklahoma,