Richard Kennerdell and Jane Hare

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Husband Richard Kennerdell ^{1 2}

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           Born: 19 Mar 1817 - Bolton, Lancashire, England 1
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           Died: 17 Apr 1878 - Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co, PA 3
         Buried:  - Franklin Cemetery, Franklin, Venango Co, PA

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         Father: Edward Kennerdell (      -      ) 3
         Mother: Mary Wiles (      -      ) 3

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       Marriage: 30 Dec 1835 - Philadelphia, PA 3

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Wife Jane Hare ^{2 3}

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           Born:  - Londonderry, Ireland
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           Died: 19 Jan 1881 3
         Buried:  - Franklin Cemetery, Franklin, Venango Co, PA

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         Father: William Hare (      -      ) 3
         Mother: 

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Children

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1 F Mary Ann [1] Kennerdell ³

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           Died: Bef 1890
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2 M James Craig Kennerdell ³

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3 F Anna Elizabeth Kennerdell ^{2 3}

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           Died: Aft 1919
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         Spouse: W. J. Welsh (      -      ) 2 3

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4 F Jane K. Kennerdell ^{2 3}

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           Died: Aft 1919
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         Spouse: William A. Nicholson, M.D. (1850-      ) 2
           Marr: 28 Jul 1880 2

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5 F Mary Ann [2] Kennerdell ³

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           Died: 23 Aug 1886 3
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6 F Sarah Elvira Kennerdell ³

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General Notes: Husband - Richard Kennerdell

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In 1826 the family came from England to Philadelphia, PA, and in 1837 removed to Pittsburgh, and soon after located at Craig's Mills, Armstrong County. While there Richard Kennerdell manufactured the first woolen goods made in that county. In 1844 the Kennerdells removed to Agnew's Mills, Richland township, Venango County, which Richard had previously leased for nine years, and carried on the manufacture of woolens during that period. In 1852 they purchased the property on Big Scrubgrass, thereafter known as Kennerdell's mills. They improved the buildings and operated saw, grist, and woolen mills, and also conducted a large general store. Edward Kennerdell and wife spent the remaining years of their lives at that place. In 1859 Richard Kennerdell bought the interests of the other members of the family, and with characteristic energy he gradually improved the property until Kennerdell became quite a flourishing little hamlet. [HVC 1890, 994]

He and his wife were reared in the Protestant Episcopal church, but having no body of that faith near them in this county, they united with the Presbyterian church. He erected and supported, largely at his own expense, for many years, a church and school at Kennerdell. In March, 1878, he removed to Philadelphia, intending to make that city his future home, but the following month, while on a business trip to his old home he was taken ill and died at Pittsburgh. Politically he was a Democrat, but took little interest in public affairs. He was a man of wonderful energy and rare business tact, and through unflagging industry and fortunate investments he accumulated a handsome competence. Upright and honest in all his dealings, charitable and kind to a remarkable degree, and affectionate in his home relations, it is not indeed strange that he went down to his grave possessing hosts of friends and deeply mourned by the community where so many years of his life were passed. [HVC 1890, 994]

He came to America at the age of nine years and passed his boyhood in Philadelphia. In 1837 he removed to Pittsburgh, and thence, in the same year, to Armstrong County, where he remained seven years. In 1844 he located at Agnew's Mills, Richland Township, and in 1853 at the village that bore his name. There he built a large woolen mill, and was actively engaged in business until his death.

He and his wife, after a sojourn at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, removed, in the year 1852, to the valley two miles above the mouth of Big Scrubgrass in Venango County, on lands purchased from David Phipps, where they established the Kennerdell Mills, consisting of a woolen factory, gristmill, lumber-mill, general store and post office, and church and school. Several deceased members of the immediate family rest in the Franklin cemetery.

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General Notes: Wife - Jane Hare

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She was born in the city of Londonderry, Ireland, and came to Philadelphia, PA, at the age of eighteen, where she soon after met her future husband. They were married and became the parents of nine children, six of whom grew to maturity.

1 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 716, 994.

2 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 645.

3 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 994.