Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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Reid Kennedy and Martha A. West




Husband Reid Kennedy 1

           Born: 14 Jan 1865 - Washington Co, PA 1
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         Father: Rev. David S. Kennedy (1834-1899) 2
         Mother: Nancy W. Kelly (1838-Aft 1915) 1


       Marriage: Dec 1901 1



Wife Martha A. West 3

            AKA: Martha E. West 4 5
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         Father: Lowrey H. West (1826-      ) 4 6
         Mother: Eliza J. Snyder (      -      ) 4 7




Children

General Notes: Husband - Reid Kennedy


He was educated in Westminster College, from which institution he was graduated in 1889. He had earned his college tuition and expenses by working in the steel mills of Homestead, Pennsylvania, and after his graduation he became a roller in the Armor Plate Mills, continuing thus for three years, then beginning real estate dealing. He contracted numerous other connections and this feature of his business life was gradually relegated to the background, the importance of his newer associations being much greater. Mr. Kennedy was one of the organizers of the Homestead National Bank, of which he later became president, and upon the organization of the Monongahela Trust Company in 1901 became its president. At about the same time Mr. Kennedy became associated with Mr. W. M. Henderson in the Henderson Coal Company, eventually holding the position of secretary, the company's offices being in the Commonwealth Building of Pittsburgh. He was also secretary and treasurer of the Orient Coke Company, of Uniontown, Pennsylvania. Mr. Kennedy was the owner of considerable real estate in Homestead, although his other business interests prevented his giving it his entire attention.
His political belief was Republican, and for one term he served as burgess of Homestead. His interest in local affairs was strong and active. [GPHWP, 601]

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Sources


1 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 601.

2 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 600.

3 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 603.

4 —, The History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Part II (Chicago, IL: A. W. Warner & Co., 1889), Pg 294.

5 John W. Jordan, LL.D, A Century and a Half of Pittsburg and Her People, Vol. III (New York: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1908), Pg 36.

6 John W. Jordan, LL.D, A Century and a Half of Pittsburg and Her People, Vol. III (New York: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1908), Pg 34.

7 John W. Jordan, LL.D, A Century and a Half of Pittsburg and Her People, Vol. III (New York: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1908), Pg 35.


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