Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


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Samuel M. Kennedy and Sarah A. Warnock




Husband Samuel M. Kennedy 1

           Born: 1 Jan 1824 - Slippery Rock Twp, Lawrence Co, PA 1
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         Father: William Kennedy (Abt 1800-Abt 1877) 1
         Mother: Elizabeth Stickle (1800-Abt 1886) 1


       Marriage: Oct 1859 2

   Other Spouse: Lizzie Jane McMasters (      -      ) 2 - Nov 1854 2



Wife Sarah A. Warnock 2

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         Father: Hugh Warnock (Abt 1806-      ) 3
         Mother: Elizabeth Manning (      -      ) 3




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1 M Jesse B. Kennedy 2

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2 M John H. Kennedy 2

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3 M Thomas Kennedy 2

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4 M Hugh Kennedy 2

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5 F Mamie Elizabeth Kennedy 2

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6 M Robert Stockman Kennedy 2

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General Notes: Husband - Samuel M. Kennedy


He attended school till the age of nineteen years, and lived with his parents until he had attained his majority, when he went to Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, where he worked on a farm for one year. At McKeesport he learned the carpenter's trade, and worked at it for three years. He then returned to Slippery Rock township, Lawrence County, and worked at his trade in connection with farming for some six or seven years, after which time he devoted his entire time and attention to agriculture and its varied pursuits.
At the outbreak of the Civil War, before enlisting, he purchased a ten-acre tract with a cottage on it, and put it in order for his family, in order that they might have a comfortable home when he was away to the war. He enlisted Feb. 22, 1864, in Co. B, 14th Reg. Pa. Vol. Cav., and was engaged in the battles of Winchester, Fisher's Hill, Cedar Creek, Swickle's Gap, and was in Sheridan's command when the cavalry made the famous raid of the beautiful Shenandoah Valley. Hostilities having ceased at the South, he was sent with other soldiers to Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas, to quell the Indian troubles on the border, and was on duty there some two months, receiving his discharge in the month of August, 1865. On his return from the army he worked at his trade some seven years in Slippery Rock township, and then interested himself in farming, living for over twenty-five years in Shenango township.
The family were members of the M. E. Church.
In politics Mr. Kennedy was a Republican. He filled the offices of constable and collector, serving four years in that capacity, and of supervisor, an office he filled for a period of three years. He was also a member of the election board a number of times. As an old soldier he took an active interest in G. A. R. affairs, and was a member of the Post, No. 318, at Wampum, Lawrence County.

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Sources


1 —, Book of Biographies, Lawrence County, PA (Buffalo, NY: Biographical Publishing Company, 1897), Pg 616.

2 —, Book of Biographies, Lawrence County, PA (Buffalo, NY: Biographical Publishing Company, 1897), Pg 617.

3 Aaron L. Hazen, 20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1908), Pg 506.


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