Seated on porch: Fern Roberts (against pillar),
William Kerr Kennedy, Mary (Lance) Kennedy
Standing on porch (back row; L-R): J. Madison
Roberts, Samuel Baker, Emma (Kennedy) Roberts, Lydia J. (Kennedy) Baker, J.
William Kennedy (behind pillar), Emma (Holverstott) Kennedy, Ellsworth Jones,
Samira (Kennedy) Jones, Thomas S. Kennedy (behind pillar), Hester Frances
(Monnett) Kennedy holding Jay M., Tommy Baker, John Hill, Davey Baker, Ella
(Margaret Kennedy) Hill
Left of steps – front row, sitting: Reina Roberts,
Wesley Roberts, Wreatha Hill
Left of steps – middle row, seated: Branch Roberts,
Sylvia Baker, Thomas Mervin Kennedy, Mabel Edna Kennedy
Left of steps – back row, standing:, Orange D.
Kennedy, [?], Otho Kennedy, Della Baker
Sitting on steps – front row: [?], Homer Jones,
Vernon Baker, Vance Roberts, Ralph C. Kennedy
Sitting on steps – middle row: Ethel Grace Kennedy
(in front of pillar), [?], [?], [?], Almet E. Kennedy (in front of pillar)
Sitting on steps – back row: Hertha Baker, Lois E.
Kennedy, Myrtle F. Kennedy, Clair Hill, [?],
Right of steps – front row, sitting: [?], James
Corvin Kennedy, Olive E. Kennedy, Myron G. Kennedy
Right of steps – middle row, seated: Rhoda Baker,
Lydia Idro Baker, William Baker
Right of steps – back row, standing: Amy Kennedy,
Ervin Roberts, William Centennial Kennedy
William Kerr Kennedy is financially one of the most prosperous men in Tully Township. He began life by working for $6.00 a month, and is worth $60,000. He was born February 16, 1818, in Mifflin County, Penn, and is the son of Thomas and Nancy Kennedy, of Irish descent, who came to Crawford County, Ohio in 1832. The common school gave Mr. Kennedy his education. In 1843, he purchased eighty acres of land, paying $400.00 cash, wages he had previously earned working by the day or month. His subsequent labors were greatly prospered, having owned at on time 820 acres of good land; he owns 650 acres of land; 375 acres if homestead and 115 acres timbered land in Dallas Township. His stock of thirteen horses is valued at $1500, ten steers at $500, and 200 sheep at $1,000. As an index of his labor, we note that he cleared 100 acres of timberland. As a citizen, he has been quiet and successful, never suing or being sued at the bar of justice. Mr Kennedy contracted his first marriage May 28, 1844 with Miss Margaret Shank, daughter of Jacob and Lydia Shank, of Crawford County, Ohio. Nine children have blessed their union, two dying in infancy; the living are Lydia J. (wife of Samuel Baker), Thomas S., Martha (wife of George Watts), J. W. (at home), Emma (wife of Madison Roberts), Anzilla, and Ella (wife of John Hill). His wife's decease occurred June 23, 1860. In 1862, he married Miss Mary Lance. Their one child Samira, is the wife of Elsie Jones, of Iberia. Mr. Kennedy is the grandfather of twenty-six children; his attractive home cost $5,000.
Names and identification makers are listed on the two documents from Bill
Watts.
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