Thomas Shank Kennedy Home, brother of Lydia Kennedy Baker

1985

1940

The picture was taken in 1887. The persons pictured are:

Thomas S. Kennedy & Hester Frances are seated. James Corvin (1885) in Thomas' lap. Olive Edna (1887) in Hester's lap.
Children standing (L-R): William Centennial (1876)?, Otho Walter (1878)?, Amy Elva (1883 - next to mother), farm hand, Thomas Mervin (1875)
Sitting on ground: Myron Geddis (1881), Orange Dwight (1879)



Photos courtesy of Dwight Kennedy, a family member and reader of the Ohio Baker Family website. These are pictures of the 'Big House' which Thomas Shank Kennedy (brother of Lydia Kennedy Baker) built and they had a picture taken with the family out front in 1887(not included). Dwight Kennedy found that one at the Crawford Co. Historical Society along with a long photo of the 1935 Monnett Reunion.

I took a picture in 1985 of the"'Big House" at 2570 Monnette-New Winchester Road on the NE corner of Route 98 and it is attached, said Dwight Kennedy. It was torn down sometime in the early 1990s, so I'm glad I found it when I did. I also found the farm that my great-grandfather Orange Kennedy lived on.

Thomas Shank Kennedy was born in 1848 to William Kerr and Margaret Shanks Kennedy. He married Francis Monnett and 12 children were born to this union. One son was Orange Kennedy born in 1879 that is referred to above and was Dwight's great-grandfather.