Brief Life History of Zedick Hezekiah
When Zedick Hezekiah Kennedy was born on 29 December 1852, in Green Township, Brown, Ohio, United States, his father, James B Kennedy, was 41 and his mother, Esther Moore, was 32. He married Lydia E Sroufe on 19 January 1875, in Brown, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Clay Township, Highland, Ohio, United States in 1880 and Lemon, Middletown, Butler, Ohio, United States in 1900. He died on 9 April 1921, in Middletown, Butler, Ohio, United States, at the age of 68, and was buried in Mount Orab Cemetery, Mount Orab, Brown, Ohio, United States.
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- Zedick H Kennedy in household of James Kennedy, "United States Census, 1870"
- Z. H. Kenady, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016"
- Ted Hook Kennedy, "Ohio, Deaths, 1908-1953"
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1860 · Ohio supports the Union side of the Civil War
Although divided as a state on the subject of slavery, Ohio participated in the Civil War on the Union's side, providing over 300,000 troops. Ohio provided the 3rd largest number of troops by any Union state.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1872 · The First National Park
Yellowstone National Park was given the title of the first national park by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant. It is also believed to be the first national park in the world.
Name Meaning
Irish and Scottish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Ceannéidigh ‘descendant of Ceannéidigh’ (from ceann ‘head’ + éidigh ‘ugly’); or from the Scottish Gaelic Mac Cinnèidigh, consisting of mac ‘son’ with an equivalent name. Compare Canaday , Cannady , Cannedy , Kannady , and Kenedy .
History: Kennedy ancestral lands are found both in Ireland and in Scotland, where the family's medieval ancestral seat is sited on the Ayrshire coast, facing the Irish Sea. — The great-grandparents of President John Fitzgerald Kennedy (1917–63) came to North America as immigrants from Ireland in the 1840s. His paternal great-grandparents were Patrick Kennedy (1823–58), born in Dunganstown, County Wexford, Ireland, and Bridget Murphy, who was born probably in Owenduff, County Wexford, Ireland c. 1827; they came to Boston, MA, in 1849. His maternal great-grandparents were Thomas Fitzgerald (1823–85), who was born in Bruff, County Limerick, Ireland, and Rose Anna Cox, who was born probably in Tomregan or Kinawley, County Cavan, Ireland, c. 1835; they came to Boston, MA, in 1857. — An early Scottish Kennedy forebear of a quite different family was British colonial official Archibald Kennedy (1685–1763), the son of Alexander Kennedy of Craigoch, who emigrated to NY c. 1710.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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