Brief Life History of Joseph Henry
When Joseph Henry Kennedy was born on 10 January 1818, in Spartanburg, Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States, his father, John Samuel Kennedy, was 25 and his mother, Hannah Sarah Ankrom, was 21. He married Penelope Barber on 23 February 1843, in St. Clair, Alabama, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in Tishomingo, Tishomingo, Mississippi, United States for about 20 years. He died on 20 July 1897, in Iuka, Tishomingo, Mississippi, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Iuka, Tishomingo, Mississippi, United States.
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- Joseph Kennedy, "United States Census, 1870"
- Joseph Kenady, "Alabama, County Marriages, 1809-1950"
- Joseph Kennedy, "United States Census, 1850"
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1819 · Panic! of 1819
With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years.
1820 · The Treaty of Doak's Stand
The Treaty of Doak’s Stand was a treaty with the Choctaw which makes up the majority of Mississippi. It made it so the Choctaw had to give up one-half of their remaining homeland.
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
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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