Willard Vinton Kennedy

Brief Life History of Willard Vinton

When Willard Vinton Kennedy was born on 4 April 1875, in Du Quoin, Perry, Illinois, United States, his father, Philip Hines Kennedy, was 35 and his mother, Phoebe Jane Sherrah, was 39. He married Ella Alma Miller on 20 August 1899, in Du Quoin, Perry, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He died on 26 November 1903, in Du Quoin Election Precinct, Perry, Illinois, United States, at the age of 28, and was buried in Cudgetown Cemetery, Perry, Illinois, United States.

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Family Time Line

Willard Vinton Kennedy
1875–1903
Ella Alma Miller
1876–1948
Marriage: 20 August 1899
Eva Lillian Kennedy
1900–1992

Sources (8)

  • Willard Kennedy, "United States Census, 1900"
  • Williard Kennedy, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940"
  • Willard Kennedy, "BillionGraves Index"

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World Events (8)

1876 · The First Worlds Fair in the U.S.

The First official World's Fair, was held to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence in Philadelphia. 37 Countries provided venues for all to see.

1877 · The First Workers Strike

The country was in great economic distress in mid-1877, which caused many workers of the Railroad to come together and began the first national strike in the United States. Crowds gathered in Chicago in extreme number to be a part of the strike which was later named the Great Railroad Strike. Shortly after the strike began, the battle was fought between the authorities and many of the strikers. The conflict escalated to violence and quickly each side turned bloody.

1885 · The First Skyscraper

The Home Insurance Building is considered to be the first skyscraper in the world. It was supported both inside and outside by steel and metal that were deemed fireproof and also it was reinforced with concrete. It originally had ten stories but in 1891 two more were added.

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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Willard Vinton Kennedy

Willard lost his life at an early age due to blood poison. He had set a trap for a chicken thief by placing a shot gun with a trip wire just inside the door of the chicken house., one night as he he …

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