Husband Winfield Scott Kennedy 1 2
Born: 13 Sep 1815 - Salisbury Twp, Lancaster Co, PA 3
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Father: Maxwell Kennedy (1782-1845) 1 2
Mother: Margaret Maxwell ( -1857) 1 2
Marriage: 4 May 1837 3
Other Spouse: Esther J. Dickinson (1821-1880) 4 - 5 Dec 1866 3
Wife Mary Melvina Slaymaker 5
Born: Apr 1816 - Williamstown, Lancaster Co, PA 3
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Died: 1843 3
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Father: Matthias Slaymaker ( - ) 3
Mother: Rebecca [Unk] ( - ) 3
Children
1 M William Maxwell Kennedy 3
Born: 19 Jul 1838 3
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Died: 1864 - Mackinaw, MI 3
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2 M John Matthias Kennedy 3
Born: 26 Mar 1840 3
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Spouse: Florence Graddy ( - ) 3
General Notes: Husband - Winfield Scott Kennedy
He spent his childhood at the home on the farm. When twelve years of age he entered the Moscow Academy, Chester County, Pennsylvania, then under the charge of the Revs. James and Francis Latta. In 1830 he entered Jefferson College, where he remained during the junior year, at the end of which time he was obliged to leave on account of failing eyesight. In 1831 and 1832 he was clerk in the hardware store of Logan & Kennedy, the next three years worked for his father on the farm, and in 1836 commenced farming for himself. From 1836 to 1849 he lived in the house below the "Rising Sun Hotel," now owned by Samuel Kauffman. During the latter of these years he dealt largely in cattle, making frequent trips to Kentucky and Ohio, and sometimes returning East with droves of a thousand head and upward. From 1851 to 1856 he engaged in merchandising at Bellevue (later part of the Gap) in company with his brother Sylvester. In 1857 he went to Pittsburgh, where he became interested with his brother Robert in carrying on the Pearl Flouring-Mill, at that time one of the largest in the country, with capacity of from seven hundred to one thousand barrels per day. This partnership continued until 1870, when the mill was burned. During the most of the time he made his headquarters at Cincinnati in the purchase of wheat.
As early as 1846 he became interested in the Penn Cotton-Mill of Pittsburgh, first under the name of Kennedy, Childs & Co., later Penn Cotton-Mill Company. From 1870 to 1873 he spent at home on the farm. In the latter year he became a partner in the Black Diamond Steel-Works (Park, Brother & Co.), one of the largest establishments of its kind in the country. In 1864 he purchased the Fassett farm and mansion, situated near Cane's post-office, on the Old Road, in Salisbury township, Lancaster County, which he then made his home. Mr. Kennedy always taken an active part in politics, being identified with the Anti-Mason and Republican parties, but was always too busy with the management of his own affairs to accept of public office. Though not a member, he was a supporter of and attendant upon the Presbyterian Church. He was a director in the Gap National Bank.