Robert Kennedy and Mary Ann Patterson

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Husband Robert Kennedy ¹

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           Born: 1777 - County Monaghan, Ireland 1
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           Died: Nov 1848 - Butler Co, PA 1
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         Father: David Kennedy (1752-1840) 1
         Mother: Jane Gracie (      -Abt 1828) 1

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Wife Mary Ann Patterson ¹

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           Died: 1854 1
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         Father: John Patterson (      -      ) 1
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Children

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1 F Jane Kennedy ^{1 2}

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           Died: 1904 3
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         Spouse: Alexander H. Aiken (      -1878) 1 2 4

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2 M David R. Kennedy ¹

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           Born: 4 Oct 1830 - Muddy Creek Twp, Butler Co, PA 1
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         Spouse: Mary J. Stoner (      -      ) 5
           Marr: 1862 5

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3 M John Kennedy ¹

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4 F Cassie Kennedy ¹

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         Spouse: William J. McClymonds (      -      ) 1

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General Notes: Husband - Robert Kennedy

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He grew to manhood in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and engaged in teaming between that city and the western part of the state. His mother carried on a dairy in Philadelphia, and the parents and Robert combined their capital with the intention of purchasing a farm in western Pennsylvania. In 1800 they removed to Butler County, and purchased a 400-acre claim from Matthew Kelly, a Revolutionary soldier, situ­ated in what is now Muddy Creek township, and built a cabin.

He was born in County Monaghan, Ireland, spent his early life in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and was afterwards employed in hauling goods between that city and the towns in the western part of the state. It is claimed he brought the first load of mer­chandise to the borough of Butler, from Philadelphia, for John Potts, an early merchant of Butler. After his father purchased land in Muddy Creek town­ship, Robert devoted himself to clearing and improving it, and at his father's death he received 217½ acres of the original tract, containing the old home. Here he resided until his death.

He and his wife were mem­bers of the United Presbyterian church at Portersville, and he was instrumental in the erection of the first church in that village. Politically, he was a Democrat, and served as a school director for several years. He was a soldier in the War of 1812, from Butler County.

1 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 1259.

2 Aaron L. Hazen, 20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1908), Pg 819, 920.

3 Aaron L. Hazen, 20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1908), Pg 920.

4 —, Book of Biographies, Lawrence County, PA (Buffalo, NY: Biographical Publishing Company, 1897), Pg 241.

5 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 1260.