Notes:

Captain Oliver S. Kennedy was an officer in the Sixteenth Alabama Regiment, C.S.A.:
"Oliver S. Kennedy was the next adjutant of the regiment. He is a nephew of John S. and Elias Kennedy, Esqs., who were lawyers of Florence. Adjutant Kennedy, in the battle of Shiloh, which was contested from morning till nigh, "acted his part well." He was left sick at Carthage, and was absent on sick leave for some months, when he resigned."
"Oliver S. Kennedy was the second lieutenant of Company C, and we have given an account of him."
The city of Kennedale, Texas is named for Oliver S. Kennedy, who plotted it.
The following listing appeared in the Fort Worth City Directory, 1877; W.W. Kennedy died in Fort Worth, so this listing may refer to Oliver:
Kennedy, O. S. Lawyer, off. Ct. Hs.
An entry in the 1878-1879 Fort Worth City Directory makes the link more sure:
KENNEDY OLIVER S., attorney, n s Second bet Houston and Main, upstairs; res w s Hemphill s of T & P Ry
Obituary:
Captain OLIVER S. KENNEDY born Lauderdale Co., Ala., Jan. 24, 1840; educated at Wesleyan University, Florence, Alabama; married Georgie C. Foster, Jan. 27, 1863; moved to Ft. Worth, Texas in 1887 where he died Feb. 26, 1909; surviving were his widow, 1 son, 5 daus. Served in Co. C, 16th Ala. Inf. Reg., CSA.
Owned land upon which the future Castle of Heron Bay in Forth Worth was built between 1904 and 1911, when it was sold to the City of Fort Worth because portions of land were needed for the Lake Worth project.
Buried at Oakwood Cemetery, Tarrant County, TX. : Lt. Col. Oliver S. Kennedy.
From The Robert E. Lee Camp #158 of Confederate Veterans, Fort Worth, Texas:
Oliver S. Kennedy b. June 24, 1941 Lauderdale Co Ala; enl 1861 Lauderdale Co., Capt Co C 16th Ala Inf Regt,. Wood's Brig; made adjutant of post Knoxville, Tenn under Col. W. B. Wood and carried on correspondence about W. G. Brownlow which caused him to threaten our lives after the war if we put foot on Tenn. soil. Adj. 16th Ala in March 1863 Offered Col. of same Regt but refused as Col. Wood was wounded and I prevented his removal....was Lt. Col. nd commander at Shiloh; health failed and joined the Comm. Dept. "1900 Roster. d. 1909; bur Oakwood Cem.

Oliver married Georgia C in 1865. Georgia was born on 17 November 1843 in Tennessee; died on 8 December 1919; was buried in Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Occupation: Gunsmith

Notes:

From GRADUATES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA 1798-1851, Taken from Historical Sketches of North Carolina by Col. John H. Wheeler, published 1851 and re-printed 1925: William W. Kennedy listed as an 1830 graduate. I cannot be certain that this is the same person as William Wesley Kennedy; however, considering his family's wealth and prominence at that time, as well as his age (which would have been about right for a college graduate in that part of the nineteenth century), I think it is a strong possibility that this is William Wesley Kennedy. (http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/nc/orange/school/unc1851.txt)
Listed in 1850 Census of Tippah County Mississippi, p. 477b, line 14:
Kennedy, W.W., Age 34, Male, Gun Smith, North Carolina (birthplace).
Kennedy, Cynthia W., 30, Female, Georgia (birthplace).
Kennedy, Oliver S., 9, Male, Alabama (birthplace).
Kennedy, Narcissa, 7, Female, Mississippi (birthplace).
Kennedy, Adalia P., 5, Female, Mississippi (birthplace).
Kennedy, Mary E., 3, Female, Mississippi (birthplace).
Kennedy, Lutitia, 1, Female, Mississippi (birthplace).
We can, therefore, pinpoint W.W. Kennedy's move from Lauderdale County, Alabama to Tippah County Mississippi as taking place between 1840 and 1843. It is interesting that W.W. Kennedy continued the "family business" of gun- smithing.
There is some confusion regarding exact spellings and constructions of the unusual names of his children.

Died:
Age: 62

William married Cynthia Walker PALMER on 10 Mar 1840 in Lauderdale County, Alabama. Cynthia (daughter of Randolph Eubanks PALMER and Sarah WALKER) was born about 1817 in Georgia; died on 3 Sep 1894 in Texas; was buried on 4 Sep 1894 in Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Hiram Kennedy and his family moved to Lauderdale County, Alabama about 1824; at this time, they had four children. He was one of the first to buy land in Lauderdale County; the Government first sold land grants in Lauderdale County on March 5, 1818, and he bought a land grant on June 19 of that year (the earliest grants were signed by the President). Eventually, he owned over two thousand acres in this county near the village of Green Hill, about fifteen miles from Florence on the Military Road -- now Jackson Highway. The Kennedy home was east of the highway before Green Hill, and other land was west of the home on Shoal Creek at a community called Cowpens. The home stood until about 1944, but as none of the family had lived in it since 1875, it had greatly deteriorated. Originally, it was a fine house of considerable size. The woodwork -- mantels, door, and window frames and wainscoating in the principal rooms were all hand carved. There is still evidence of a gun factory northeast of where the home stood.
The family cemetery is south (and across a dirt road) from where the home stood; in 1957 a new fence was placed around it. In it, Hiram and his wife Mary were buried; he died August 20, 1862 and she died January 22, 1875. After his death, she continued to live on the Kennedy Plantation, although toward the end of her life she lived with her youngest child, on the Brookes Plantation. Although only six when her grandmother died, Mary's granddaughter recalls seeing her grandmother reading her Bible by candlelight.
Hiram and Mary Spinks Kennedy were considered exceedingly fine and gentle people, living the good life and providing well for their large family. When they settled far from other like families, they lacked social contacts, but they maintained their standards of culture and education. There was no ostentation, unless sending to London for the wedding trousseau of a granddaughter they raised was that; and life was so pleasant, a grandson, John Robie Kennedy, when he was married in Tuscaloosa brought his bride to visit his widowed grandmother on their honeymoon.
"Matthew, Wilson, and Hiram Kennedy took the census of the county in 1850. They were required to list a real estate evaluation for each property owner. Less than $1,000 was the value of the majority of most peoples' real estate. The enumerators were also required to make a list of all persons who had died in the county ending 1 June 1850. Only the list kept by Hiram Kennedy was available."

Hiram married Mary SPINKS on 28 Jan 1813 in Moore County, North Carolina. Mary (daughter of Raleigh SPINKS and Mary PEARCE) was born on 20 Jan 1793 in Randolph County, North Carolina; died on 22 Jan 1875 in Lauderdale County, Alabama; was buried in Jan 1875 in Kennedy-Stutts Cemetery, Lauderdale County, Alabama. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Upon the death of his wife, Sarah, Randolph Palmer appears to have married her sister, Catherine "Katy" Walker on February 1, 1843.

Randolph married Sarah WALKER before 1817 in Spartanburg District, South Carolina. Sarah (daughter of Jonathan WALKER and Catherine CURRY) was born on 4 May 1792 in Barnwell County, South Carolina; died on 9 Sep 1842 in Lauderdale County, Alabama. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]