William Wesley KENNEDY^[1]

1816 - 1875  (59 years)

• Name	William Wesley KENNEDY  [2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12]
  Born	1 May 1816	Moore County, North Carolina   [2, 3, 4, 7, 8, 12]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	Gunsmith
  Died	14 Nov 1875	Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas   [8, 12]
  	Age: 62
  Buried	1975	Kennedy-Stutts Cemetery, Lauderdale County, Alabama   [8, 12]
  Person ID	I-2144834712	Our Family Tree
  Last Modified	30 Jul 2021

  
  

  Father	Hiram KENNEDY,   b. 22 Oct 1792, Moore County, North Carolina ,   d. 20 Aug 1862, Lauderdale County, Alabama  (Age 69 years)
  Mother	Mary SPINKS,   b. 20 Jan 1793, Randolph County, North Carolina ,   d. 22 Jan 1875, Lauderdale County, Alabama  (Age 82 years)
  Married	28 Jan 1813	Moore County, North Carolina
  Family ID	F477	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Cynthia Walker PALMER,   b. Abt 1817, Georgia ,   d. 3 Sep 1894, Texas  (Age 77 years)
  Married	10 Mar 1840	Lauderdale County, Alabama   [5, 6, 9, 10, 11]
  Children	1. Oliver Sylvester KENNEDY,   b. 24 Jan 1840, Lauderdale County, Alabama ,   d. 26 Feb 1909, Tarrant County, Texas  (Age 69 years)   2. Panthea Narcissa KENNEDY,   b. Abt 1843, Mississippi ,   d. 24 October 1915, Denton, Texas  (Age 72 years)   3. Adelia Parthenia KENNEDY,   b. 28 Jul 1844, Tippah, Mississippi, United States ,   d. 17 May 1921, Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas  (Age 76 years)   4. Mary Elizabeth KENNEDY,   b. 9 Jul 1847, Tippah County, Mississippi, USA ,   d. 3 Jun 1907, Hedley, Donley, Texas, USA  (Age 59 years)   5. Luletia KENNEDY,   b. Abt 1850   6. Mittalene Cynthia KENNEDY,   b. Abt 1852, Mississippi ,   d. 24 Jun 1876, Alamo, Crockett County, Tennessee  (Age 24 years)   7. William Oscar KENNEDY,   b. About 1853, Mississippi ,   d. Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas, USA   8. Hiram Randolph KENNEDY,   b. Abt 1856, Tippah, Mississippi, United States ,   d. 1915, Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas, USA  (Age 59 years)   9. Ophelia Adrian KENNEDY,   b. Abt 1859, , Tippah, Mississippi, USA ,   d. 25 December 1879, Texas  (Age 20 years)
  Last Modified	30 Jul 2021
  Family ID	F465	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• 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.

  
  

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