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]

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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]

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Married George W. Payne, December 30, 1858, Tippah County, Mississippi.

Family/Spouse: George PAYNE. George was born about 1840 in Tippah County, Mississippi; died about 1865. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Sylvester SHERWOOD. Sylvester was born on 19 June 1824 in New York; died on 21 November 1882 in Denton, Texas; was buried in Lewisville (Denton County), Denton County, Texas, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Married Michael Jayne Danaher, July 25, 1866, in LaGrange, Tennessee.

Adelia married Michael DANAHER on 25 Jul 1866 in Fayette County, Tennessee, USA. Michael was born about 1831 in Maryland; died on 24 December 1898 in Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas; was buried in Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mary married William Jones BOWLING on 22 Dec 1863 in Tippah County, Mississippi. William (son of Burgess BOWLING and Minerva M. JONES) was born on 20 Jan 1840 in Haywood County, Tennessee; died on 28 Mar 1916 in Hedley, Donley County, Texas; was buried in Mar 1916 in Rowe Cemetery, Hedley, Donley County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Married to James Marshall Klyce, February 17, 1873, Florence, Lauderdale County, Alabama.

Notes:

Rosebud, New Mexico
Nov. 11th 1935
Dear Alvin:---
It is with pleasure I answer your most welcome letter. I am glad you are interested in school and hope you enjoy your school days as much as I did mine. Really I think our school days are our happiest days with all their troubles and trials -- yes I had my share of "trouble & trial" in school even tho I never got a whipping.
When I went to school the schools were not "Graded" as they are now. We had classes -- sometimes 2 or 3 of a kind, I mean of the second reader we'll say as some pupils would have McGuffey's Readers while others would have another kind. I used the McGuffey's Readers. The "Old Blue-Backed Spelling Book" (Webster Spelling Book) and Alvin I don't believe I'd be afraid to "spell" with my Grandchildren to-day.
I was eight years old April 13, 1875 and started to school some time that year, at Lewisville, Denton Co., Texas. However my Mother had taught me at home, so I was in the second reader and could spell "way over in the book" and knew how to make the figures and count.
That first school house was up on a "rise" N.W. from town about 1/2 Mi. It was a large "two story" house; the upper room was used by the Mason Lodge the lower for school church and Sunday School.
Sometimes there were 75 or so pupils so had to have two teachers, but both taught in that one big room.
We sat on long benches and a class would go up to the teacher to recite and sit on a long bench, only the spelling classes would stand in a row and "turn down", when one missed a word. The pupil who was head of class to day would "go foot" tomorrow.
The house was heated by a stove and they burned wood. When it was real cold the teacher would let us go sit awhile by the stove to warm our feet. They wouldn't let us draw pictures in time of books.
When I started to school my Grandma gave me a large square framed slate and that's what I wrote on, and "figured" & (played when the teacher wasn't looking.)
In 1879 we moved way out to Wise Co. I was 12 by then, you see so had other books to study such as Geography -- Monteith's Third Part. Rag's Third Part Arithmetic and Grammar -- Smith's, I believe, was the first one I used; then later Reed & Kellogg's. So we had to parse and diagram. Yes that was hard.
That school house was a real country school about 3 or 4 Mi. S.W. of Bridgeport (the old town) Texas, in Pleasant Valley. It was built of logs (I believe) and had long home-made benches. No black-boards, so we used slates.
There was a plank "desk" on each side to write on, the boys used one, the girls used the other. Yes, we had a time to write some, had bought copy books, others used "fools cap" paper and the teacher would set a "copy". It too had a stove and burned wood. The house was in the woods so we had lots of shade to play in.
The boys played on one side of the house, the girls on the other. The boys at both these schools played ball and other similar things. The girls would play games such as base "Learner Lou" etc -- we had nothing to play with but always had fun.
Girls all wore sun bonnets -- never went bare headed but in warm weather would go bare-footed, same as the boys -- oh! the big girls didn't, of course.
Sometimes school would be only for three months, and a five month school was a long time -- I mean in the country. Then sometimes there would be a subscription school in Summer.
Sometimes the teacher would "stay a round" with the people -- not have to pay board.
My first school I had to walk alone and go about three Mi. but at this last one we lived just little over 1/2 Mi. from the school house.
While we lived there tho there were two years I did not go to that school, because the teacher did not keep good order. I went to a lady who taught in her house 2 Mi. away. There we sat by a fireplace and used her chairs. She was such a fine teacher too -- could explain things so we could understand even arithmetic. Also she had some different readers I used but I forget the names. Of course, they were the higher books 5th & 6th.
My letter is getting too long to tell about when I "went off" to school. So will close for this time and if you want the other part I'll write again.
Lovingly your Grandmother,
Stella Cunningham

Died:
Age: 71

Stella married Amos Blakey CUNNINGHAM on 30 May 1894 in Allen, Collin, Texas, USA. Amos (son of Johnson Franklin CUNNINGHAM and Mary Ann Penelope ANTHONY) was born on 3 Apr 1871 in Oglethorpe, Georgia, USA; died on 26 Nov 1962 in Clifton, Bosque, Texas, USA; was buried in Nov 1962 in Claude, Armstrong County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Velma married three times, according to family Bible records (no mention of husbands' names). Second marriage -- 1901; third marriage -- 1914. According to Diary of Stella Bowling, 1893-1894, Velma's husband may have been named Herbert, and Velma gave birth to a baby in April 1894.

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Married Emma O. Johnson (July 28, 1882-January 2, 1946) on January 6, 1901.
Obituary for "Alfred Bowling" lists his birthday as August 10, 1881; death date as July 1968. Said to be living in Lelia Lake, Donley County, Texas.
Homer and Emma are buried in Citizens Cemetery, Clarendon, Donley County, Texas.

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Married S. Lovie Meador on May 2, 1909. Married Nora ? after death of Lovie on July 2, 1917. Horatio is buried in Albuquerque, NM.

Family/Spouse: Nora BOWLING. Nora was born in 1899 in Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married Frank Lee DePauw on July 21, 1907.

Family/Spouse: Frank Lee DEPAUW. Frank was born on 20 August 1891 in Texas, USA; died on 12 May 1948 in Morton (Cochran County), Cochran County, Texas, USA; was buried in Levelland, Hockley County, Texas, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Herman Cunningham farmed and did some trucking. The family lived in several different communities in and around Swisher County TX. In 1978 they lived in Lockney TX. ["Herman Cunningham," Windmilling: 101 Years of Swisher County Texas History 1876-1977 (Dallas: Taylor Publishing Co., 1978), 235.] Herman and Annie Cunningham's children are Alvin, Udell, Flois, Nelda Gene, Carolyn. The Windmilling book gives their birth places. [Ethel Bell, "Veto Jennings," Windmilling: 101 Years of Swisher County Texas History 1876-1977 (Dallas: Taylor Publishing Co., 1978), 377.]
1930 Census, Armstrong County TX, Claude
hh207—H. Cunningham, head, age 35 born TX, rents house for $15 month, age at first marriage: 25, father born GA, mother born TX; occupation: truck hauling; veteran
Annie Cunningham, wife, age 30 born TX; age at first marriage: 20; father born AL, mother born TN
Alvin Cunningham, son, age 8 born TX
Udell Cunningham, son, age 4 born c1926 TX
Floris Cunningham, dau, age 8 mos. born TX
Social Security Death Index Record
Name: Herman Cunningham
SSN: 458-07-6225
Last Residence: 79241 Lockney, Floyd, Texas, United States of America
Born: 16 Mar 1895
Died: Jun 1980
State (Year) SSN issued: Texas (Before 1951

Died:
Age: 85

Herman married Annie Lola JENNINGS on 20 Jun 1920 in Tulia, Swisher, Texas, USA. Annie (daughter of Veto Curry JENNINGS and Mary ASilla STALLINGS) was born on 4 Oct 1899 in Tulia, Swisher, Texas, USA; died on 6 Apr 1982 in Lockney, Floyd, Texas, USA; was buried on 8 Apr 1982 in Lockney, Floyd County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Married John Russal Gray (August 21, 1895-May 21, 1961) on Septbemter 22, 1915 and had children:
John Russal Gray, Jr., October 22, 1917-
Herman Wilson Gray, November 21, 1918-July 31, 2000
William Sherman Gray, October 23, 1923-
Frances Ophelia Gray, March 21, 1926-
James Arthur Gray, June9, 1928-

Dessie married John Russal GRAY on 22 Sep 1915. John was born on 21 Aug 1895 in Texas; died on 21 May 1961. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Married Luther Clifford Case on November 28, 1924 and had children:
Luther Clifford Case, Jr., unknown birthdate
Virgil Amos Case, September 21, 1935-June 20, 1992

Lillie married Luther Clifford CASE on 28 Nov 1924. Luther was born about 1895 in Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Married Prentice Lee Elder (January 20, 1899-April 23, 1979) on November 11, 1922 and had children:
Lee Murzel Elder, November 4, 1923-
Velma Oleta Elder, September 11, 1925-
Dorothy Frances Elder, October 1, 1927-
Amos Gene Elder, November 15, 1929-
Betty Beatrice Elder, June 7, 1933-
Mary Jannette Elder, November 13, 1940
Warren Prentice Elder, October 5, 1943-October 5, 1943

Velma married Prentice Lee ELDER on 11 Nov 1922. Prentice was born on 20 Jan 1899 in Patton, Texas; died on 23 Apr 1979 in Clifton, Bosque County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married Esther Lucile Conrad on June 28, 1954.

Aubrey married Esther Lucile CONRAD on 28 Jun 1954. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married Rual Elmer Mills (June 22, 1912-Unknown) on October 3, 1931 and had children:
Melvin Rual Mills, August 14, 1932-
Amos Louis Mills, April 22, 1936-September 16, 1999
Franky Dean Mills, January 28, 1938-November 6, 1997

Nina married Rual Elmer MILLS on 3 Oct 1931. Rual was born on 22 Jan 1910. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]