"COUNTIES OF MORGAN, MONROE & BROWN, INDIANA. HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL."
CHARLES BLANCHARD, EDITOR. CHICAGO: F. A. BATTEY & CO. PUBLISHERS. 1884.
F. A. BATTEY. F. W. TEPPLE
WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP AND MARTINSVILLE, MORGAN COUNTY, INDIANA
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JAMES P. KENNEDY was born in Brown County, Ind., on May 3, 1846. His
parents, JOHN and MARY (ALEXANDER) KENNEDY, were natives of Virginia. James
P. is the youngest of a family of seven children. He was reared and
educated in Brown County. When he was nineteen years of age, he entered the
employ of WILLIAM STAFFORD, a farmer in Johnson County, where he remained
for one year. He was then employed by GEORGE W. WARE, of Amity, to work in
a saw mill and stave factory, with whom he remained for three years. He
then began farming in Johnson County and continued for eight years, after
which, in 1879, he sold out and came to Martinsville. He was here employed
by the Singer Sewing Machine Company. In February, 1882, he formed a
partnership with A. P. SHIELDS, and purchased the "Red Cloud" saloon, where
he is at present enjoying a lucrative trade. He was married on December 17,
1868, to ADDIE MITCHELL, daughter of JAMES A. MITCHELL, a citizen of Johnson
County. They have four children--WILLIE E., WALTER A., MAUDIE and CECIL C.
Mr. and Mrs. Kennedy are identified with the Christian Church, and Mr.
Kennedy is politically a Democrat.
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