Counties of Morgan, Monroe and Brown, Indiana. Historical and Biographical.
Charles Blanchard, Editor. Chicago: F. A. Battey & Co., Publishers, 1884. 

MORGAN COUNTY
JEFFERSON TOWNSHIP
PAGE 330

L. C. KENNEDY was born in Hardin County, Ky., August 31, 1804, and is
the fourth of the family of Peter and Rachel Kennedy, both natives of
Pennsylvania. The grandfather of our subject, John Kennedy, was also
a Pennsylvanian, and of Irish descent, who removed to Hardin County,
Ky., in 1780, where he closed his valued life, having been a soldier
of the Revolutionary war; he had been twice married and the father of
ten sons. Peter Kennedy was born in 1769. When twelve years of age, he
was stolen by the Indians; remained nine years a captive, and escaped
and returned to his parents, in Hardin County, Ky.  He afterward was
engaged as Government spy on the Kentucky frontier, then married Rachel
Calvin and settled on a farm, where he passed his life. He was the
father to seven children -John, James, Nancy, Luke C., Sarah, Charles
and Decker. Our subject, Luke C. Kennedy, married, June 20, 1830 in
Hardin County, Ky., Miss Jane, daughter of William and Sarah Blackford.
In October following, Mr. Kennedy moved to this county, and purchased
and settled on the farm where he now lives. In 1850, Mrs. Kennedy died,
and in 1855 he married Isabella, daughter of William and Mary Hindes.
Mr. Kennedy is the owner of 220 acres of good land, and is comfortably
situated. He is the parent of seven children - Samuel (deceased), John,
James, Decker, Mary, William and Daniel P. 

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