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Rh and in November, 1865, was called to the Tabernacle church, New York city, where he officiated seven years. In 1873-'80 he was pastor of the Baptist church in Poughkeepsie. He was a trustee of Vassar college, and in 1885-'6 was its president. The degree of D. D. was conferred on him by Rochester university in 1866. He was for some time one of the editors of the &ldquo;Southern Baptist,&rdquo; published in Charleston, contributed largely to periodical literature, and published numerous sermons, tracts, and addresses, and, with F. L. Ritter, compiled &ldquo;The Woman's College Hymnal&rdquo; (Boston, 1887). &mdash; Clark's cousin, Nathaniel, educator, b. in Hanover, N. H., 22 April, 1777; d. in Hamilton, N. Y., 11 Sept., 1848, worked on his father's farm till the age of twenty, and subsequently engaged alternately in teaching and attending the academy. He had been educated as a Congregationalist, but united with the Baptist church, and after studying theology, and being licensed in the spring of 1803, he was ordained pastor of the church at Lansingburg, N. Y., in August, 1805, remaining there until his removal in 1810 to Middlebury, Vt., where he divided his time between several feeble churches. In 1817 he was called to Eaton, N. Y., and in 1822 was elected professor of systematic and pastoral theology in the seminary that had recently been established at Hamilton, N. Y. From 1825 till 1837 he was one of the overseers of Hamilton college, Clinton, N. Y., and in 1836 was chosen president of the Hamilton literary and theological institution (now Madison university), which office he did not accept, although he performed its duties for a time. From 1834 till his death he served as corresponding secretary of the New York Baptist education society. In 1845 he was rendered helpless by a fall, and lingered for three years in great suffering. In 1823 he received the degree of D. D. from Brown. Dr. Kendrick's theology was thoroughly Calvinistic. His publications include a few occasional sermons. See a memoir by his son-in-law, Rev. Samuel W. Adams, D. D.

KENDRICK, Henry Lane, educator, b. in Lebanon, N T. H., 20 Jan., 1811 ; d. in New York city, 24 May, 1891. He was graduated at the U. S. mili- tary academy in 1835. For the next twelve years he was assistant professor of chemistry, mineralogy, and geology at West Point, and in the mean time was transferred to the 2d artillery and made cap- tain, 18 June, 1846. He saw active service during the war with Mexico, taking part in the battle of Cerro Gordo, the siege of Vera Cruz, and the de- fence of Puebla, for gallant and meritorious con- duct in which he was brevetted major, 12 Oct., 1847. After the close of the war he was stationed chiefly in the west, taking part in several expeditions against the Indians, and for five years command- ing a post in New Mexico until 1857, when he was appointed professor of chemistry, mineralogy, and feology in the U. S. military academy. On 28 'eb., 1873, he was made colonel, and on 13 Dec, 1880, at his own request, having been forty-five years in the service, with the reputation of being, perhaps, the kindest-hearted and most popular pro- fessor ever employed at West Point, he was retired. In 1859 he was a member of the board of assay com- missioners at the U. S. mint in Philadelphia, and on 23 Sept., 1861, he was commissioned brigadier- general of volunteers, but declined. He received the degree of A. M. from Dartmouth in 1844, and that of LL. D. from the University of Missouri in 1868, and from the University of Rochester in 1869. His portrait has been added to the collec- tion in the library of the U. S. military academy.

KENDRICK, John, navigator, b. in Boston about 1745 ; d. in Hawaii in 1800. He resided in Wareham, Mass., commanded a privateer during the Revolutionary war, and was one of the first Ameri- can seamen to undertake useful voyages of discov- ery. In 1787, while commanding the " Columbia " and the sloop " Washington," fitted out by Boston merchants, he explored the northwest coast of America and the islands of the Pacific. He ex- changed ships with Capt, Gray, his second in com- mand, and the latter, in a subsequent voyage, discovered the Columbia river. In 1791 Capt. Kendrick, in company with Capt. Douglas, in the brigs " Washington " and " Grace," made a voyage to the South seas. He visited Oceania and origi- nated and carried on a successful trade in sandal- wood with China. His death was caused by the accidental firing of a charge of grape-shot from a cannon by an English captain in returning his sa- lute in Sandwich island waters.

KENLY, John Reese, soldier, b. in Baltimore, Md., in 1822. He was educated in the private schools of his native city, studied law, and was ad- mitted to the bar in 1845. He joined the " Eagle artillery" of Baltimore, rose to the rank of lieutenant, and at the beginning of the Mexi- can war raised a company of volunteers. Capt. Kenly took part in the battles that preceded the fall of Monterey, and when Col. William H. Wat- son fell during that engagement he rallied and re- formed the battalion. He returned to Baltimore on the expiration of his term of enlistment, but at once received a commission as major and returned to active service. After the war the general assem- bly of Maryland voted him the thanks of the state for gallantry in the field. He continued the prac- tice of his profession until the beginning of the civil war, when he was commissioned colonel, 11 June, 1861, and given the command of the 1st Maryland regiment. In May, 1862, being stationed at Front Royal, he aided in checking the Con- federate advance, and in saving the force under Gen. Banks from capture. In this action Col. Kenly was severely wounded and taken prisoner, but was exchanged on 15 Aug., and for his ser- vices at Front Royal was made brigadier-general on 22 Aug. 1862. He was assigned to the com- mand all the troops in Baltimore outside the forts, jc ned McClellan after the battle of Antietam, and rendered efficient service at Hagerstown and Harper's Ferry. In 1863 Gen. Kenly led the Mary- land brigade at the recapture of Maryland Heights, Harper's Ferry, and from that date until the close of the war he held various brigade commands in the 1st and 8th army corps. He was brevetted major-general of volunteers on 13 March, 1865, and after he was mustered out the general assembly of Maryland again passed a vote of thanks to him, and the corporation of Baltimore presented him with a sword. Since the close o the war Gen. Kenly has devoted himself to his profession and to literature. He has written " Memoirs of a Maryland Volun- teer," in the Mexican war (Philadelphia, 1873).

KENNA, John Edward, senator, b. in Valcoulon, W. Va., 10 April, 1848. After working on a farm he entered the Confederate army as a private, served chiefly in Missouri, was wounded in 1864, and was surrendered at Shreveport, La., in 1865. He afterward attended St. Vincent's college at Wheeling, studied law at Charleston, W. Va., and was admitted to the bar, 20 June, 1870. He was prosecuting attorney for Kanawha county in 1872-'7, and in 1875 was elected by the bar, under statutory provision, to hold the circuit courts of Lincoln and Wayne counties. He was chosen to