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 354 KENNEDY. KENNEDY. tion bill, tenure of office for school teach- ers, tax limitations, and was specially influ- ential in the passage of the two-and-a-half million dollar park loan bill. His famil- iarity with municipal affairs rendered him a valuable member of the committee on cities, where he suggested many excellent modifications in the charter, among others that feature requiring the mayor to submit nominations to the board of aldermen. Mr. Kendricken is a large real estate owner at Boston Highlands, where he re- sides ; is a director of the Roxbury Club ; a member of the Irish Charitable Society, and of Edward W. Kinsley Post, G. A. R., and is commodore of the Kearsarge Asso- ciation of Naval Veterans. Mr. Kendricken was married in Boston, in 1866, to Cecilia A., daughter of Alexan- der and Annie Garvey. Of this union are five children : three boys and two girls. Mr. Kendricken is a public-spirited man, possessing liberal and progressive ideas. KENNEDY, DONALD, son of John and Isabella (Sinclair) Kennedy, was born in Glenmoriston, Scotland, April 2, 181 2. Gaelic was his mother tongue, and he learned at the same time English and Latin in the primary schools of his native country. He was apprenticed at the usual age to learn the trade of currier. Having served his time and fitted himself for business, he came to America when quite a young man. On Ins arrival he at once commenced work at the trade in which he was now proficient, utilizing his spare time in the study of medicine, for which he seemed to possess a strong predilection. Mr. Kennedy began the manufacture and sale of his celebrated medicinal com- pound known as " Kennedy's Medical Dis- covery," in a very humble way, carrying it around for sale in a carpet-bag which is now in the possession of the family as a relic. The judicious manner in which the '• Discovery " was placed before the public, together with the intrinsic merit of the ar- ticle itself, soon made his name well known throughout the civilized world. The rows of apartment houses and business blocks recently erected by him in his adopted home bear witness to his thrift, enterprise and public spirit. Mr. Kennedy was married in Boston by " Father Taylor," December 23, 1835, to Ann Colgate, Hastings, England, daughter of William and Celia (Golding) Colgate. Of this union were six children: of whom two, Celia and Flora Sinclair, died in in- fancy. The living children are: Ann Isa- bella, George Golding, M. D., Cordelia Martin, and Louisa Colgate Kennedy. In 1874 Mr. and Mrs. Kennedy went to Europe on account of the ill health of Mrs. Kennedy. She was violently ill on the outward voyage, and the permanent effects were so serious that she never felt suffi- ciently strong to undertake the return, residing in Europe until her death, which occurred in Italy in the fall of 1887. Mr. Kennedy spent his winters there, but was usually in or near Roxbury during the re- mainder of the year. Mr. Kennedy was always loath to assume any office, but consented occasionally to the use of his name. He was vice-presi- dent and treasurer of the Scots Chari- table Society a number of years. He was director of the Highland Street Railway Company, a member of the F. & A. M., I. O. O. F., and several charitable societies. ■T. DONALD KENNEDY Mr. Kennedy was something besides a manufacturer arid dispenser of medicines. His taste for the beautiful in nature and art was acute. He wrote some very enter- taining letters from abroad to the " Rox- bury Home Journal." Though educated a Presbyterian, he was possessed of the broadest liberality in his religious views, and in practice he ever maintained a oenerous attitude toward all