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 KENNEDY

KENNEY

American, French, Belgian and German scientific societies. Allegheny college conferred on him the honorary degree of A.M. in 1852 and that of LL.D. in 1867, and he endowed that institution with fovir perpetual scholarships for the benefit of disabled young soldiers and orphans of soldiers. He is the author of books and reports on national statistics and other subjects, published both by the government and privately. He died in Wash- ington. D.C., July 13, 1887.

KENNEDY, Josiah Forrest, physician, was born at Landisburg, Pa., Jan. 31, 1834; son of William and Mary Ann (Mills) Kennedy, and grandson of Joseph Hayes and Rebecca (Reed) Kennedy. He was graduated from Dick- inson college. Pa., in 1855; was principal of Berrysburg seminary. Pa., 1855-56; attended Jefferson Medical college, 1856-57; graduated from tiie medical department of the University of the City of New York in 1858, and practised his profession at Tipton, Iowa, 1858-70, and Des Moines, Iowa, 1870-85. He served as an assistant surgeon in the regular army, 1861-63; was a member of the U.S. pension examining board of Tipton, Iowa, 1863-70, and later at Des Moines, and professor of obstetrics at the State Universit}^ of Iowa, 1809-70. He was professor of obstetrics at the Iowa College of Physicians and Surgeons, Des Moines, 1882-85, when he resigned and be- came secretary of the state board of health and the state board of medical examiners. He was elected a member of the Iowa State Medical society, the American Academy of Medicine and the American Public Health association, and was a delegate from Iowa to the international health congress at London, England, in 1891. He con- tributed to different medical publications and became the editor of the lotra Health Bulletin, as well as secretary of the Iowa state board of health and state board of medical examiners.

KENNEDY, Robert Patterson, representative, was born at Bellefontaine, Ohio, Jan. 23, 1840; son of William G. and Mary E. (Patterson) Kennedy; grandson of James Kennedy and of Robert Patterson, and a descendant of Jonathan Edwards. He attended the public schools of Bellefontaine and served in the civil war in the armies of West Virginia, the Potomac, the Cum- berland and the Shenandoah, entering as a pri- vate and receiving promotion to the rank of colonel of volunteers. He was brevetted briga- dier-general, March 13, 1865. On being mustered out of the volunteer service in September, 1865, he returned to his home, was admitted to the bar and established himself in the practice at Belle- fontaine. He was collector of internal revenue, 1878-83, and lieutenant-governor of Ohio, 1886- 87, resigning in 1887, upon his election as Repub- lican representative from the Stli Ohio district to

the 50th congress. He was re-elected to the 51st congress, serving 1887-91, and was chairman of the committee on enrolled bills and a member of the committee on militia. He was appointed by President McKinley a member of the insular commission, Feb. 23, 1899, and was made presi- dent of the commission.

KENNEDY, Thomas J., educator, was born in Beaver county. Pa., Feb. 1, 1832. He attended Hookstown academy; taught the district school and was graduated at Franklin college, New Athens, Ohio, in 1852. He was principal of Hookstown academy, 1852-54. He was grad- uated at the Theological seminary, Xenia, Ohio, in 1858, and on June 15 of that year was licensed to preach by the United Presbytery of Chart iers. He was pastor at Jamestown, Pa., 1858-66; Fredericksburg, Ohio, 1866-70; Steubenville, 1870-73; general agent of Westminster college, 1873-75; principal of Beaver Ladies' seminary, Pa., 1875-78; pastor at Des Moines, Iowa, 1878- 83; president of Amity college, College Springs, Iowa, 1883-92, and again, 1894-96. He was mar- ried, May 21, 1837, to Martha, daughter of Judge Samuel and Rachel (Jackson) Kyle, of Cedar- ville, Ohio. He received the honorary degree of D.D. from Westminster college in 1877, and in 1888 was elected foundation fellow of the Society of Science, Letters and Art, London, England. He was moderator of the general assembly of the United Presbj'terian church, 1891. He is the author of: A Defence of Woman Suffrage.

KENNER, Duncan Farrar, representative, was born in New Orleans, La., in 1813. He was graduated from Miami university in 1831; trav- elled through Europe, 1831-35, and on his return to New Orleans he studied law under Senator John Slidell,but abandoned it to become a planter. He was a representative in the state legislature, 1836-50; a Whig nominee for U.S. senator in 1849; a member of the Louisiana constitutional conventions of 1844 and 1852; a representative in the Confederate congress, 1861-65; a delegate from the Confederate States to the governments of Great Britain and France in 1864, and was ap- pointed by President Arthur sole Democratic member of the U.S. tariff commission in 1883. He was president of the New Orleans gas com- pany; of the Crescent cotton seed oil company; of the Louisiana sul^^hur company, and of the Louisiana sugar planters' association. He died at New Orleans, La., July, 1887.

KENNEY, Richard Rolland, senator, was born at Laurel, Sussex county, Del., Sept. 9, 1856; son of Samuel and Hettie (Short) Kenney; grandson of Samuel Kenny, Sr., and a descendant of Solo- mon Short. He was graduated from Laurel Classical institute, Del., in 1874; studied law un- der Willard Salisbury, of Dover, Del.; was ad-