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 KENNY

KENRICK

mitted to the bar, Oc;t. 19, 1881, and settled in practice at Dover, Del. He was state librarian, 1879-86; adjutant-general of the state, 1887-91; a delegate to the Democratic national convention of 1893: a member of the Democratic national committee, 1896, and was elected U.S. senator, Jan. 19, 1897, for the remainder of the term from March 3, 1895, for which the legislature failed to elect a senator to succeed Senator Higgins. Senator Kenney took his seat, Feb. 3, 1897, liis term expiring, Marcli 3, 1901.

KENNY, Albert Sewall, naval officer, was born in Van Buren county, Iowa, Jan. 19, 1841; son of Sewall and Mary (Strong) Kenny; grandson of Se- wall Kenny, and a descendant of " Deacon " John Strong. His parents having died, he was taken to Burlington, Vt., in 1844; was graduated at the University of Vermont in 1861, and was appointed to the U.S. navy from Ver- mont, entering the service as assistant paymaster, March 19, 1803. He served on the steamer South Carolina, of the South Atlantic block- "' 0' A- ading squadron, 1863-

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of the North Atlan- tic blockading squadron, 1864-65, and partici- pated in both attacks on Fort Fislier. He was promoted paymaster, IMarch 9, 1865; liad charge of the stores at St. Paul de Loanda, 1806. and the pay office in San Francisco, Cal., 1868-71. He was attached to the steamer Plymouth, 1873-73, and to the iron-clad Roanoke on the North Atlan- tic station, 1873-74, and was on duty at the U.S, Naval academy, 1875-80. He was fleet paymaster, North Atlantic station, 1881-84, and promoted pay inspector, July 31, 1884. He was stationed at the U.S. navy-yard, Boston, Mass., 1885-87; served in the bureau of provisions and clothing, 1887-90, and was general store-keeper of the U.S. navy-yard in New Y''ork from October, 1890, to June, 1893. He was attached to the flag-ship Chicago, on the European station, in June, 1893, and served there until May, 1895. On Jan. 1, 1896, he was ordered to the purchasing pay office. New York, and June 1, 1896, he again became general store-keeper at the New York navy j'ard. He was promoted to the rank of captain and pay director, Sept. 36, 1897. He was made paymas- ter-general and chief of the bureau of supplies and accounts, May 5, 1899, with the rank of rear- admiral.

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KENRICK, Francis Patrick, R.C. archbishop, was born in Duljlin, Ireland, Dec. 3, 1790; son of Thomas and Jane Ken rick. He was prepared for his life work at the College of the Propaganda, 1815-31, and was ordained in the private chapel of Cardinal Vicar, Rome, Italy, by Mgr. Candidi Marise Frat- tini, archbishop of Philipen, April 7, 18- 31. He was sent to the United States to take charge of the theological seminary at Bardstown. Ky., established by Bishop Flaget. He attended the bishop in his vis- itations, and gave public conferences on religion which led to subsequent con- troversies, notably with Bishop Hopkins, of the Anglican church, which were a marked feature of his life-work. In 1839 he was theologian to Bishop Flaget at the council of Baltimore, and he was made assistant secretary of the council. On May 3, 1830, he received the bulls of appointment as coadjutor bishop of Phila- delphia, and he was consecrated by Bishop Flaget, assisted by Bishop Conwell and coad- jutor Bishop David at Bardstown, Ky., June 6, 1830. At the consecration services Bishop England preached, and Bishop Fenwick, of Cin- cinnati, was present. His consecration made him titular bishop of Arath, coadjutor to Philadel- phia, and administrator of the diocese. On July 33, 1843, he succeeded the Rt. Rev. Henry Con- well, deceased, to the diocese of Philadelphia. At the time the property of the diocese was held by the trustees of the several churches, and the trustees of St. Mary's church, which was the bishop's cathedral, refused to recognize him as pastor. He finally gained their acquiescence, and introduced the regulation that all church prop- erty should be vested in the bishop, and the last church to submit was St. Paul's, Pittsburg. He founded the theological seminary of St. Charles Borromeo in 1838, and assisted the Augustinians to found the College of St. Thomas at Villanova in 1843. He opposed armed resistance during the anti-Catholic riots of 1844, and at once rebuilt the schools, asylums and churches destroyed by the mob. He was translated to the see of Baltimore as archbishop, Aug. 3, 1851, to succeed Arch- bishop Eccleston, who died, April 33, 1851. He was invested in tiie pallium, Nov. 16, 1851, at the hands of BishopTimon, the sermon being preached by the Rev. E. J. Sourin, of Philadelphia. He