Grundy County IL Archives Biographies.....Kennedy, Joseph P 
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Author: History of Grundy County, 1914

Kennedy, Joseph P. – With the almost universal adoption of the automobile as a 
means of locomotion, has come an insistent and increasing demand for first 
class repair work, and Grundy County men have not been slow to enter into this 
line of endeavor.  One of those whose name is a synonym for honest and 
efficient work is Joseph P. Kennedy of Gardner, Ill., who does all kinds of 
boiler, engine and automobile repairing.  He was born in Marion County, Ill., 
in 1876, a son of James and Melinda (Jones) Kennedy.  The father was born in 
Alabama and the mother in Indiana.  Growing up in his native State, James 
Kennedy was engaged in agricultural work there until his coming to Illinois in 
1864.  He located at Marion County and continued his farming, there married, 
and he and his wife became the parents of eleven children, six of whom 
survive.  Both parents died in Illinois, the father in 1908, and the mother in 
1910.

Joseph P. Kennedy was brought up on a farm and there taught lessons of 
industry and thrift which have never been forgotten.  He attend the local 
schools and assisted his father until he was nineteen years old at which time 
he entered the machine shops at Decatur, Ala., where he remained for four 
years.  This line of work so suited him that he has continued in it, and in 
1907, seeing an opening at Gardner, he came here and worked as an engineer 
until 1909, when he opened up his business, and now is agent for the Ford and 
Overland cars, both excellent makes.  In addition, he conducts a first class 
garage and controls the greater part of the business in his several lines for 
this section.

On March 22, 1910, Mr. Kennedy married Mildred Colstock, born at Gardner, 
Ill.  In politics he is a Republican, but has not gone into public life.  
Fraternally he is a Mason.  His sterling characteristics and business honesty 
entitle him to the confidence and respect of his fellow citizens.

page 846

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Source:  History of Grundy County, Illinois, Chicago: Munsell Publishing Co. 
Publishers; 1914

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