Jasper County IL Archives Biographies.....Kendall, C. D. 1837 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/il/ilfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00001.html#0000031 October 28, 2011, 1:23 pm Source: See below Author: Lake City Publishing Co. CAPT. C. D. KENDALL, of Newton, is one of the prominent and influential citizens of Jasper County. A native of Erie County, Pa., he was born in 1837, and is of New England ancestry. His parents were Cyrus and Lucy (Aubrey) Kendall. Both were natives of Orange County, Vt., but with their respective families they went to the Keystone State. The father was of English descent, and the mother, as her name indicates, was of French lineage. Cyrus Kendall died in Pennsylvania in 1844, and his wife, who survived him for a number of years, passed away in Fayette County in 1861. They had a family of six children who grew to mature years, but our subject and a younger brother are now the only living representatives of the family. The latter, Dr. John M. Kendall, is a resident of Shelby County, Ill. In 1853, when about seventeen years of age, Capt. Kendall, accompanied by his mother, came to Illinois and taught school for a number of terms in Fayette and Clay Counties. He continued to make his home in the former county until the spring of 1860, when he went to Louisville, Clay County, and entered the law office of W. W. Bishop. There he pursued the study of law, intending to enter the legal profession, and took an examination for admittance to the Bar, which he successfully passed, but before his diploma was received he had resolved to enter the military service of his country, the War of the Rebellion having already begun. The date of his enlistment was May 2, 1861. He was among the first to enlist, yet it was found that the quota of Illinois, under the call of President Lincoln, was full, and accordingly he with others was accredited to Missouri, and became a member of Company D, Eleventh Regiment of Missouri Volunteers. Mr. Kendall was soon made Quartermaster-Sergeant of the regiment on the non-commissioned staff, and immediately after the siege of Corinth was commissioned Second Lieutenant of Company K. When the regiment veteranized he was made Captain, and served as such until about three months before the close of the War, when he became Quartermaster of the Second Brigade, First Division of the Sixteenth Army Corps, under the command of Gen. L. F. Hubbard, of Minnesota, who was afterwards Governor of that State. Capt. Kendall was actively engaged in many of the most important events of the war. He participated in the battle of Island No. 10, the siege and battle of Corinth, the siege and capture of Vicksburg, the battles of Inka, Corinth and Nashville, and the siege and capture of Spanish Fort and Ft. Blakely. He was wounded at the battle of Corinth on October 3, 1862, and at Nashville, December 16, 1864. Returning home after receiving his discharge, Capt. Kendall was elected Clerk of Clay County in the fall of 1865, and served efficiently in that capacity for four years. In the autumn of 1869 he embarked in merchandising in Louisville, Clay County. Again, in January, 1874, he was called to official duty, being elected Assistant Secretary of the Senate of the Twenty-eighth General Assembly. Capt. Kendall was first married on the 22d of January, 1862, Miss Rovilla C. Miller, a daughter of Thomas and Abbie (Sparks) Miller, becoming his wife. She was a native of Ohio, and died in 1875, leaving one son, who still survives her, Harry F., a graduate of the State University of Illinois, and a lawyer by profession, now residing in Champaign, Ill. In 1878, Capt. Kendall was again married. He married Mrs. Susie Barnes, widow of Charles W. Barnes, and a daughter of Henry and Susan (McCoy) Brooks. They have one child, May E. In 1881, Capt. Kendall disposed of his business interests in Louisville and removed to Newton. He has since engaged in merchandising in this place, and is recognized as one of the prominent and leading business men of Jasper Comity. He carries a full and complete line of goods, and as he earnestly desires to please his customers, and is upright and honorable in all his dealings with the public, he has gained a liberal patronage and won the confidence and good-will of all with whom he has been brought in contact. Mr. Kendall was one of the organizers of Jacob E. Reed Post, G. A. R., and is Post Commander of the same. In his political affiliations he is a Republican, and earnestly advocates the principles and measures of that party, having been one of its warm supporters since he cast his first Presidential vote for Abraham Lincoln. Capt. Kendall has been a member of the Methodist Episcopal Chureh for twenty-five years, and has been an active worker in its interests. In his country's hour of need be was a gallant and faithful soldier, and honorably wore the blue of the Union. In times of peace he is both a successful business man and an enterprising citizen. Additional Comments: Extracted from: Portrait and Biographical Record of Effingham, Jasper and Richland Counties Chicago: Lake City Publishing Co. 1893 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/il/jasper/bios/kendall1693gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/ilfiles/ File size: 5.5 Kb