Whiteside County IL Archives Biographies.....Kennedy, William A 
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Author: Portrait/Bio Album, Whiteside County IL 1885

William A. Kennedy, farmer, located on section 27, Clyde Township, was born 
Oct. 10, 1828, in Washington Co., N. Y. His parents, Alexander and Sarah A. 
(Tice) Kennedy, were natives of New York, and descended from ancestors of New 
England birth and Scotch origin. They were farmers and came West when their 
son was 20 years old—in 1848. They located at first in Whiteside County, but 
later the father went to Buffalo County, Neb., where he died in Kearney City, 
in the fall of 1883. The mother is living in Clyde Township, and is 78 years 
of age. She is still in unbroken health and strength. Mr. Kennedy, in company 
with his brother, became the proprietor of 320 acres of land in Clyde 
Township, all of it being unimproved. He was then not 23 years of age. He was 
married April 10,1856, in the township of Mt. Pleasant, to Emmeline, daughter 
of Aaron and Amy (Havens) Bailey. Her father was born in Vermont, and her 
mother was a native of Essex Co., N. Y. Mrs. Kennedy was born Aug. 14, 1840, 
in Jefferson Co., N. Y. Her parents came to Mt. Pleasant Township, in 1855, 
where they were farmers. Her father died of a cancer, Oct. 20, 1874, in the 
township of Delhi, when he was 77 years of age. The mother is 84 years old and 
is vigorous, mentally and physically. At the time of their marriage Mr. and 
Mrs. Kennedy settled on the property he owned, on which he made rapid 
improvements. The farm is now (1885) in the best of conditions and fenced and 
stocked. Mr. Kennedy is a Democrat, and both himself and wife are members of 
the Methodist Episcopal Church.

Additional Comments:
Portrait and Biographical Album of Whiteside County, Illinois, Containing Full-
page Portraits and Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative 
Citizens of the County. Chicago: Chapman Brothers, 1885.

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