Whiteside County IL Archives Biographies.....Kennedy, Henry M 
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Author: Portrait/Bio Album, Whiteside County IL 1885

Henry M. Kennedy, physician and surgeon, Head Clerk of the Order of Modern 
Woodmen of America, and residing at Fulton, was born in Mishawaka, St. Joseph 
Co., Ind., Jan. 4, 1851, and is the son of Henry D. and Charlotte (Steere) 
Kennedy. He came to Elgin, Ill., with his parents in infancy, and was educated 
at Wheaton (Ill.) College. After some experience as a clerk in Chicago he 
spent several seasons in the the fruit business at Benton Harbor, Mich., 
teaching school winters. He took a regular three years' course at the 
Hahnemann Medical College, of Chicago, at which he received the degree of M. 
D.   He began practice in Jackson Co., Iowa, which he continued till 1880, 
when he removed to Fulton, Ill., and has pursued his profession in this city 
continuously since. On the organization of the "Modern Woodmen," a beneficiary 
fraternity, he was chosen Head Physician, and in May, 1884, he was elected 
Head Clerk, or Grand Secretary, of the order. He is also the editor of the 
Woodman's Echo. He was married Nov. 10, 1874, at St. Joseph, Mich., to Miss 
Lillie Overacker. Mrs. Kennedy was born in Otsego Co., N. Y., June 14, 1854. 
They have three children, all boys,—Harry, Fred and Clarence. The Doctor is a 
Prohibitionist in politics, and served as City Clerk of Fulton in 1883-4. He 
is an earnest temperance advocate, and a member of Leota Lodge, No. 428, I. O. 
G. T. The Dr. and Mrs. K. are members of the Baptist Church. Although a 
resident of Fulton but a few years, Dr. Kennedy has made many warm friends, 
and has developed a very satisfactory practice.

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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