Sedgwick County KS Archives Biographies.....Kennedy, Patrick 1843 - 
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Author: O. H. Bentley (1910)

   Patrick Kennedy, Civil War veteran, of Valley Center, Sedgwick county,
Kansas, was born in Ireland on December 26, 1843. He is a son of Patrick W.
Kennedy, who immigrated to the United States when his son was three years old.
The elder Kennedy located first in New York, where he remained ten years, and
then removed to Marysville, Union county, Ohio, where he lived until his death
in 1873. He was the father of six children, three of whom came with him to this
country. Patrick Kennedy had but a limited education, and worked as a laborer
until he enlisted in the army in 1863. He entered the service as a private in
the First New York Light Artillery, which after being equipped for duty was sent
to Washington. There it was attached to the Army of Virginia, and took part in
the Battle of the Wilderness, where General Wadsworth fell mortally wounded. The
regiment was also in the engagements of Coal Harbor, Mine Run, Hotchkiss
Junction and Weldon railroad, and took part in all the battles and skirmishes in
the rear of Petersburg. It was very close to the mine called "Fort Hill" when it
was blown up, in describing which Mr. Kennedy says: "I thought the earth was
sinking away from my feet." Mr. Kennedy received a severe wound while in the
service, from the effects of which he has never fully recovered. After serving
his time of three years in the army Mr. Kennedy returned to his former home,
where he remained until 1871. During this year he located on a quarter section
of land in Grant township, Sedgwick county, Kansas, and while here he worked as
a laborer on the railroad. In 1874 he purchased 160 acres in Section 30, Grant
township, where he now resides. Mr. Kennedy is a member of the G. A. R. and
present Post Commander in Valley Center. He is also a member of the Methodist
Episcopal Church. On April 29, 1875, Mr. Kennedy was married to Miss Eliza L.
Allen, of Sedgwick county. Ten children have been born of this union, of whom
eight are living. The children are: Charles, Rosa, Edgar, David, Grace, Willie,
Jessa and Virgil. Rosa is now Mrs. Will Lemin; Grace is now Mrs. Clark, and has
two children. Mr. Kennedy is a Republican in politics with an inclination to be
Independent of late years.

Additional Comments:
Extracted from 

History of Wichita and Sedgwick County: past and present, including an account
of the cities, towns and villages of the county

Editor in chief: O. H. Bentley
Chicago: C.F. Cooper & Co. (1910)


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