BIO: Kenley  - http://files.usgwarchives.net/ky/mercer/bios/k540-001.txt

   KENLEY   GRAY  HARMON   


History of Sullivan County, Missouri     Printed 1888

JOHN KENLEY is a son of HIRAM and PATSY (GRAY) KENLEY, natives of Kentucky
where they grew to maturity, and passed their lives.  The mother was a member
of the Presbyterian Church & died in 1835.  The father was a well-to-do
farmer, and a Democrat in politics.  He met his death at Perryville, Kentucky
accidently.  He was standing a short distance from two men who were engaged in
a heated altercation.  One of them fired a pistol with the intention of
killing his antagonist, but the ball missed its mark, and passed through the
heart of Mr. Kenley, killing him instantly.  Mr. Kenley was twice married, his
second wife being Mrs. NANCY GRAY.

John Kenley was the second son whose services were required in the field, his
educational opportunities were very limited.  At the age of sixteen he began
life upon his own responsibility as a farmer.  In 1843 he married MARGARET
HARMON, who was born in Boyle County., Ky in 1822, and is a daughter of JACOB
HARMON.  To this union one child has been born, ELIZABETH,  wife of  WILLIAM
BINGHAM.  In 1845 the family moved to Sullivan County, Missouri located in the
wilderness and began to clear and improve land.  Mr. Kenley, at the time of
his location in Missouri had but $50 and two horses, which property he loaned
and lost.  He is of an energetic and industrious disposition, and by labor and
economy is now a successful farmer, and the owner of 400 acres of good land.
He sustained no injury during the war but loss of property, although at that
period he suffered many hardships.  He has been a resident of Sulivan County,
Mo. Over forty-two years, and is consequently, much interested in the social
and intellectual advancement of the county.  He is a staunch Democrat, and a
member of the IOOF.


NOTES by ARB:  Patsy Gray, 1st wife of Hiram Kenley was the daughter of JOHN &
LUCINDA (JONES) GRAY.who had come from Prince Edward Co., Va. to Mercer Co.,
Ky.  Mrs. Nancy Gray, his 2nd wife, was NANCY CATON, widow of CHARLES GRAY,
whose will was probated in Mercer Co., Ky. Feb. Court 1841.


Typed by Anne R. Baker  abaker@searnet.com


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