BIO:  KENDALL, William H., s/o John R. & Nancy (Ellis) Kendall

Submitted by:  phill@redrock.net   (Phyllis Hill)

KENDALL   ELLIS   WALLER   

History of Knox and Daviess Counties, Indiana
Chicago:  The Goodspeed Publishing Co., 1886

Daviess County, Barr Twp., page 820

WILLIAM H. KENDALL is a son of John R. and Nancy (Ellis) Kendall, who were
born in Kentucky in 1805 and 1809, respectively.  They came to Indiana about
1817, and about 1825 were married.  They acquired a considerable share of
this world's goods, owning a 400 acre farm well stocked.  Three of their
sons and two grandsons were in the late war.  His wife died in 1880, but he
is yet living at the ripe old age of eighty years.  William H. was born in
Daviess County in 1830.  At the age of seventeen he began working for him-
self at pork packing during the winter season, and farmed during the summer.
For about eight years he worked in this way, and then turned his entire
attention to farming.  In 1883 he sold his farm and moved to Montgomery, and
purchased the Kendall House, and kept hotel for over two years.  On account
of illness in the family he then retired to a private residence in the 
village.  In 1852 he was married to Margaret Waller, born in Washington in
1832.  They became the parents of ten children:  Laura G., Mary, Sarah F.,
Margaret, Jennie B., William, Edward, John K., Joseph F. and one unnamed.
At the breaking out of the war Mr. Kendall enlisted in Company H, Fifty-
eighth Indiana Infantry, serving his country faithfully for nearly four
years.  He took an active part in the battles of Shiloh, Stone River, Chick-
amauga, Mission Ridge and others.  At Chickamauga he was wounded severely 
five times but so praiseworthy was his conduct at this battle that he was
granted a thirty days furlough by Gen. Rosecrans as a recognition of his
bravery.  He served as sergeant for nearly a year, and was one of the
pontoon corps who built the bridges for Sherman on his march to the sea.
He returned home, and in 1870 was appointed assistant district marshal for
taking the ninth census.  In 1884 he was elected justice of the peace by a
large majority, and has given satisfaction in every position that he has
been called upon to fill.
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