Sketch of Rodman Kenner, St. Charles County, Missouri

>From "A History of the Pioneer Families of Missouri, with numerous
sketches, anecdotes, adventures, etc., relating to Early Days in 
Missouri" by William S. Bryan and Robert Rose, Published by Bryan,
Brand & Co., St. Louis Missouri, 1876.
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In 1834 Rodman Kenner, of Virginia, came to Missouri and settled near
Missouriton, on Darst's Bottom, where he lived one year, and then 
moved out to the Booneslick road and opened a hotel where the town of
Pauldingville now stands.  Mr. Kenner was a first class landlord, and
his house became a noted resort during the palmy days of staging on 
the Booneslick road.  Col. Thomas H. Benton and many other well known
and leading men of earlier times, often stopped there; and in fact,
no one ever thought of passing Kenner's without taking a meal or 
sleeping one night in his excellent beds.  Travelers always had a good
time there, and would travel hard two or three days in order to reach
the house in time to stay all night.  Mr. Kenner made a fortune, and
died in June, 1876, in the eighty sixth year of his age.	

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