STANLY COUNTY, NC - HOFFMAN - Kendalls
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From the Notebook of Lilly Carter Hoffman:
(March 1968)
 
Henry Marshall and his bride Susanna Tomlinson of Wake Co., NC married Dec 20, 
1805 and soon emigrated to the Anson side of the Rocky River and made their 
home next to John Kendall in the Concord Church Community.
The Kendalls were prominent people in that community. They were descended from 
John Spillman and Winny Turner Kendall. There was a Captain John Kendall who 
was an officer in the civil war. Among other descendants were Dr. Robert A. 
Kendall-married a Miss Drake of Cheraw, SC.
Mary Kendall Wilhelm of Richfield, Stanly Co NC who was the daughter of John 
Alexander and Mary Frances Smith Kendall was the family genealogist. Her 
father John Alexander Kendall was a son of Dr. Henry Douglas Kendall, born 
1821.
I knew John Alexander Kendall who lived to be past 93 years of age. In 1905, 
my sister Mary and I spent Christmas in his home. He married my mother's first 
cousin, Mary Smith, daughter of John and Eliza Smith of Stanly County. My 
mother's mother, Mary Ann Catherine Efird Coble, and Eliza Efird Smith were 
sisters and daughters of Daniel and Lavinia Furr Efird. This John Alexander 
Kendall was born 1854 and was still living in 1947. Many of the Kendalls are 
buried at Concord Church Cemetery which is about 4 miles from the Old Kendall 
Homeplace. The buildings are all gone, nothing left but the land. John 
Alexander Kendall lived on a farm bordering the Rocky River. Other than 
farming he operated a small store in view of his home. A large farm bell 
outside his store was rung when customers came and he wasn't there. The last 
time I was in his home was Sept 18, 1938, the day the Marshall Reunion took 
place at Concord Church. Cousin Mary his wife was sick and I spent some time 
with her in her bedroom.
 
Submitted by Jodie Gee