OBIT: B. B. KENNY, 1917, Cresson, Cambria County, PA

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Altoona Tribune
Altoona, Pa.
Tuesday Morning, January 16, 1917

CRESSON'S CHIEF OF POLICE DIES SUDDENLY
B. B. Kenny, Brother of Altoonan, Succumbs While on Visit

  B. B. Kenny, chief of police and street commissioner at Cresson, died 
at the home of Coalport relatives, at 5 o'clock yesterday morning, 
following an attack of heart disease.  He was a brother of Mrs. Blair 
Storey, of 713 Chestnut avenue, this city.

  Mr. Kenny was visiting with his daughter, Mrs. L. E. McCann at 
Coalport, when he was stricken.  He was born in Hollidaysburg, fifty-
six years ago and resided in Cresson, thirty-two years.  He was an 
engineer on the Clearfield & Cambria division of the Pennsy, for 
twenty-one years.  He served on the Cresson board of health, was chief 
of the Cresson volunteer fire department, was a member of the Moose 
lodge and was proprietor of the Cottage hotel at Cresson, for three 
years.

  Mr. Kenny's wife died in November, 1916.  He is survived by these 
children: Mrs. L. E. McCann, Paul and Robert Kenny, all of Cresson.  He 
was a brother of Walter Kenny, Minnesota; Daniel Kenny, of Pittsburg; 
William, of Wisconsin; Randolph, Ohio; Mrs. Blair Storey, this city; 
Mrs. Frank Gallagher and Mrs. James Callan, of Braddock.

  The body was taken to Cresson last evening and funeral services will 
likely be held tomorrow morning from St. Xavier's Roman Catholic 
church, of which Mr. Kenny was a member.



1910 Cresson, Cambria County census -
Bryan B. Kinney, 51  
Elizabeth M. Kinney, 43  
Vera C. Kinney, 21  
Paul B. Kinney, 19  
Robert J. Kinney, 17